How Do You Get To The “Next Level”?

My goal for 2022 is to raise myself a decile in each of the arenas that matter to me. I understand that there are really no objective measurements in some of them, and that any objective measures I choose were subjectively evaluated. Sigh. But working on the “New Year’s Resolution” stuff that would be sort of increasing my skill and capacity 10% in areas, or moving from the top (say) 30% to the top 20%. Something like that.

There are three major arenas, and determining progress in them is a matter of comparing myself to past performance, getting evaluation from my…