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Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect 37

If you’re not particularly conscious of your creative thinking abili-
ties, you’re not a freak. Most people aren’t very aware when it comes
to thinking. Most people simply don’t think about how they think.
We all have good days; we all have bad days. The good days feel so
good. “Yes!” “A great idea!” “A solution to a problem!” There’s nothing
quite like it.
And then there are the bad days. “Oh no, it’s not coming.” “Oh, this
isn’t any good.” Or worse yet, sometimes it feels like a great idea—
“Yes!” And a few days later.... “What was I thinking?”
We’re so inexact.
Why the inconsistency? Because, for the most part, we’re unaware
of what we do when we come up with great ideas, and we’re unaware of
what we do when we don’t come up with great ideas or when we come
up with less-than-great or even absolutely horrible ideas. We’re simply
unconscious thinkers.

PRACTICE DOESN’T MAKE PERFECT

I have a golf pro, a guy who really likes challenges, who says, “Prac-
tice doesn’t make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.”

I don’t know about you, but when I’m on the golf range—supposedly
practicing—I’m usually just swinging away, totally unconscious of what
I’m doing, getting really consistent at being inconsistent.