This technique works best if, for your particular goals, there exists an x such that "Doing x every day will help me meet my goals" is true. If you're a stand-u

This technique works best if, for your particular goals, there exists an x such that "Doing x every day will help me meet my goals" is true. If you're a stand-up comedian, x is fairly clear. For many people (including me), it's not obvious that such an x exists. (It's still probably worth looking for it, though.)