Forget about the thud factor

There is more than one way to smite your enemies

You want to write that novel, win that dunk competition, learn kung fu to avenge your ancestors, whatever it is. So you hide yourself away in a log cabin, or your gym, or a mountaintop dojo, wherever it is, to craft the New You.

Six to eight months later, your naysayers (all of them) hear a thud on their doorstep: it’s your award-winning epic, it’s your …