The #1 thing you hear is "Burn a hole in the POA with your eyes, intensely focus on the spot you want to hit. Execute the shot with perfect (as near as possible) form."
I repeated the "burn a hole" thing for a long time, until I attended Rod Jenkins' clinic. He gives some really good info on why you really can't do that, at least for an extended period. You flat burn yourself out--we (humans) don't have the capacity for intense focus for any amount of time.
Form/consistency is the key. Aiming is a tiny portion of the shot. "Instinctive" just confuses most folks. Doesn't matter what you call it, the goal is to hit the target. Rod is a "gapper", but I've watched him knock down aerial targets one after the other (gappers aren't supposed to be able to do that).
His words were, "Get your form down, aiming will take care of itself".