On 7/8/2010 3:07 AM, Invisible wrote:
> scott wrote:
>
>> So don't expect to do a 2 hour class for 52 weeks and become like them!
>
> Well, sure. But you would expect that spending time on something would
> result in *some* improvement...

Interesting discussion. It parallels something a friend at work was 
saying to me the other day. He was talking about how its fascinating how 
the mind works when learning. When learning a new skill, initially you 
gain ability quickly, then suddenly just when you're thinking you're 
getting it, you actually decrease in ability. After a while when things 
become automatic and you're not consciously thinking about them, you'll 
then begin to get better at that skill again. I've experienced this many 
times. It's usually when I hit that valley that I feel like giving up 
(and often do give up) I think this applies mostly to motor skills, 
things like playing a sport, driving a car with a manual transmission, 
playing a musical instrument, drawing ... etc.


-- 
~Mike

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