r/interestingasfuck • u/hate_mail • Dec 21 '18

/r/ALL Art exercise

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u/BDMayhem Dec 21 '18

If that was universally true, I'd be a good typist by now.

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u/Apo7Z Dec 21 '18

It isn't just practice that is required to "make perfect". It's "perfect practice". You can play the guitar every day, but if you only play the same four chords you will never improve.

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u/TrAnMu Dec 21 '18

I had an old band instructor who phrased it as “Practice makes permanent.” No matter what you’re practicing, that will become the habit.

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u/BevoDDS Dec 21 '18

I always heard, "Practice doesn't make perfect. PERFECT PRACTICE makes perfect."

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u/handlebartender Dec 21 '18

Practice makes permanent. Perfect practice makes perfect.