Every marketer wishes they were better at their job. They want to work more efficiently, reducing the amount of time they waste and increasing what they can accomplish in a day. They want to get more impressive results, pleasing clients and superiors with higher ROI. And they want to be on the cutting edge, developing new strategies that outpace the competition and turn them into industry leaders.

The best way to achieve this trajectory demands some patience; only through experience over time will you be able to hone your skills and learn how to become a better marketer. Fortunately, for the impatient among us, there are some shortcuts that can accelerate your abilities as a marketer–and they manifest as daily habits that only take up a small fraction of your time.

Habits for Improvement

Habits take time to form, and even longer to improve your skills, but they’ll help you develop faster and more thoroughly than direct experience. These are six of the best ones you can encourage: