Re:Is your personality fixed, or can you change who you are?
by unabst on Sunday June 26, 2016 @08:04PM
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> you only know in hindsight whether you were practicing or not
You are always practicing. It's only in hindsight whether you know you were doing it right.
If you're late for work, you've just practiced being late for work. If you made an excuse, you just practiced making an excuse. If you lie, you just practiced lying. And that's why we're screwed. The notion that practice only happens when we decide we're practicing is nonsense. If you lie 90% of the time, you will become a great liar. That's the nature of practice.
Take an aspiring athlete. They all practice hard. The advantage isn't in practice. If your shooting form is bad, every shot you take with that form is reinforcing a bad practice. That's why getting it right and only doing it right is so important. Taking it slow and being intentional with every action is the only way to do this. What we must practice is mindful control of every action, because it's all practice.
This is also why "pretend" is just another word for practice. To pretend requires being mindfully in control of your actions.
You are always practicing. It's only in hindsight whether you know you were doing it right.
If you're late for work, you've just practiced being late for work. If you made an excuse, you just practiced making an excuse. If you lie, you just practiced lying. And that's why we're screwed. The notion that practice only happens when we decide we're practicing is nonsense. If you lie 90% of the time, you will become a great liar. That's the nature of practice.
Take an aspiring athlete. They all practice hard. The advantage isn't in practice. If your shooting form is bad, every shot you take with that form is reinforcing a bad practice. That's why getting it right and only doing it right is so important. Taking it slow and being intentional with every action is the only way to do this. What we must practice is mindful control of every action, because it's all practice.
This is also why "pretend" is just another word for practice. To pretend requires being mindfully in control of your actions.