I'm going to throw a good book out here and you can decide to take the next step.

"The Inner Game of Tennis" It really brings into awareness the process of learning, and why a lot of coaches can't get across. Now I see in a lot of sports not just boxing that the coach often at times a former pro sees the errors of the student and tells him all the corrections, in boxing it may sound like "You're too square... You need to pivot more off your foot... etc. etc. The Insight is great but it's only the compass, you have to experience what is right for yourself. It's not making mental notes, becuase in concentration and sparring those are often forgotten.

Habits must be formed in the experience of doing it, then you can more easily repeat those moves at will.

Proper goals do not misinform, on the contrary they put your intentions on the right way. If you can keep at a goal then you can gauge yourself from the feedback of others. SO anyways check out that book, it's eye opening to say the least.