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@Regis, my teacher taught me something that has helped tremendously. He had me write down the chords I wanted to work on. For me, since I am a beginner, I am working on A, Am, B7, C, D, Dm, E, Em, G. He then had me make a chart for each chord. Each chart was a chord progression chart. For example. Working on the A chord chart, I would switch between A, Am, A B7, A C, A D, A Dm, A E, A G. Then my B7 progression chart would be the same, and do a progression for each chord. I practice these with a metronome and keep a log of how fast I can do each one clearly. Speed is not the goal, but good solid changes. It doesn’t matter if you can only do 10 beats per minute. With practice it will improve. The main goal of this exercise is to get you comfortable with uncomfortable chord changes, and also makes you practice chord changes you would normally not practice. B7 to Dm for example, when I first started to practice this, I could only change at about 15 beats per minute. I’m now up to 40 beats per minute, and all of my change times have greatly improved. You can work on a different progression each day, or each week, depending on how much time you want to invest. You can build different progression charts as you introduce more chords, and drop some of the ones you start to feel very comfortable with. I will also practice progressions of songs I am working on as well.