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Make Each Day Your Masterpiece
ning. During this time, we reviewed the previous day’s practice and 161
made decisions about the work to be done that afternoon—what
we would run, what we would accomplish. We wanted to pack as
much as possible into the 120 minutes of teaching time available
on that particular day.

HOW NOT TO WASTE TIME
How much of a detail person was I? Prior to the daily coaches’
meeting, I would privately review my notebook from the previous
year’s practice for that exact day, looking for clues as to what had
been effective and what did not work as well. In fact, I regularly re-
viewed notes from two or three years back—sometimes even more.
Those notes provided me with a precise record of ways not to waste
time. In fact, eventually I could go back 10, 15, and 25 years to see
exactly what we’d done in practice.