I’m a big fan of Anthony Robbins, the world’s authority on peak performance and achievement.

And one of the lines I always hear on his audio programs is…

“Repetition is the mother of skill.”

And it’s true.

If you expect to grasp something by only doing it a few times, you’re going to be sadly disappointed at the results.

This applies to your music playing, exercising, reading, hobbies, time management — just about anything you can think of.

On the other hand, however, if you commit to the thing you want to accomplish and support it with repeated action, you will succeed. The person who fails just didn’t try enough… point blank.

They say it takes at least 21 days of doing something for it to become a habit. Now, whether you agree with the specific number or not, it is undeniable that you must stick with something in order for it to become habitual. Heck, that even applies to negative habits. One who is overweight didn’t get there overnight. One who smokes oneself into lung cancer didn’t get there with one puff. So it goes both ways.

So the next time you’re tempted to give up, remember that in order for you to birth the skill and mastery that comes at the end of the tunnel, you must endure a moment of pregnancy — then, and only then, will the result emerge. No one desires a premature pregnancy.

“Repetition is the mother of skill.”

Until next time —

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