Finally, a practical cadence turns principle into habit: define the telos; decompose into sub-skills; design an elastic stretch for each; secure feedback (mentor, mirror, metronome); reflect with phronesis; then rest to consolidate. Consider a violinist who isolates a troublesome shift, practicing two notes at 60 bpm, adding 2–4 bpm daily while recording and reviewing. Within weeks, the passage stabilizes at tempo without tension.
In this way, refusing comfort becomes not a slogan but a schedule—craft expanded one deliberate step at a time. [...]