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Don’t be afraid to do it again. If you get an unexpected result in your experiment, do it again. Perhaps you didn’t account for all of the variables. What variables are you keeping constant? And which are you testing? Don’t mistake ‘doing it again’ with repetition. If you need to, audit your experiment.

If you want to improve in baseball, practice hitting the ball. If you want to improve in basketball, practice shooting baskets.  What do you do when you want to improve in swimming?  If you focus on how far you’re going, what does that tell you about your swimming? If you focus on the times that…

Make a point to begin again. There is no going back—just like we can’t go back in time—only forward.  Sometimes in learning it feels like one step forward, two steps back. But the truth is that we can never have the same experience twice.  Make it a deliberate practice. Take the opportunity to review what…

Right here. Right now. I have to remind myself often—to be right here, right now. It’s easy to get caught up in what happened. Or what’s next. But it pays to be present – especially in each practice.