Make one degree shifts, not sudden left turns.
I did a little geometry calculation today.
If you changed your course by 1 degree on a 1 mile walk, at the end of the walk you’d be about 90 feet away from the original destination. Just one degree, and thirty yards of difference in a mile.
Students adopting new courses – new practice habits, new daily routines, new intentions – think that they need to make dramatic shifts. It’s not true. A small change keeps building over time.
Imagine a 5 mile journey, in which you changed course each mile by one degree. The changes support each other and you would end up football fields away from the original target.
One degree shifts are way easier to execute than big turns. So make a small turn, keep walking, and then make another turn when you’re ready.
