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The right practice makes perfect.

Posted By Michael On 14th May 2006 @ 15:38 In Learning, Psychology, Golf, Business | No Comments

SMH has a nice concise description of what to practice makes perfect [1] here.

To paraphrase, it does not matter how long you practice something, only how you practice. This is one of the reasons I find judging how good you are by how long you have been doing it so flawed.

You might have been doing the same job/skill for 25 years. Yet practice only the first year over and over again, never learning anything more. While others match and exceed that 25 years of ’skill’ inside six months.

The length of time you spend on something is your measure of dedication and focus. Rarely is it a measure of skill.

Update: More [2] detail from freakanomics. Here is a [3] link to the book as well.

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