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Practice Makes
Perfect or Does It?
We’ve all heard it before,
especially when we were kids -
Practice makes perfect.
Well maybe not
.
T
wo years ago while golfing 9
holes with my husband Fred
and 3 grandsons, at the time a
10 yr old and 6 year old twins, I
had an interesting ah ha. The
twins, who were 6 at the time, would
hit a little drive, then a fairway shot and
then drop their ball on the green and
putt it in…success!
After the third hole, one of the twins
was bored playing so he decided to sit
on Fred’s lap and steer the cart instead.
So let’s see…steering the cart or riding
with Grandma??? The other twin stayed
with me, never asked if he could drive
the cart, and at the 9th hole, I said to
him, “Geoff I’m so proud of you for
hitting on every hole.”
He looked at me with wonder and
replied
– “You have to practice if you want
to get good.”
That’s probably right if you are 6 and
just getting the feel for swinging, but
does it apply to video creation?
I always tell people to practice, practice,
practice when it comes to their script
and getting ready for their filming, but
that practice though is really more
about preparation.
But what about practice when you
think of the word practice in terms of
repetition? Is hitting a bucket of balls
on the range, without a coach giving
feedback, necessarily going to make
you perfect??? OK, I’m an acknowledged
perfectionist so I don’t want to use the
term perfect in this situation…so how
about “better”?
Is doing a series of videos, let’s say you
do one per week for a year, 52 in all, is
that going to make you better at it?
Ibelieveyoumightgetmorecomfortable
in front of the camera but will your
videos actually be better? Will you go
from fair to good or from good to great?
I agree with this Frank Sonnenberg
quote:
By Pat Altvater
SOAR TO SUCCESS
| AUGUST 2015 |
Business Acceleration Strategies