Does Practice Make Perfect? - Depends What You're Practicing

One of my devotions today talked about practice. It stated that practice does not make perfect if the practice is not purposeful and deliberate. If you're just putting in the hours, but not making the proper corrections and learning from your mistakes, then you'll never reach perfection.
The author used music as an example (thought of you Janie). She stated that according to Dr. K. Anders Ericsson, internationally recognized for his research in the psychology of performance, that it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to attain an expert level in any field.
So...this tells me that we can't just throw words on a website and expect sales. We have to be deliberate with our words. We have to follow the training to be instructed. We have to be open to suggestions and corrects. We have to grow through the hours we put in.
Some people have expectations based on their time here, or the number of posts they've created. Still others think they shouldn't...or just don't want to...have to put anything into it.
Instead we must understand that practice can bring perfection - or money - as long as we're doing more than putting in the hours (or words on the screen in our case).
Here's to purposeful and deliberate writing (practice) that leads to success (perfection) after we've put in the hours (learned).
Now, let's go get busy!
Karen