It certainly pushed me to print more, I've been in the darkroom twice this week, that's more than last month!
It's also tightened my technique, I've suddenly realised I've become paranoid about dust and specks on my prints, I had to reprint one from yesterday as there was a fibre visible in the sky, thought I could let it go but I just couldn't!
I'm sure mine have other shortcomings, but the more you do the more you learn
TonyZ