>Why regular practice isn’t enough Typically, repeated practice takes us up to a medium level of success. After an initial spike, progress stalls, plateaus — th

>Why regular practice isn’t enough Typically, repeated practice takes us up to a medium level of success. After an initial spike, progress stalls, plateaus — then grinds to a halt. >Because when you reach an average level of competence, your ability stops being a work-in-progress and starts being a reflex. I've seen this time and time again. Whether it be at starting a new workplace, or playing some sport or video game. If you have ever played and online competitive game, I'm sure you will have seen people with multiple thousand hours, who are still only in the top 40th percentile (or even lower). They start this new game, or new job or new activity, go through a learning process and then just... stop. From there on the brain is on "autopilot" mode, and progress becomes very slow or even grinds to a complete halt. Getting to an OK level is easy, but surpassing that requires a conscious, continuous and uncomfortable amount of effort.