Upstream Effects #9: Adherence and Mastery

Build a practice you can keep

Plan for real conditions

Protect accumulated gains

Repair, learn and repeat

Visual interpretation: A carpenter chooses a sound piece of timber suited to the load, builds a small repeatable structure, inspects a weak joint and improves it. A loop of practice and repair gradually reinforces the structure, with no finish-line trophy.

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