Mary Wanless explains why repeating the same actions keeps you stuck on a plateau. She contrasts that frustration with the feeling of genuine progress, calling the plateau "tedious and soul destroying."
Well, how does it work for you when you always do what you always did and you always get what you always got? That version of being stuck on a plateau, which is often the alternative, is not so great. Personally, I found it back in the past really tedious and soul destroying. And knowing I'm making progress is a world of a different place.
