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- We've kind of distinguished between
naive practice and deliberate practice.
Naive practice is people who just play games,
whether it's basketball, soccer,
or somebody goes out playing a golf game,
so they're just accumulating more experience.
We differentiate that from when you actually pinpoint
something you want to change.
And once you have that specific goal of changing it,
you will now engage in a practice activity
that has a purpose of changing that.
How do you actually apply these ideas of deliberate practice
when you're an entrepreneur?
The key is to identify something specific
that you actually can improve.
So, for example, in many meetings,
you're actually making a presentation,
you're making a proposal,
and the question is now, "How can you improve that?"
What you need to do is to invest time
and actually work out various issues that might come up
or questions that might be asked.
And then maybe making the presentation
in front of a video camera,
so you can actually look at yourself
and make corrections even before you do the presentation
at the meeting.
You have to identify something
that you can actually do better,
and then focus the training
on improving that particular aspect
until you can now integrate it in your regular performance.
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