"Practice makes perfect" is a lie
with good intentions.
Practice makes permanent.
Whatever you repeat,
you're carving in —
the clean version
or the sloppy one.
Play it wrong enough times
and wrong becomes your default.
Your fingers learn the mistake
as faithfully as they'd learn the fix.
So practice doesn't earn a pass.
Sloppy reps aren't neutral.
They're teaching you the wrong thing
with total commitment.
Slow down until it's right.
Then repeat the right.
You're not just getting better or worse.
You're deciding what becomes automatic.
Choose what you make permanent.
Your hands are always listening.
– Serguey Asael Shinder
Top comments (0)