Repetition: Fundamental key to learning

 Repetition is a key to change, but we need to right repetition to get the right results.

If we want to become proficient on an instrument we need to practice. However, the way we practice, or the repetition of exercises and pieces of music, determines how we will perform. 

If practice is poor, the performance will also be poor. Practice does not make perfect. 

Many years ago, I had some piano and guitar lessons, but my practice habits were poor (non-existent) so I had no proficiency and didn't last long with the lessons. My musical ability is basically being able to identify what a guitar and piano (and many other instruments) are.

My siblings learned to play string instruments. My wife is a violinist. My children are gifted in music and learning to play the violin through the Suzuki method. Although my musical talent is very limited...I can also sing hymns in church...I have learned something from the observation of lessons and practice. It's also something I believe Dr. Suzuki would teach: practice makes permanent.

If our practice is perfect, performance will be perfect. Perfect practice may not be possible every day, but we can continually work to improve.

Our habits are what we have practiced doing. Some took little time to develop. Others developed over time. But, no matter how the habit came to be, it is essentially the result of us acting or reacting to something until it became a "natural" response.

This is not to say a habit is natural. It's referring to the fact that there is little (if any) thought involved with the habit: we just do it.

An accomplished violinist isn't thinking about how the fingers dance across the strings, changing the tension and varying the vibrational patterns and resulting sounds. The graceful glide of the bow moving up, down, long, or short on the strings is similarly done with little or no thought. When a musical piece has been played enough, it becomes natural and the focus and thoughts shift from playing the notes correctly to improving the musicality.

Applying the law of attraction in our lives also requires consistent, regular, practice. We need to change the bad habits of a scarcity mindset to become the magnet to attract abundance into our lives.

Just like practicing an instrument, practicing the law of attraction or any other principle involved with self-improvement requires frequent repetition, the practice. 

But, just like learning an instrument (or any new skill) however you practice is how you will perform. Your practice makes permanent.

If you only half-heartedly work to change your beliefs, your mindset, your paradigms, you will not see or experience the results you want. 

Just like me where the guitar or piano are concerned. I can want, hope, and/or wish to play an instrument all I want; I can read, think, and dream about it forever; and I can go to all the lessons I can; but, if I don't do the work, the practice, I won't be able to play either instrument with any amount of proficiency.