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I made an adage some years ago: Practice doesn't necessarily make perfect, it can also make you habitually wrong. --- I've trained, I don't, 50 apprentices.

I made an adage some years ago: Practice doesn't necessarily make perfect, it can also make you habitually wrong. --- I've trained, I don't, 50 apprentices. They all learn faster of they can do a short stint on a new task, say 10 to 29 mins, then come back to it after at least one sleep. They almost always develop bad habits if you make then do the new task all day because they'll get either overly focused on some inconsequential aspect of it, it lose interest because they're not good at it, or sone such.

kortex 5y ago
I've heard this stated as "practice makes permanent ", especially in the context of physical arts, and also safety culture. Once you start getting sloppy, it's time to context switch.
- tartoran 5y ago
  Very applicable to musical instruments and arts as well. At least to me
- User23 5y ago
  This is also very true for marksmanship.
- vldx 5y ago
  Yes, also similarly is "neurons that fire together wire together".
dehrmann 5y ago
> They all learn faster of they can do a short stint on a new task, say 10 to 29 mins, then come back to it after at least one sleep. I have this experience playing GTA. After failing a hard mission 6+ times, I take a break, and usually pass it on the first attempt after the break. I also had not problem following the train, but the RC copters were a nightmare.