I am always trying to improve. Generally, the more you learn and practice a skill, the better you get. That only helps you to a point. To get beyond that initial flood of improvement, you must practice in certain ways. World class tennis players don’t just play a lot of tennis, they work on their skills individually and in a focused manner. They may start out by hitting a bunch of forehand shots, then backhand, then serving. Rarely do professional athletes just go out and play their sport and hope to improve. They have coaches, they study, and they practice very specific skills. How does that apply to our lives?
Most of us are not professional athletes but the way they practice and improve can be applied to the skills in our lives. Do you have something in your life you’d like to do better? I sure do. I can’t focus on all of them at the same time, so at this time, I have decided to improve my writing and specifically, my blog. I now have what I want to improve, so how do I actually improve?