Coaching practices for Deliberate Practice Not Just Practice After a Setback

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• When a setback hits I’m always blindsided, like I’d quietly assumed everything would just keep going fine
• There’s a setback I can see coming and what scares me most isn’t the thing itself but being blindsided by it
• I’ve been putting in the hours for ages and I’ve completely plateaued
• Every time something goes wrong it knocks me flat, even though in hindsight it was completely predictable
• When I practice I’m just kind of doing it again and hoping it’s better, because I don’t actually have a clear picture in my head of what great is supposed to look like

Practices that may help

1. Negative visualization (premeditatio malorum)
   Briefly imagine losing what you have, so you stop taking it for granted and brace for setbacks.
   Stoicism, as a Set of Practices
2. Deliberate Practice, Not Just Practice
   Deliberate practice, studied by Anders Ericsson, is focused, effortful practice aimed just beyond your current ability, with immediate feedback and constant correction. It is what separates people who keep improving from people who simply log hours — and it is why the popular "10,000 hours" rule is an oversimplification of his work.
3. Worst-case rehearsal (take the shock out)
   Calmly rehearse a likely setback in advance so it arrives expected, not as an ambush.
   Premeditatio Malorum, in Depth
4. Practice deliberately, not just repeatedly
   Target weaknesses with full focus and feedback, not comfortable repetition.
   Grit: Passion and Perseverance, Honestly Assessed
5. Anticipate the obstacle before it arrives
   Rehearse what could go wrong so the setback finds you prepared, not ambushed.
   The Obstacle Is the Way, in Practice
6. Build sharper mental representations
   Develop a detailed internal model of what excellent performance looks like.
   Deliberate Practice, Not Just Practice
7. Recover from setbacks without quitting the goal
   Build a routine for bouncing back so setbacks don’t end the pursuit.
   Grit: Passion and Perseverance, Honestly Assessed
8. Sustain effortful practice over the long haul
   Make deliberate practice repeatable across years, not heroic for a week.
   Deliberate Practice, Not Just Practice
9. Break the skill into components and drill the weak link
   Isolate the specific sub-skill that limits you and train it on its own.
   Deliberate Practice, Not Just Practice
10. Stop judging learning by today’s performance
    How well you do during practice is a bad predictor of how much you will keep.
    Desirable Difficulties: When Harder Means Better Learning

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