I previously wrote about the downside of optimizing. If you still want to optimize something, first make sure you have the basics covered. If your car has a flat tire, switching to high octane fuel is probably not going to help much. Struggle to run a mile? New running shoes might not be the best solution. (Unless the shoes motivate you to get out and run a few times per week.)

I have struggled with this in the past, thinking new tools, another training course or reading another book was the answer. Many times it is much simpler. Look at where you are, try one thing to get better, reflect on whether it made you better, then try something else. If you do this every day, you will improve consistently, you might even optimize some things.

Look at the thing you most want to improve. If you had to do one thing today to make it better, what would you do?