Repetition is powerful. Reps are wonderful in the gym for strength training… AND for creating habits. Think of your brain as just one big Mental Muscle… that needs to be re-wired if you want to acquire a new skill or habit. Repetition re-wires your brain by strengthening neural pathways associated with a behavior, eventually making the behavior a habit.
Caution! Repetition does work… both ways! Repetition can build excellence, but it can also engrain dysfunction. The common phrase “Practice makes Perfect” is a simplification; the truth is that “Practice makes Permanent” and thus it behooves us to ensure that our reps are based upon PROPER Practice.
Closing Quotes:
“Repetition is the mother of skill.” – Tony Robbins
“Neurons that fire together wire together.” – Norman Doidge, The Brain That Changes Itself
“Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.” – Vince Lombardi
“Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.” – Zig Ziglar
“Your brain isn’t motivated by your goals. It is motivated by your repetitions.” – Christine Comaford, Founder, SmartTribes Institute
As always, I share what I most want and need to learn. – Nathan S. Collier
Note: Every effort has been made to properly source any 3rd person material. I am, however, a voracious reader. If anyone finds any unattributed material, pls let me know asap and I will be delighted to give credit where credit is due.
“All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832
