Thomas M. Sterner
We spend our lives chasing goals, but Sterner argues that peace and mastery come from learning to stay with the act of practice itself.
Use goals merely as a steering mechanism to guide your direction, while keeping your daily focus entirely on the present process of doing the work.
Cultivate a detached, non-judgmental observer mindset by using the "Do, Observe, Correct" method to evaluate and adjust your actions without emotional frustration.
Overcome overwhelming tasks by applying the four core principles of working slow, keeping intervals short, making targets small, and simplifying the activity.