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#657 - Erik Angner - An Economist’s Guide To A Happy Life

Modern Wisdom

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The Importance of Consistent Practice

The fewer expectations that you have, especially the ones that you do not need to have, does it matter about how straight the bed is? Does it really matter? Or would it be better? Let's imagine a world in which you could silo off, compartmentalize the different elements of things that you have to be good at in your life. This isn't exactly an answer to your question, but so often it seems to me that we should focus more on consistent practice than on outcomes. If I wanted to become a marathon runner and I measured my performance by reference to the best marathon runner out there, I would feel short every day,.

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