Each Day, Try to Build One Perfect Chunk
Tip #16: Each Day, Try to Build One Perfect Chunk
Enlightenment
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Build it Backward
Name your goal. Go ahead, write it down. Now write down the date you wish to reach your goal. Be realistic. Now estimate the individual steps you need to take to reach the goal, to the best of your ability (research if you don't really know).
Every Rep Counts!
Literally. I mean, every repetition that you do in practice counts. Each is a small part of the "ingraining" process (myelination) that you can't undo once you write the program. I can't tell you how important this is.
Which are You??
I have seen all of these types in my classes. The problem is that each one of these is in violation of the consistent long path of mastery. But then again, not everyone actually wants to be on the path.
Make Your Brain Hurt
That might describe the way you should feel in a practice session. You practice repetitions should be so focused on the micro details of the skill you are working on that you are using every piece of mental focus you have.
“The Mastery Curve”
“The Mastery Curve There’s really no way around it. Learning any new skill involves relatively brief spurts of progress, each of which is followed by a slight decline to a […]
Three Distractions Killing Your Success
Do you want to be a better shooter, fighter, Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, weight lifter, etc.? Then stop wasting your time and use it more effectively. “Do nothing that is of no […]
The Top 9 Things I Have Learned as a Professional …
If everything is a priority, then nothing is. I spent a HUGE amount of time and ammunition training for a division at one time, that really wasn’t the one I […]
The Three Golden Rules
I don’t know why I had not heard it put as simply and succinctly than I did from Sgt Don Jones in the Knoxville Police Academy, but I had not. […]
Training Smart Vs. Hard
Finding and Cultivating Your Inner Drive “If it’s not raining, we’re not training!” “Pain is weakness leaving the body!!” “The more you bleed in training, the less you bleed in […]
You Already Know
I suspect that most of us at a certain age already know. What do I mean?
Write Your Own Book!
Why read someone else book, when you can likely write your own! Successful people read, a LOT! I personally feel one of the things that has allowed me to accomplish […]