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Many ambitions require periods of soil-tilling and seed-planting if we want to make them a reality.

Consistent habits can help us realize outcomes that outweigh the total aggregated inputs: our small, daily efforts transmogrify into more than the sum of their components so that 1 + 1 = 3 (or 4, or 5).

In some cases, though, the goal and the practices that help us pursue that goal may be very different in shape, focus, and function.

Learning about business fundamentals, for instance, may require a d...