Practice needs to be a conscious action working towards…
Practice needs to be a conscious action working towards a specific goal
— from Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation) · Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
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A good one is specific and powerful enough to pull you toward the finish line on its own — and once you have it, you keep your momentum and monitor your progress against it. The richest goals take your innate talents and fuel them with passion and persistence aimed at that one specific target; and treat your practice toward it as conscious action working toward that goal, never aimless motion. The most powerful framing of all is to begin with the end in mind: picture the very end of your life, the eulogy you would want, and use that as the reference point against which you measure everything else. — Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)