One of the most aggravating things to me is when I hear someone complain that they are just not good at something.
Few skills are "natural," and, fortunately or unfortunately, one most hone their skills to become proficient.
Dictionary.
com defines hone as to "sharpen to a fine edge.
" Just as one can hone his knife, blade or sword by properly sharpening these, skills can be honed by learning, understanding, practicing, and thus improving.
Few people who claim that they are bad spellers have difficulty with spelling because of either a learning disorder, or a condition such as dyslexia, and even these individuals, with proper training and conditioning, can be given the tools to assist them in improving these skills.
Good spelling only comes from studying, practicing and working at it.
There is no magic involved! As I have previously written about kids today not being able to write, surveys and studies indicate that even most college graduates cannot proficiently write a full paper, or even three paragraphs.
While some individuals may be more creative than others, basic writing skills are skills that anyone who disciplines himself and "works at it" should be able to sufficiently master.
It does, however, take practice, and a willingness to learn and understand certain basic rules of writing.
While some great athletes seemed to "naturally" come across their skills, most of them had to hone them by taking lessons and constant practice.
While Tiger Woods is considered to be the best golfer of this generation, his prowess arrived more from his years of training, lessons, practice, honing and re-honing his golf skills than simply by natural abilities.
Woods began playing golf when he was about two, and practiced constantly.
He still has a golf practice and physical conditioning regimen, which is second to known.
And, he has never been merely satisfied with "merely" being good, or placing high in a tournament (for example, a Top 10 finish).
To Woods, anything less than a victory is not "good enough.
" On and around a golf course, Wood's discipline regarding his golf game is what has made him a star - - basically, he honed and conditions to hone his skills.
However, even Mr.
Woods has found out since his return to the PGA tour last year, one cannot live on his reputation, and his return has been less than auspicious.
He apparently realizes that he may have taken too much for credit, and has recently found the need to reshape his swing, and hire a new coach.
Much of becoming proficient at something is having a willingness to "open one's mind" to believing that one can accomplish a task.
That does not mean the task may not be difficult, or that it is achievable without effort.
However, having the belief that if one puts in the time and effort necessary to learn the necessary skills, practice can then make one proficient enough to more than adequately accomplish the task.
The most important aspect of this is one's attitude.
Those who have a positive, can do attitude, consistently exceed the performances of tho that don't.
Few skills are "natural," and, fortunately or unfortunately, one most hone their skills to become proficient.
Dictionary.
com defines hone as to "sharpen to a fine edge.
" Just as one can hone his knife, blade or sword by properly sharpening these, skills can be honed by learning, understanding, practicing, and thus improving.
Few people who claim that they are bad spellers have difficulty with spelling because of either a learning disorder, or a condition such as dyslexia, and even these individuals, with proper training and conditioning, can be given the tools to assist them in improving these skills.
Good spelling only comes from studying, practicing and working at it.
There is no magic involved! As I have previously written about kids today not being able to write, surveys and studies indicate that even most college graduates cannot proficiently write a full paper, or even three paragraphs.
While some individuals may be more creative than others, basic writing skills are skills that anyone who disciplines himself and "works at it" should be able to sufficiently master.
It does, however, take practice, and a willingness to learn and understand certain basic rules of writing.
While some great athletes seemed to "naturally" come across their skills, most of them had to hone them by taking lessons and constant practice.
While Tiger Woods is considered to be the best golfer of this generation, his prowess arrived more from his years of training, lessons, practice, honing and re-honing his golf skills than simply by natural abilities.
Woods began playing golf when he was about two, and practiced constantly.
He still has a golf practice and physical conditioning regimen, which is second to known.
And, he has never been merely satisfied with "merely" being good, or placing high in a tournament (for example, a Top 10 finish).
To Woods, anything less than a victory is not "good enough.
" On and around a golf course, Wood's discipline regarding his golf game is what has made him a star - - basically, he honed and conditions to hone his skills.
However, even Mr.
Woods has found out since his return to the PGA tour last year, one cannot live on his reputation, and his return has been less than auspicious.
He apparently realizes that he may have taken too much for credit, and has recently found the need to reshape his swing, and hire a new coach.
Much of becoming proficient at something is having a willingness to "open one's mind" to believing that one can accomplish a task.
That does not mean the task may not be difficult, or that it is achievable without effort.
However, having the belief that if one puts in the time and effort necessary to learn the necessary skills, practice can then make one proficient enough to more than adequately accomplish the task.
The most important aspect of this is one's attitude.
Those who have a positive, can do attitude, consistently exceed the performances of tho that don't.
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