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⚠️ '''20 – The Downside of Creating Good Habits.''' The chapter opens with chess: only when the basic moves are automatic can a player think ahead and spot patterns, which is the upside of habit. But automation dulls attention; once a routine runs itself, feedback fades and small errors slide by. Top performers counter this with deliberate reflection and review: {{Tooltip|Eliud Kipchoge}} writes notes after each practice; {{Tooltip|Katie Ledecky}} logs wellness on a 1–10 scale, along with sleep, nutrition, and competitors’ times, and her coach reviews weekly; {{Tooltip|Chris Rock}} workshopped hundreds of jokes in tiny clubs with a notepad, keeping only the lines that landed. Teams systematize it too: in 1986 {{Tooltip|Pat Riley}} introduced the {{Tooltip|Los Angeles Lakers}}’ “{{Tooltip|Career Best Effort (CBE)}}” metric, baseline-tracking each player and asking for at least 1% improvement, posting weekly leaderboards; after rolling it out in October 1986, the Lakers won the {{Tooltip|NBA}} title and repeated a year later. You can build a similar loop personally: an Annual Review each December to tally outputs (articles, workouts, trips) and a summer Integrity Report to test values and reset standards. The core idea is that habits make you competent, while deliberate practice plus periodic review keeps you from coasting and pushes new edges. The mechanism is awareness: structured audits restore sensitivity to errors and keep identity flexible enough to adapt. ''Reflection and review is a process that allows you to remain conscious of your performance over time''.

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