im not sure if im a god, although i can do any technique you name(cept raseguedo). I started realising i was getting better when my guitar lines started feeling more comfortable/it was easier to produce good sounding solos/ and most impotantly i felt real comfortable playing the things i knew. For example, i learned the "one" main solo by kirk hammet when i was in my 2nd year of playing, and i just couldnt play the middle part of the soo just after the tapping, but i tried and just couldnt get it. i then forgot all about it, then when i was at the end of my 3rd year of playing the guitar, i got the old tab out again, and i could play it comfortably.