Everyone practices what they’re already good at. The ones who pull ahead practice what embarrasses them.

CREATIVITY

WHAT THIS MEANS

Practice drifts toward the parts that feel good, because doing what you can already do is pleasant and feels like work. The weak spot gets avoided precisely because it makes you feel incompetent. That avoidance is why it stays weak, and most of the gap between people comes from who tolerated that feeling. It is an emotional problem more than a technical one.

Name the part you quietly skip and put it first this week, while you still have attention. Ten minutes on the bad thing beats an hour on the good one. Expect it to feel bad, since that is how you know you found the spot.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What part of your game do you never practice in public?

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