Author name: Devansh

Deliberate practice is not a magic pill, but if you can manage to maintain your focus and commitment, then the promise of deliberate practice is quite alluring: to get the most out of what you’ve got.

Your first choice is rarely the optimal choice. Make it now, stop judging yourself, and start growing.

Choose your goals and then forget them. Set them on a shelf. Trust that your direction is true and pour your energy into walking the path. Good goals provide direction to your life. They allow you to commit to a journey. They are like a rudder on a boat, directing your energy and attention in specific direction as you move downstream.

Most things in life have some type of growth curve and very rarely is that curve a straight line.

Understand the type of curve you are dealing with so that you can set your expectations appropriately.

And if you aren?t happy with the type of growth curve you?re on, then start playing a game with a different curve.

?We’ll increasingly be defined by what we say no to.?

-Paul Graham

?What got you here won?t get you there.? Doing the same thing over and over again, even if it worked for a long time, will eventually lead to a plateau. If nothing changes, nothing is going to change.