The Practicing Mind by Thomas M. Sterner

What you can gleefully hand over to the “forgotten” folder in your brain for that day though, is the ultimate, long-term, final outcome. What you shouldn’t forget is what you’re doing right now, what the end goal of any given day is, what your final output before you drop the pen, close the laptop or punch out on the clock is.

Wait, what? Did I seriously just suggest that you should forget what you’re working towards?! Yes and no. If you want to save this summary for later, download the free PDF and read it whenever you want.ĭownload PDF Lesson 1: Completely forget about your end goal every time you work towards it.

Apply the Do, Observe, Correct technique to keep your productivity in check.Īre you prepared to make your mind a practicing one? Let’s learn how to stay in the present moment to increase your performance!.

Never use goals as an indicator of progress.

Forget your end goal every time you work.

Since 2014, he focuses on coaching people in PMF and giving lectures full time, but he’s also shared his approach in The Practicing Mind. Over time and on the side, Tom has developed an approach called Present Moment Functioning (PMF), which helps individuals achieve a state of high performance by focusing entirely on the present – think of it as entering the flow state on command. for concerts at a major performing arts center, where legends like Ray Charles and Fleetwood Mac gave performances. That means he was in charge of all technical elements related to the piano for performances of big bands and star musicians, like the tuning, electric setup, synchronization, etc.

Tom Sterner used to be a chief concert piano technician for 25 years. Listen to the audio of this summary with a free reading.fm account*:

The Practicing Mind by Thomas M. Sterner