Success needs three things: showing up consistently to practice, having someone or something that holds you accountable, and measuring whether you're actually improving. A gym buddy, a trainer, or Toastmasters for public speaking all work because they combine all three.
Really, if you want to be successful at anything, there's kind of 3 core ingredients. The first is to show up consistently, like actually do the thing. The second is to have accountability in doing that, right? Is there someone who's expecting you to be at the gym at a certain time, right? You work out with a friend every, you know, Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7 AM, or a trainer or something like that. And the third is a feedback loop where how do you actually know if you're getting better? If you're going to learn public speaking and you go to Toastmasters, right? Well, there's your feedback loop, and there's some of your accountability and all of that as well.
