Generally being practical means being adoptive to convinient ways rather choosing an ideal way of achieiving something without thinking the very impact it will leave on society and practices in long run while the actual meaning should be correcting your perspective such that you consider human psychology/mindset and preferences, precedences and situations while planning to achieve something involving human interventions.

This series of this website will have articles in line with the definitions above to bestow you with clarity on the terms and functioning of society.