So here we have purposeful practice in a nutshell
So here we have purposeful practice in a nutshell: Get outside your comfort zone but do it in a focused way, with clear goals, a plan for reaching those goals, and a way to monitor your progress. Oh, and fig-ure out a way to maintain your motivation.
— from Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit) · Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Ansers Ericsson and Robert Pool
In the book
Not by logging the same easy flight a thousand times, but by deliberately leaving the comfort zone, embracing the discomfort and uncertainty that real learning requires. Purposeful practice means getting outside your comfort zone, but in a focused way — with clear goals, a plan, and a way to measure progress. You figure out exactly what is holding you back, then push yourself well past the edge of your ability to find where things break down — and you work on precisely that. — Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit)