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Practice Makes Perfect See Comments. Actual Blog therein. Make Women Female Again |
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This is an adage we're all familiar with. With many things in life, there's a 'learning curve' and the more times we perform a particular task, the better we get at it. That's true. We get better at it and in many cases, depending on the task, we can reduce the amount of time necessary to complete it. The thing that comes to mind for me the most are physical activities of the human body .... Athletic endeavors are the prime example I'd point to. I'm sure each of you readers can think of some things in your life you got better at the more you performed the task. If it's not athletics, perhaps it was something at work, something at home ...... Hell, we all drive don't we? Were we as good at driving the first time we got behind the wheel as we are now?  Funny you should mention that. There's a drivers training school about a block and a half from here. They drive around in various models of vehicles, yet all are painted a vivid yellow with 'Student Driver' signs on the sides and rear. I hate to get behind one because they are so overly cautious in everything they do..... We were all there at one point in time, weren''t we? [image] Make Women Female Again
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We're also familiar with the adage; No body is perfect. Don't confuse a learning curve with perfection. Trying to earn approval and acceptance through performance, is perfectionism, not practice. The same men that seek to devalue females for their lack of experience are the same men that seek validation by chasing them.
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My ballroom dance instructor used to say that practice makes permanent. Important to get it right before you make it permanent.
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I will volunteer that oral sex is something i got better at over the years. It helps when she is specific about how she likes it!
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When I was growing up, I practiced (poorly) ice skating......nope it just didn't work. Good thing I live in FL 
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I think perfect may be in the eyes of the beholder. However, there's no denying that practice makes better. But it is just not repetition, you need to have a teaching source that can offer you proper technique for any pursuit, only then can you have a chance to approach perfection. imho
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No pipe dream here. 
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I don't see the practice as a need to reach any sort of perfection, only to be as good as I can be... so pushing myself and moving some imaginary limits in my head... I am sorry, as Dreamy mentioned, I wasn't persistent with ice skating as I adore watching it and it always gives me that sensation like they are levitating above that ice... but I wasn't really good, been too scared of falling and embarrassed when it happened a few times so I gave up... but in my case, I think a good example would be English language and becoming more fluent and less afraid of using it... there is so much more to learn even though I know I will never be as near as I would want to be... but did it improve with practicing - ohhh yes, it sure did...
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When I started in engineering I was taught there was no such thing as perfection, only the degree to which we can measure something. Measure something with a ruler/rule & we might say it's exactly 1inch, measure it with a micrometer & we can see it is not exact. I would agree with grywolf, it's more pactice makes better. Also rope_n_cuffs, we need to be practicing the right technique. My father was a physical education teacher, so he taught all the usual things, football (soccer), rugby, cricket, athletics. But, his love was gymnastics. In the evenings he ran a gymnastics club & most of his pupils where girls. Some of the girls went on to compete at national level. One became British tumbling champion. Tumbling is the floor exercises, if you are unfarmiliar, no equipment other than a springy floor. My father was in awe of that Nadia Comaneci performance. But was it perfect? The judges obviously felt there was nothing that warranted a deduction. Maybe it's the scoring system that's imperfect?
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I don't see the practice as a need to reach any sort of perfection, only to be as good as I can be... so pushing myself and moving some imaginary limits in my head... I am sorry, as Dreamy mentioned, I wasn't persistent with ice skating as I adore watching it and it always gives me that sensation like they are levitating above that ice... but I wasn't really good, been too scared of falling and embarrassed when it happened a few times so I gave up... but in my case, I think a good example would be English language and becoming more fluent and less afraid of using it... there is so much more to learn even though I know I will never be as near as I would want to be... but did it improve with practicing - ohhh yes, it sure did...
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Sorry "Plzrmeister" for getting back to you! She was perfect! I was a big fan of Nadia! But what price did she pay for this "perfection"? What price did all her successors pay to reach her level? "Can't be done, doesn't exist!" That's what drives us, someone always wants to be better than the others!
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