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I would say constancy is more important that confidence. It's simply dull, constant practice that gets you to be perfect in a certain skill, not confidence (and

I would say constancy is more important that confidence. It's simply dull, constant practice that gets you to be perfect in a certain skill, not confidence (and I'm speaking with experience as a hard sciences student). Advice from business-people is inapplicable to us science students most of the time.

qaexl 18y ago
The times when I made the most improvement in a particular skill comes from not-dull, constant practice. Hard, yes, repetitive, yes, but never dull. If your attention wanders while you are practicing, you're not getting the most out of the practice. Lacking confidence tends to distract as much as over-confidence. The person practicing stops paying attention to what he is practicing. I'd say, transfer of learning (taking advice from one context and figuring out how to apply it in a different context)is a form of resourcefulness. (Though I'm more of the opinion that resourcefulness applies to both internal and external obstacles).
froo 18y ago
Advice from business-people is inapplicable to us science students most of the time. Walt was an innovator first, businessman second. Did you know he invented the multiplane camera that revolutionised the Animation industry? Or perhaps that he insisted on having the pegs on the Animation Discs down the bottom where it was the standard at the time to have them up the top? This was so they could do rolling, a small change but a huge revolution at the time Every chance he got he tried to push the envelope of what was possible - in fact, this nearly sent him broke in the early days. I think if Walt was born in this century, you'd see the guy in Silicon Valley doing what a lot of us are trying to do now. Anyay lastly, I think I should finish this off with another quote of his, which kind of underlines the point I'm trying to make. "I don't make movies to make money. I make money to make movies" - Walt Disney

qaexl 18y ago

The times when I made the most improvement in a particular skill comes from not-dull, constant practice. Hard, yes, repetitive, yes, but never dull. If your attention wanders while you are practicing, you're not getting the most out of the practice. Lacking confidence tends to distract as much as over-confidence. The person practicing stops paying attention to what he is practicing. I'd say, transfer of learning (taking advice from one context and figuring out how to apply it in a different context)is a form of resourcefulness. (Though I'm more of the opinion that resourcefulness applies to both internal and external obstacles).

froo 18y ago

Advice from business-people is inapplicable to us science students most of the time. Walt was an innovator first, businessman second. Did you know he invented the multiplane camera that revolutionised the Animation industry? Or perhaps that he insisted on having the pegs on the Animation Discs down the bottom where it was the standard at the time to have them up the top? This was so they could do rolling, a small change but a huge revolution at the time Every chance he got he tried to push the envelope of what was possible - in fact, this nearly sent him broke in the early days. I think if Walt was born in this century, you'd see the guy in Silicon Valley doing what a lot of us are trying to do now. Anyay lastly, I think I should finish this off with another quote of his, which kind of underlines the point I'm trying to make. "I don't make movies to make money. I make money to make movies" - Walt Disney