It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or an expert as long as you're on the path. If a beginner is on the path, all they need is time. If an exper… - James Clear

True long-term thinking is goal-less thinking. It’s not about any single accomplishment. It is about the cycle of endless refinement and continuous improvement. Ultimately, it is your commitment to the process that will determine your progress.

Is your reading and research supplementing your actions or substituting for them? Research is useful until it becomes a form of procrastination.

Suffering drives progress.- The source of all suffering is the desire for a change in state. This is also the source of all progress. The desire to change your state is what powers you to take action.
With craving, we are dissatisfied but driven. Without craving, we are satisfied but lack ambition.