Little Book of Talent by Daniel Coyle, (16) Tip #16, Notes

Post date: Oct 14, 2018 4:20:58 PM

Little Book of Talent by Daniel Coyle

TIP #16 EACH DAY, TRY TO BUILD ONE PERFECT CHUNK

Never regard merely practicing as a success. The real goal isn’t practice; it’s progress. As John Wooden put it, “Never mistake mere activity for accomplishment.” One useful method is to set a daily SAP: smallest achievable perfection. In this technique, you pick a single chunk that you can perfect—not just improve, not just “work on,” but get 100 percent consistently correct. Take the time to aim at a small, defined target, and then put all your effort toward hitting it. After all, you aren’t built to be transformed in a single day. You are built to improve little by little, connection by connection, rep by rep. As Wooden also said, “Don’t look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That’s the only way it happens—and when it happens, it lasts.”