You need both. To get good at doing the thing, you have to do a lot of the thing. To optimize your doing of the thing, you have to spend time understanding the

You need both. To get good at doing the thing, you have to do a lot of the thing. To optimize your doing of the thing, you have to spend time understanding the thing. Because pure doing eventually hits a wall. Take boxing for example. You can be really good, have great stamina, and even a fantastic jab. But then a coach looks at you and says ”When you throw the jab, try twisting your forearms 10deg more, and adjust your shoulder like so”. Suddenly you have a whole inch more reach. Whoa! And none of those optimizations will help when you’re sparring against a terminator who steamrolls you with 2x your punching rate. Even if all their punches suck. see also: The pottery class metaphor –> https://excellentjourney.net/2015/03/04/art-fear-the-ceramics-class-and-quantity-before-quality/ https://excellentjourney.net/2015/03/04/art-fear-the-ceramic...