Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy. You might know how to read, but more importantly, what's your plan to read?
Go with your gut instincts even if it is contrarian to what the "experts" suggest.
Your ability will grow to match your dreams.
Let the views of others educate and inform you, but let your decisions be a product of your own conclusions.
Attitude drives actions. Actions drive results. Results drive lifestyles.
It is not the hours of practice that matter...it's what you put into the hours that counts.