Quotes About Practice

It's like anything you do; if you want to do it well, you have to work at it.

Non-declarative memory is memories associated with skills and learning. It is acquired by practice, not by recollection.

Arkhip learned early in his career that a tape recorder was a crutch. Investigators depended on the recording and failed to listen to a witness's answers. Without listening, there was no hearing; without hearing, one could not ask intelligent follow-up questions. Opportunities not taken were opportunities lost. Arkhip took notes and maximized his intuitive abilities. With years of practice, he could recall almost verbatim what a witness had said.

Only this morning I heard a radio speaker make the observation that, in most matters, we move in either of two directions: from words to things, or from things to words. That is to say, if we do not make the journey from theories and ideals to concrete situations, then the concrete situations will be lost under a smog of words.

if we do not make the journey from theories and ideals to concrete situations, then the concrete situations will be lost under a smog of words.

It doesn't matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.

Like an ability or a muscle, hearing your inner wisdom is strengthened by doing it.

The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.

Because we believe that one moment is more or less like the next, we lose touch with the essential urgency of the present, the fact that each passing moment is the one moment for the practice of freedom.

Be repetitive and concrete. The things you say over and over have the most impact if they specify what to do and when to do it.

We are the ones who are upset and we know that something is wrong. But instead of discussing our feelings, we attack others who can only guess at the real problem. Some guess better or question more directly than others. Some targets see what we are doing and reject or resent our assaults. Have you ever heard: "Don't take it out on me'? If so, you have been engaging in target practice.

Careful and clear thinking requires a certain rigor; it is a skill, and, like all skills, it requires training, practice, and vigilance.

can you create a learning organization when everyone's speeding? They may complete a record number of tasks or make an awful lot of telephone calls, but learning—not likely. Learning requires time to reflect, assimilate, and practice. Even the business schools from Harvard to USC are taking this seriously by offering exercises in reflection in their course work.

W]e do not always practice what we preach (which, of course, suggests that something is wrong with what we preach).

the sheep] sidled up beside him and bumped him lovingly with its head. Val looked at it sadly. I am sorry, you ugly creature, he said. I have not used my magic in a long time, and I am very out of practice.

I shall practice, that I may dazzle you when next we meet." There was a little silence, and Luthe said, "You need not try to dazzle me.

Ancient Rule of Twenty-one: if you do anything for twenty-one days in a row, it will be installed as a habit.

No. Genius has far less to do with your genetics and much more to do with your habits. Stepping into the person you've always imagined you could be is a trained result—available to anyone willing to open themselves up, do the work and run the practices that make magic real.

Consistency really is the DNA of mastery.

or a Pelé or a Marcus Aurelius or a Copernicus over extended periods of training. The true geniuses all started out as ordinary people. But they practiced building up their strength so much and so often that showing up at world-class became automated. Here's another brain tattoo The Spellbinder taught me: Legendary performers practice being spectacular for so long that they no longer remember how to behave in non-spectacular ways.

The way you practice in private is precisely the way you'll perform once you're in public.

every arrow that hits the bull's eye is the result of one hundred misses.

strong, disciplined mind, which anyone can cultivate through daily practice, can achieve miracles. If you want to live life to the fullest, care for your thoughts as you would your most prized possessions.

what makes the best the best is not their genetics but their habits.