Nothing Beats Practice

All things being equal whether talent, intelligence, creativity, ability or inclination the one thing that distinguishes people is the amount of practicing they do. A football player will have similar talent to other players. What gets him to play for the big clubs and his national side is his dedication to practice.

The same applies to all aspects of your life. What will distinguish you from others in your field will be the amount of dedication you have towards making yourself expert in that area by practicing at it.

Think of an area in your life where you typically shine; a discipline in which you are excellent. How did you get there? Did you work hard at it and add practice to improve on your talents?

The same applies to the leaders in their field. They have taken their talents and have added enormous amounts of work and practice to them in order to be the leaders. The pianist who makes it as a concert performer will have practiced harder than one who never quite makes the cut and ends up teaching piano and performing in the church hall.

The great breakthroughs in scientific discoveries have been by people who have worked long hours and with immense dedication. The golfing legend Gary Player used to say that the harder he worked the luckier he got on the golf course.

Focus your attention on what you wish to achieve. This may be in any area of your life whether it involves being a good parent, a contributing member of the community or a coach of your local kid’s baseball team.
Spend time learning and acquiring knowledge, working as a volunteer, spending extra hours with each child and monitoring progress. In each instance spend time on practicing the skills required for the task.

You are able to learn and practice in every area of your life. If you want to be a better parent, then read parenting books, join a support group or have sessions with a family counselor. Work with your children and communicate to see where your relationship may be improved. Put effort into the task.

The same applies to being a member of your community. Put in additional work to learn how to be a valuable member. Volunteer, learn new skills that you can contribute with, offer to run a class at the local centre, take part in fundraising efforts or attend a youth leadership course so that you can become a meaningful team member.

Every part of your life will be enhanced if you spend time learning and practicing the skills required. The same applies to every goal you set yourself. If you want to be at the top, the most successful in whatever you aspire to then you have to practice harder than anybody else.

What makes a tennis player win a tournament is certainly talent and ability. But what makes that player beat other competitors is more practice than anybody else. They have put more effort into their work whether that is training on court, eating the right food, gym training or motivational training.

 The winners spend more time at practice. Ensure you have practice time built into your plan for your success and you will achieve what you have set out to do no matter what the goal.