But seriously, I fear this whiffs of Woke, Entitlement.......and misses the point -- we WANT to be on our bikes! We WANT to send things. If we love what we're doing then the chances of serious and neurotic maladjustment are not significant.
Plus there are some assumptions and unwarranted conclusions in some of this "rationale".
I would tend to keep therapy and intervention for unusual and provenly problem neurosis.
This is sort of self-contradictory and tends to assume that dedicated practice is malicious and dangerous.
But I'm afraid my bias is clear. MTB is a wonderful experience, conducted in an inspirational setting, free of sophistry. Let's not clutter it up...........
I like 'practice makes possible' as it opens up trying pretty much anything without any real focus on the outcome. Plus 'practice makes better' scans terribly. I also like the the final one, although it is a reinterpretation of the OODA loop (Observe, Orientate, Decide, Act) as per John Boyd.
Incidentally I found an interview with Josh Kaufman on my laptop that I'm guessing I got hold of after discussions with Griff, but he states that 20 hrs is enough to learn a skill - not 10,000 hours. The latter is to master a skill, the former to get to a base level of accomplishment or to perform it 'well enough'. And that's what most people are after - not perfection. And if you can't dedicate & schedule in 20 hrs to practice the skill, you're probably not that fussed about it anyway and motivation would fall away.
Dogtank, I like 'Practice Makes Progress', but its flaw is that it's not necessarily so, whereas 'Practice Makes Possible' is more open-ended, as you indicated.
Dogtank, I'm glad you mentioned Josh Kaufman's book "The first 20 hours. How to learn anything… fast!" https://first20hours.com/
It was early in my 'career' of how to get better at getting better that I read it. I need to reread it since I'm so much smarter now. ;-)
But his assertion on his website that "research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to develop a new skill to mastery" is a misinterpretation of Anders Ericsson's work because it indicates that time spent is the main ingredient. Ericcson argued that the components of 'deliberate practice' were the real key. And his mention of 10,000 hours in his original research was specific to world-class elite violinists (soloists) by the age of 20. Malcolm Gladwell latched onto and popularized "the 10,000 hours rule" in his book "Outliers" but botched it.
Praxis makes practical.
Are you taking the Praxis test to become a teacher, Darren?!
TOB - Time On Bike
All riding counts as practice, Dan?
Keep on trucking
No pain, no gain
But seriously, I fear this whiffs of Woke, Entitlement.......and misses the point -- we WANT to be on our bikes! We WANT to send things. If we love what we're doing then the chances of serious and neurotic maladjustment are not significant.
Plus there are some assumptions and unwarranted conclusions in some of this "rationale".
I would tend to keep therapy and intervention for unusual and provenly problem neurosis.
This is sort of self-contradictory and tends to assume that dedicated practice is malicious and dangerous.
But I'm afraid my bias is clear. MTB is a wonderful experience, conducted in an inspirational setting, free of sophistry. Let's not clutter it up...........
So I take it you're not going buy one of Aaron's 'practice makes progress' shirts, Rusty? ;-)
I like 'practice makes possible' as it opens up trying pretty much anything without any real focus on the outcome. Plus 'practice makes better' scans terribly. I also like the the final one, although it is a reinterpretation of the OODA loop (Observe, Orientate, Decide, Act) as per John Boyd.
Incidentally I found an interview with Josh Kaufman on my laptop that I'm guessing I got hold of after discussions with Griff, but he states that 20 hrs is enough to learn a skill - not 10,000 hours. The latter is to master a skill, the former to get to a base level of accomplishment or to perform it 'well enough'. And that's what most people are after - not perfection. And if you can't dedicate & schedule in 20 hrs to practice the skill, you're probably not that fussed about it anyway and motivation would fall away.
Dogtank, I like 'Practice Makes Progress', but its flaw is that it's not necessarily so, whereas 'Practice Makes Possible' is more open-ended, as you indicated.
How about 'Practice Makes Progress Possible'?
Dogtank, I'm glad you mentioned Josh Kaufman's book "The first 20 hours. How to learn anything… fast!" https://first20hours.com/
It was early in my 'career' of how to get better at getting better that I read it. I need to reread it since I'm so much smarter now. ;-)
But his assertion on his website that "research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to develop a new skill to mastery" is a misinterpretation of Anders Ericsson's work because it indicates that time spent is the main ingredient. Ericcson argued that the components of 'deliberate practice' were the real key. And his mention of 10,000 hours in his original research was specific to world-class elite violinists (soloists) by the age of 20. Malcolm Gladwell latched onto and popularized "the 10,000 hours rule" in his book "Outliers" but botched it.
I like the first and last phrases. And I also ordered one of the “Practice Makes Progress” shirts. Ha.
Butch, I see that "practice, reflect, adjust, repeat" just moved to first place in the poll.
I'm glad to know you ordered one of the SuperRider jerseys. Send me a photo of you wearing it when you get a chance!