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It Doesn’t Matter How Many Hours You Put in — Are You Actually Getting Any Better?
Here’s what most people get wrong about productivity, practice, and success
“The quality of your practice and training is far more important than the quantity of hours.” -Anthony Moore
Most people think that just putting in the hours enough. They think that showing up going through the motions is how you achieve success.
As a result, many people are simply doing the same thing day in, day out and deceiving themselves into believing that they’ve actually made any progress.
Hence, Hugh MacLeod has said,
“A lot of people in business say they have twenty years’ experience, when in fact all they have is one year’s experience, repeated twenty times.”
Indeed, the amount of time you put into something doesn’t really matter. You can be an accountant for twenty years and still be terrible at it. You can go to the gym every day for a year and not gain any muscle.
Simply showing up isn’t always enough.
You actually need accountability. You need a system that works, and a destination worth striving…
