First, figure out exactly what is hold-ing you back

First, figure out exactly what is hold-ing you back. What mistakes are you making, and when? Push your-self well outside of your comfort zone and see what breaks down first. Then design a practice technique aimed at improving that particular weakness.

— from Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit) · Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Ansers Ericsson and Robert Pool

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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. The aim, with real deliberate practice, is not merely to reach your potential but to build it — to make possible what was not possible before. […] Be a lifelong learner. Set aside time every single day for it, and never stop, because the day you stop is the day you die mentally; be your own great teacher; learn from the giants who came before you, and love the truth enough to admit when you are wrong. Leave the comfort zone deliberately. Don't log the same easy flight forever; find exactly where your ability breaks down and train precisely there, with clear goals and honest measurement, aiming not just to reach your potential but to build it, and growing by small increments rather than waiting for one heroic leap. Build habits by design, not willpower. First make sure you truly want the thing; then make the good ones obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying — and the bad ones the opposite; remove friction from what helps and add it to what harms; and design your surroundings to nudge you rather than relying on discipline you won't always have. — Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit)

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