The Comfort Ceiling
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If every practice session feels comfortable, you’re probably just practicing things you already know, and you’re probably not getting a whole lot better.
Think about lifting weights.
If every set feels easy, you don’t really get stronger.
The growth happens at the edge of what you can handle.
Learning works the same way.
Practice should not always feel easy.
If it does, you’re mostly just reinforcing things you already know.
The real progress happens when you start working on things that are not already in your comfort zone.
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