- pursue what you love -- passion fuels focus / perseverance
- do the hardest work first -- toward pleasure, away pain
- practice intensely -- no longer than 90 minute
- seek expert feedback -- in intermittent doses
- take regular renewal breaks -- metabolize/embed learning
- ritualize practice -- will and discipline are wildly overrated
blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/08/six_keys_to.html
