How do you get to Carnegie Hall? According to the old joke, “practice, practice, practice.” While it may sound like good advice, it’s not the best or fastest path because practice can only get you so ...

A persistent myth about practice is that practice makes perfect. This is true only if your actual practice is perfect, since only perfect practice makes perfect. Perfect Practice Source: Google Images ...

Clichés are clichés if only for the fact that they so often turn out to be true. Name the one you like the most and, if you take the time to look, you’ll find plenty of examples to validate the cliché ...

“Practice makes perfect.” It’s something that most of us have heard throughout our lives from our parents, our teachers and professors, our bosses, our coaches and directors — the list goes on. In ...

Someone doing similar work in a similar context can provide a valuable road map As you learn to do a task automatically, you can free your brain for creativity When you push yourself out of your ...

In his intriguing book Talent Is Overrated, author Geoff Colvin makes a case for the idea that what really separates world-class performers from everyone else is how they practice. The same applies to ...

Communities of practice are not a new concept for HR professionals. But with emerging tech changing how work is done — and where work is done — some leaders seek to support and grow these ...

When trying to perfect a golf swing or basketball shot you might do best to practice various related tasks rather than focusing on a certain drill, a new study suggests. Past research has shown mixing ...

For those of us who can’t play golf year-round, winter can be rough. If snow isn’t on the ground, the course is frozen and unplayable. The distraction of the holidays is over and we’re left putting on ...

It was the day before a high-stakes sales pitch. I was a consultant working with a sales rep, who was sweating it — literally. His manager and I watched him practice his presentation a final time — in ...