I put a lot of emphasis on training and practice
for good reason. If you truly want something you
have to do more than just Ask and Receive. There
needs to be some action and that’s where the
practice and training comes in. If you want
something, really want it, start to direct your
body, mind and spirit in the precise direction of
what you want. You may be asking yourself, what
exactly am I talking about? I am talking about
DELIBERATE PRACTICE again.
My friend Char sent me this
From The Genius in All of Us: New Insights into
Genetics, Talent and IQ by David Shenk. Practice.
Rather than being the result of genetics or
inherent genius, truly outstanding skill in any
domain is rarely achieved with less than ten
thousand hours of practice over ten years’ time.
“For those on their way to greatness [in
intellectual or physical endeavors], several
themes regarding practice consistently come to
light:
1. Practice changes your body. Researchers have
recorded a constellation of physical changes
(occurring in direct response to practice) in the
muscles, nerves, hearts, lungs, and brains of
those showing profound increases in skill level in
any domain.
2. Skills are specific. Individuals becoming great
at one particular skill do not serendipitously
become great at other skills. Chess champions can
remember hundreds of intricate chess positions in
sequence but can have a perfectly ordinary memory
for everything else. Physical and intellectual
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skill requirements.
3. The brain drives the brawn. Even among
athletes, changes in the brain are arguably the
most profound, with a vast increase in precise
task knowledge, a shift from conscious analysis to
intuitive thinking (saving time and energy), and
elaborate self-monitoring mechanisms that allow
for constant adjustments in real time.
4. Practice style is crucial. Ordinary practice,
where your current skill level is simply being
reinforced, is not enough to get better. It takes
a special kind of practice to force your mind and
body into the kind of change necessary to improve.
5. Short-term intensity cannot replace long-term
commitment. Many crucial changes take place over
long periods of time. Physiologically, it’s
impossible to become great overnight.
“Across the board, these last two variables —
practice style and practice time — emerged as
universal and critical. From Scrabble players to
dart players to soccer players to violin players,
it was observed that the uppermost achievers not
only spent significantly more time in solitary
study and drills, but also exhibited a consistent
(and persistent) style of preparation that K.
Anders Ericsson came to call ‘deliberate
practice.’ First introduced in a 1993
Psychological Review article, the notion of
deliberate practice went far beyond the simple
idea of hard work. It conveyed a method of
continual skill improvement. ‘Deliberate practice
is a very special form of activity that differs
from mere experience and mindless drill,’ explains
Ericsson. ‘Unlike playful engagement with peers,
deliberate practice is not inherently enjoyable.
It … does not involve a mere execution or
repetition of already attained skills but repeated
attempts to reach beyond one’s current level which
is asso ciated with frequent failures.’ …
“In other words, it is practice that doesn’t take
no for an answer; practice that perseveres; the
type of practice where the individual keeps
raising the bar of what he or she considers
success. …
“[Take] Eleanor Maguire’s 1999 brain scans of
London cabbies, which revealed greatly enlarged
representation in the brain region that controls
spatial awareness. The same holds for any specific
task being honed; the relevant brain regions adapt
accordingly. …
“[This type of practice] requires a constant
self-critique, a pathological restlessness, a
passion to aim consistently just beyond one’s
capability so that daily disappointment and
failure is actually desired, and a never-ending
resolve to dust oneself off and try again and
again and again. …
“The physiology of this process also requires
extraordinary amounts of elapsed time — not just
hours and hours of deliberate practice each day,
Ericsson found, but al so thousands of hours over
the course of many years. Interestingly, a number
of separate studies have turned up the same common
number, concluding that truly outstanding skill in
any domain is rarely achieved in less than ten
thousand hours of practice over ten years’ time
(which comes to an average of three hours per
day). From sublime pianists to unusually profound
physicists, researchers have been very
hard-pressed to find any examples of truly
extraordinary performers in any field who reached
the top of their game before that
ten-thousand-hour mark.”
That may seem like a lot of time and a lot of
work, but if you want something truly want it why
not go for it. The average American spends 5:11
hour’s a day watching TV, that’s a 40-hour week of
having your mind programed by someone or something
you probably don’t want. That’s a lot of practice
time and if you make it deliberate practice you
will see a quantum shift in your life. Practice is
the key to your success. You may be saying but
what do I practice? I need help. Don’t worry
that’s exactly what I do in my coaching program. I
teach you the practices, go over your health
issues physically, mentally and spiritually to
redirect your body, mind and spirit to be the best
you can be.
It takes just 2 things: the education and the
practice and you got it!
Take a good look at the Private coaching program
for yourself or you can work with me as a couple.
Yes the coaching program can be you and a friend
or a mate and we will work out the details so it
works for both of you. Check it out.
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I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth and
Happiness
Dr. Wu Dhi
PS.
if you’re ready to take the plunge and
restructure your life, click on the link and fill
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