Stop Thinking and Start Doing: The Power of Practicing More
We’ve all heard it before. Practice makes perfect. It’s a very obvious fact. The more you practice, the better you get. Practicing introduces you to all the things that you never would’ve considered to be factored before in doing what you’re doing. That’s why it’s so important to practice because by doing so, you can identify what those factors are and improve upon them. You have to make the practice as “real” as possible. Practicing that way obviously gives you less stress as well because if you practice realistically, then when the time comes for the real deal, you won’t be as nervous because it will feel as if you’ve already been in that position.
We all have goals that we want to achieve in our lives. These goals may include learning a new language, eating healthier and losing weight, becoming a better parent, saving more money, and so on. It can be easy to assume that the gap between where you are now and where you want to be in the future is caused by a lack of knowledge. We assume that if we knew about a better strategy, then we would get better results. We believe that a new result requires new knowledge. In fact, learning something new can actually be a waste of time if your goal is to make progress and not simply gain additional knowledge.
Learning something new and practicing something new may seem very similar, but these two methods can have extremely different results. Practicing keeps you focused on what you want to do and more importantly, it also forces you to seek help on how to solve the problems that come into play. It makes your research for tips and tricks on how to help with those problems and it also might make you ask some people for help who’ve been in those situations before.
Respect the process of practice by making it as real as possible and commit yourself to do it and the practice will respect you by showing you all the things you need to do to perfect it.