In this life, everything’s about skills, about what you like to do and about what you can do for money. The more in demand your skills are, the more money you are going to make. Wouldn’t be nice if you could acquire any skills you may want or need? You can do it. You aren't born with skills, however, throughout your lifetime you acquire more and more abilities from walking to driving and everything else in between. Skills that you can learn and improve as time is passing by. There’s one thing I know for sure: you can develop any aptitude you wish by practice, hard work, and patience. I am from Romania. Therefore English is not my maternal language; you might have noticed this. About four years ago I was so bad at English that I was writing it with Romanian diacritics(ș instead of sh; ă as in"the"). As I'm sure, you may know, in the English language, diacritics are non-existent, but I didn't realize that at the time, and I entirely butchered the language. I continually exposed myself to English through this innovative thing called the internet, and now I can say that I am speaking reasonably well. About five months ago I joined Steem, until that point I have never written anything, and because of the monetization possibility, I started writing. Of course, in the beginning, I wasn’t that good, but with practice, I got better, both at my English and at my actual writings. Now, I can say that I'm decent at it, enough to influence my ideas to other people. There's a lot more to say, but the main idea is that you can at least get decent at something by constant practice. What I want you to do now is to start something. It doesn’t matter if it’s something that you’ve been putting off for a long time now or something that you think you may like doing. Start something, anything, and practice it. My advice would be to create a schedule for yourself, so you don’t get lost in life’s endless possibilities of wasting your time and stick to it. In that program include at least one hour of practising that skill and do it every day. Do not miss any day. If you do it once, you’ll do it twice and missing days may soon become a habit. After about thirty days of practising, it’ll become a habit for you, and even if at the beginning you didn’t like doing it so much the chances are that you will enjoy it a lot more now. If you give a fair amount of time and attention to anything after a while, you will get better and better at it. Another thing is never to stop practising even if you are the best at that stuff. This is the reason why Michael Jordan, even if he’s one of the best basketball players, he’s not missing any training session. Make sure to tell me down in the comments what you want to start now. Good luck.
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Never ever stop learning. I work with many people who've put their work lives on "cruise control" and are just coasting into retirement. Very sad.
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School should focus on producing people, who when leaving school, are curious and eager to learn.
Absolutely! It seems that school is geared toward teaching people how to be cogs in a machine rather than how to be innovative, think outside of the box and be leaders.
It would be so beneficial to society if our education systems could produce more self reliant citizens. Well, obviously working as a community is also important, but I meet too many kids who just don't know how to figure things out and are actually repelled by anything that even slightly smells educational.
I totally agree, the most important thing school should teach us is to have a critical spirit and curiosity. Then work discipline (the practice) is also very important. Learning a musical instrument is perhaps the best example, there is nobody out there that mastered an instrument without practicing for hours, every day, for many years.
I'm a self made programmer, just because I have a critical spirit and curiosity. It's happened a long time ago when my school provides a programming class. After about 2 sessions they stop it. Started from there my spirit and curiosity boost up and I cannot stop it.
It's sad when you see older people thinking that they are unable to learn new stuff.
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I agree with you @kevinwong , and I don't like this it cause peception that only young ones can learn new skills and this prevents employers hire candidates who are above 35 or 40. Sad, this MUST be changed.
Yes. I just published a quote that you might like https://steemit.com/quote/@vdux/quote-of-the-day-december-9-2017. It's a quote about your mindset when facing
a challenge. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts -- also @adsactly and anybody else who reads this post.
I completely agree with this quote! We should all think about our natural skills but we should also continuously improve them and try to make the best out of it.
Have a good day!
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So true and inspiring.
I recently was learning a song ont he piano and I have so much trouble reading, and with playing fast. I was convinced I would never be able to play it a full speed. Well the other day, when my fingers were properly warmed up, I got there. It wasn't flawless, but I did not hesitate as much and it was almost up to par. Then another time, it wasn't so great. I I know now, I need to warm up properly and be alert while playing and with time, I will play it more and more at full speed without hesitations or mistakes. It gives me confidence to keep going.
Now, it inspired me for something I need to try, due to lack of money, which is audio sound cleaning and mixing. So I looked up a bunch of tutorials and I will take small clips, pradtice, try things out, practice, until I get a decent result and can go on with the bigger project.
It's all these little victories that are the proof that we can succeed in the future when we practice enough.
It's easy to forget and get discouraged when we don't get there yet. We just need to keep reminding ourselves of those other victories to motivate ourselves to keep at it.
A famous musician, I don't remember his name, once commented that Rachmaninoff practiced playing so slowly. I'm a complete amateur at the piano, but it's amazing what you can learn by taking things in tiny little bites. It took me a long time to learn Rachmaninoff's Prelude Op 23 #4, but I finally got it, and I can play it at the proper tempo. What I do is learn one measure at a time; just one. I play it till it's down pat.
The next day I play that measure a few times, and then I go back and play what I know from the beginning of the piece until the measure I just learned. I then go to the next measure. I'm now about 3/4 of the way learning the Prelude Op 23 #6, and I continue to play #4 to keep it in my head.
I'll never be a concert pianist, but it is absolutely heavenly to be able to play a difficult piece of music relatively well.
I've published about 10 books. The first one took me 10 years. The last one took a few months. I'm not an English major, and English isn't even my first language. Practice, practice, practice. Persistence pays.
That's amazing! :) Yup, practice and we can succeed.
Thank you, I'm glad to hear that you're inspired. I have learned so many things from simple tutorials on youtube that is unbelievable.
The big successes are made from small wins; you got it right ;)
Keep on going, no matter what, that is the strategy.
Absolutely. What an amazing resource at our fingertips: the internet. Through it, we have the ability to learn just about any skill by reading, watching and then trying it ourselves. To not get distracted is the biggest challenge.
To not get distracted, the focus is like a muscle; you can train it. The more you stay focused, the better you get at it, and over time it will come naturally. ;)
Thanks for the encouragement. As with most things, time and consistent effort are key. It's so natural to want the instant fix instead.
Oh yes, focus. Sometimes, I am so focused, it's like mindfulness meditation, other times I'm just so distracted lol That too comes with practice ;)
I hear you there!
Yesterday I was talking to an elderly person.....he is at the verge of death......But he still likes to be panctual....and sophisticated......I asked him that his age of being panctual is long ago gone......y is he still making life harsh ...he can enjoy and let loose of all these worries
His answer stun me .....
He said kid....had I let loose my panctuality I would have been long ago dead ....life is nothing but an organized mechanism of panctual things....
what a reply. for such great people life without that organized mechanism is equal to death.
see every one has to dye one day other... but living with principles is living after death. good to see you appreciating such morals. all the best to you
Thank u sir....even appreciation for such values is worth lauding
Ive been just posting random bitcoin and funny stuff so far, not really working. I have decided to go the high quality route and been working on my first well researched post for the last 2 weeks. Its very inspiring that you have managed to come up so far in steemit in your 5 months. I am about 2 months in now but I am learning by the day.
"Nobody is an expert on day one" : )
Quality is crucial, focus on it. And also, focus on community and making friends. They weren't five easy months, I worked a lot but I enjoyed the process, and that is the most important thing.
Thanks. I will do.
"Overwhelmed? Slow it down, take it easy, just enjoy the process :) Observe the situation, don't be the situation and life becomes fairly straight. Pay attention to the scales, there lies all the detailing. If you get too much close it's all pixels, too much far and it's all blur, be in the zone of clarity i.e. present, the only truth that matters, for everything else is either remembrance or speculation"
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You are very right, practice and effort make the difference
I did not draw before now look what I can do
now I just have to continue practicing to improve
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Oh, wow, this is impressive. Congrats. ;)
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Great advice! I find that one of the biggest roadblocks to success is giving up once the project becomes 'not fun'. There always reaches a point in any endeavor when whatever you are working on stops being fun and becomes work.
The real success comes when you are able to push through and reap the real benefits of your labor.
Thanks for the teaching. Nice post
Because practice gives power and confidence to face in real situation.
You raised a very practical point.
In India in some states, there is forced the regional language graduation. In that scenario I was a regional language (Telugu-the regional language of south Indian Language state Andhra Pradesh) medium graduate. Then I got a Medical representative job. They selected me basing on my ability of selling. But in a few days there was a meeting and I utterly failed in presentation of a product in English which resulted in stacking my job. But my manager who selected and trained me took personal responsibility that he will develop in a span of 3 months. He was successful. i.e. he could mould me. I would never in my life say that I developed. But I say that my manager was my mentor.
Later with a great vengeance sprit, I did masters postgraduate degree in ENGLISH literature while working itself and got double promotion.
Your point of uncompromising practice makes us successful. Thanks for the post...
My next mission is STEEMIT... learning every day, but there is a lot to do. I am at 44.2 reputation now soon I will go for 70. You are my inspiration. Following you now. i should reach 70 soon...
That is an impressive journey. Just learn every day about Steem, engage in the community and soon, you'll get to 60. To get to 70 you'll have to do a lot more. Good luck ;)
Dear @ADSactly, thank you for sharing this great piece. It is certainly true that one can learn and do almost anything with practicing it in continuity. I think that I should emphasize the importance of making a schedule and sticking to it. It is the single most important thing to do. The attention economy is becoming detrimental to our ability to focus on things that matter, so we easily drift into the state of lethargy caused by the plethora of novel, but usually useless information and its constant bombardment of our pleasure centers. We need to stick to a schedule in which we plan in great detail what we're going to do during some period of time, and we should stick to doing just that and nothing else, until it becomes our habit, until we do it without conscious effort, and until we derive and satiate our need for pleasure by doing something that is constructive for our lives. Being able to do these things, being able to deliberately program ourselves, is the ultimate form of self-control. And self-control is power.
Once again, a truly wonderful piece. Keep up the good work!
self-control. And self-control is power.
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Thanks a lot, I appreciate your huge comment.
A schedule is important especially if you don't have discipline, like me, and you want to get shit done. Good luck ;)
Thanks for sharing your experience and your story gave me a persuasion for what I want to achieve as an steemian.
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thanks for sharing the experience you had when first starting out. i will keep that in mind for any future comments i might be making. thanks for preventing new steemians from making those mistakes :) by the way i like what your doing here on steem, you keep it real, i can appreciate that for sure :)
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HI. Thanks for your article!
From Brazil, I am trying to promote the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practice for people over 35 years old like me. What do you say for people with more age that wants to start learning and practice new things? Kids learn very fast, but do you have some tips for adults?
The difference between adults and kids is that adults have discipline, so it's easier for them to stick to something. Hard work makes everything perfect. Tell them that nothing is free in life and that they have to invest their time and energy if they want to be great at it. ;)
thanks !!! Talking with some friends I recommend something like immersion in the theme. Watch videos (today we have YOUTUBE), do online courses like Renzo Course (https://www.gallerr.com/academy/mastering-bjj/r/3003).... and try to apply other learning experience in Jiu-Jitsu!
Oh yass. Good luck with that ;)
Good article.So good. I want to learn how to speak the korean Language. Doing some research online. Taking notes and browsing a lot.Sometimes, i get tired and ask myself' why do you even want to learn this language?'
Am still at it and hope to make go progress. So, you see why i think you write up is so so good cos i needed to hear it. Thanks Man
Awesome. I'm glad I motivated you. If you stick to it, you'll learn it eventually. It happened the same to me with English. ;)
Thanks. i sure will keep at it.I am already learning the korean alphabet...
I am from Turkey and I didn't use to know English very well.Although I didn't know İ don't give up and try every single day.Try to speak try to listen try to write..and this make me strong.In this day,I can easily understand what they saying.Thanks for sharing it reminded me my story :)
That is the way to do it. Practice it every day through different mediums. :D
Thanks for your comment.
You did great not only in learning English very well, but also here on Steemit, always delivering good and interesting content!I’m impressed!I started studying Swedish with Duolingo app, do it everyday spending at least one hour.You are right, when you skip once you then skip twice, should never let that happen.A person can learn anything he wants if there is enough will and practice put to it!
Thank you, I am pleased to know that my English is understandable. Duolingo is amazing because it lets you practice what you learn and that's the only way to do it. :D
This is so spot on! I'm into all kinds of skills, maybe to many as I'm become one of the jack of all master of none dudes . . . But I try to find a little bit of time each day for each skill and as time goes on they all get better. True story !
this is a great post! I'm preparing for the CPA exam, and sometimes it feels like it impossible to memorize all the numbers, rules and articles, but I realize that by practicing every day when I have a free minute and patience I'm so close to my goal 100% score at the exam. Never give up and let's make it perfect!
Thank you for this post, i can see my self when you started here on stemit.I also even this time i can really express in words what i fell or what im going to explain for.By this post it encourage me more to go further on this flatporm it helps me everyday practice my understanding and how to speak english.While im on the stage of knowing how to speak english at the same time i've earnSBD that help a lot on my financial problem.
That is great. Your English has some flaws here and there, but by writing and reading it, you'll get better soon. Good luck. ;)
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Practice makes perfect. Excellent read!
That's right !! But we are not good at whole things
Right now, I don't have any ideas about what I want to do at a daily basis, except Steemit of course. You are right about skipping practice though. Two years ago I decided to learn Japanese. I actually learnt quite a lot in a very short amount of time, but then I skipped practice once, and then some more times and suddenly I had forgotten what I had already learnt and had to start from the beginning. I still can't speak Japanese:(
That is sad to hear, you should get back on Japanese. ;)
your article really impressed a lot, its full of motivation for failure even for every sort of people in life for what ever the goal they have to achieve. you have surely did a great in your article, unique and outstanding. thanks you very much
here are some quotations by Michael Jordan
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I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
Motivations and practice are the key part of learning any things.If you want to gain in a education you need more and more practice. Thanks for share your valuable opinions.
Por ahora lo que quiero es mantener la constancia en steemit, quiero crecer y ganar, soy muy nueva en esto y quiero aprender como publicar contenidos interesantes y llamativos. Soy de Venezuela. quiero publicar contenidos que llamen la atención
Commitment is about the only thing you need, just picking what it is you want to commit to is the difficult part. 😃🤣 great read!
greeting acquaintances, perfect @adsactly if only we learned theory without practice is just bringing us in imaginary realms, practices that make us more useful and more perfect results.
It's all about action my friend. People have to take action on the theory they have learned. ;)
Thank you for sharing your story. I can understand the difficulties that you are facing. I am from India and English is not my first language, but with a lot of practice, now I am able to write something good in English.
And I agree with you, all it takes to gain perfection is practice, and we must never try to be a perfectionist.
Indeed, your English is good. Congrats since most people just drop everything off from week one because they get discouraged easily.
Also, one more thing we can note here. If you can find that one thing, just that one thing, that you do better than anyone else, then you should become even better at it. People will come to you and ask for your services just because of that one skill. This is a good way to make money because people will depend on you for your skill.
Exactly. This is what my mentor always used to say. The one thing. He's making millions now. ;)
Great suggestion, as they have said practice makes permanent, not perfect.
Comparing to the previous times wherein knowledge is accessible to people who are in school. Now we have a vast library called google and we are able to interact with people in any field. Expert or even amateur. We all have something and we will be able to hone our craft or even develop a new skill in the process.
We can learn anything from Google and Youtube nowadays. ;)
Yes exactly all hail to Google and Youtube.
Oh don't forget we also have awesome steemians here that are willing to share their expertise 😁.
Of course. There are so many things I have already learned from Steemians; it's just amazing. :D
Something I should practice on but have been procrastinating?
Eating healthy: I like to eat basically anything I have a craving for. I have a slim figure, so I think I've gotten used to hiding behind it. I want to eat healthy to stay healthy but I've just never taken my food intake seriously; eating the right food in the right proportions. So, I will work on making eating healthy a habit and perfection may not be the goal but I get to stay healthy.
Thank you for this motivation and you've done very well in practicing your English. Nice post/writing. Well done!
I used to eat a lot of crap back in the day and I got fat. Now I'm slim again so that's no problem. Now, I can't even eat fast food usually, I just can't stand it, that's how bad it is.
Eating healthy is a habit everyone should develop.
Thank you, I'm pleased that you liked my post. :D
You're welcome
Well-explained you're absolutely right my friend it's all about hard work and devoloping a learning life style because we should use our potential to the fullest in order to fnd fulfillment and satisfaction and I think nothing aids more than consistent learning because we are all have thw ability to aquire any skill and almost everything we set our mind to we can achieve but some people didn't realize that we are not here to be a victim of anything,nothing can holds us back but our thoughts. Thanks for this inspirational article @adsactly
Long life learning, that is the way to do it. I'm glad you like my post. ;)
I read your story. I like it.I have just join Steemit last month.I am Bangladeshi. English is not my maternal language.your post inspire me to work steemit. Thanks for sharing this post.
Last year I started to change my life. I downshifted my work time for having more time to learn new things. Within that year, I have written, published and sold 2000 copies of my book and I have created a new piece of furniture for offices. Within the next weeks, I want to learn more about steemit and explain how I got back in control over my "life time budget".
Along with practising a lot, also learn "actively" during practice, which will boost progress.
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Practice makes a man perfect.
100% true and really helpful for anyone struggling with self esteem issues.
When you got here your English was still kind of crap haha. I can't believe how Awesome it's got and how much you've grown in just a few months. You are going to do some amazing things in life.
I know, lol. My English was shit. Writing in English helped me a lot on the improvement part.
The future is looking exciting my friend. My blog is just starting to take off. Thank you, I hope you are right, haha. :D
Let's see where this leads me.
I used to work with a couple of Romanian women. Very hard workers. I always try set a schedule for myself as well. I just started following you today by the way and I'm amazed to see that in only 12 minutes you've earned almost $200 on this post. Since, in my experience, most people don't actually even vote until the 20 minute mark for curation reasons........that's amazing to me.
Yes, Romanians are amazing people. Thank you, I have no idea how it went that high, that fast. Well, I only get 50% of the SBD but that's fine for me. I like writing for them. :)
Libraries are nice.
just wonderer i
whether or not there is a difference between Moldovan and Standard rRomanian.
There are no differences between humans. We're all the same from a structural point. Moldovans have other traditions and language than Romanians. ;)
Thank you. i thought there were the same people. Yes. I know we are the same as human beings.
Oh, you dont want me to practice
practice it over and over again untill it becomes a part of who you are...