To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
Winston Churchill

Michael Jordan didn't become the best basketball player in the world by simply practicing what he knew about basketball on day one. It is entirely possible that what he knew about basketball, the very first time he picked up a basketball, wasn't that much (or that good). His work ethic and his commitment to practice are legendary and certainly contributed to his success.

However, practice doesn't just mean repetition. It means that we are refining what we know, we are making adjustments, we are developing. I once was talking to a speaker at a networking event and he told me that he spends hours and hours rehearsing his speech. I asked him how we rehearsed. He told me that he simply says the words of his speech over and over and over again. I asked him if he were thinking about the words and their meaning and how an audience might be responding to his words. He said he didn't because that would get in the way of his memorization. I would go out on a limb and say that the only thing that got better with his practicing is that he memorized the words. However, he missed the opportunity to make the words better, to make them more relevant to his audience, to make sure that they were the right words.

To reach a place of mastery (or near it), we have to be willing to change and grow – and to do it often.

How can you be sure that you are not simply repeating what you've always done?

To Your Success,

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