## Why - Account for people's variability in [[Affordances]] - Instead of a fixed workflow, guide people through problems instead of solutions - Help you find your unique path in the solution space - Helps promote [[Relaxed concentration]] by finding our [[Optimal grip]] - Prevents [[Choking]] and [[Anxiety]] since we develop our [[Adaptability]] ## What In the blacksmith experiment conducted by Nikolai Bernstein, the goal was not to consciously move our body the same way, but to have the same goal in mind. We establish the pathway to achieve the needed goal, but to do so we need to build towards it instead of it being purely fixed. Reminds me of [[First Principles Thinking]] applied to learning by the art of learning - Further learning can come from https://simplifaster.com/articles/hammer-paradox-motor-pathways/ Opposite of [[Set goals based on the desired process instead of outcome]] This is why having a strong [[Mission]] is powerful for your organization, and a strong [[Purpose]] is powerful for [[Self-Actualization]] Advice: ![[Peak Secrets From the New Science of Expertise#^urfwr5]] - Ties in with the idea of [[Implicit learning]] ## How This is done: - Figuring out their own desired outcome - Example: Wanting to hit a forehand deeper in the court - Trusting Self 2 and not interfering too much - Example: Not thinking too hard about the mechanics necessary to hit the forehand farther before swinging - Thinking about themselves “nonjudgmentally”—noticing what is happening without passing a value judgment on their performance - Example: Staying calm when you inevitably hit a few into the net - This is known as [[Detachment]]