Re: OTHER SOURCED ADVICE
Reply #11 –
Bob Bly is an accomplished copy writing professional and tutor.
This little ditty by him I think applies to anyone who wants to succeed at anything . . . it certainly something I benefited from in my days as a champion swimmer; and also today in the context of my accomplishments in the game of forwarding our spiritual powers and abilities endeavor.
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Dear Direct Response Letter Subscriber:
I got an email from Amazon recommending to me the book
"Memorization for Actors" by Alexa Ispas.
It caught my attention because, for many years, I used
to marvel at how actors could memorize plays, TV, and
movie scripts -- and recite their many lines without
cue cards or teleprompters.
But that all changed when, at age 17, I played alto
clarinet in the orchestra pit for our high school
senior play -- "Bye, Bye, Birdie."
And I discovered this simple memory trick for actors:
repetition.
The actors and orchestra members rehearsed for the play
daily.
Our first rehearsal for "Bye Bye Birdie" was after
school on a Monday.
And I was amazed that my friends with speaking parts in
the play were able to perform -- almost flawlessly --
without a script in hand.
But, after only a week or so of daily rehearsals, I too
knew the play by heart.
And not just one part ... but the entire play ... and
without deliberately trying to memorize the words.
The secret?
Repetition.
After hearing the play performed a few times -- even
though I sat below the stage and focused on the score,
not the script -- I soon knew virtually every line of
every character in every scene.
The lesson in all this is: repetition is a vital part
of learning virtually everything.
And therefore, rote -- mechanical repetition -- is
valuable and necessary... an incredibly powerful memory
"hack."
This observation led comedian Steven Wright to quip
ironically, "If self-help books really worked, there
would be only one of them."
Similarly, many copywriters will copy by hand a
particularly strong ad they run across multiple times.
In the same vein, Michael Jordan said he has taken well
over 200,000 practice shots in his life.
A famous concert violinist once said it this way:
"If I miss 3 days of practice, the audience will hear
it.
"If I miss 2 days of practice, the conductor will
hear it.
"And if I miss even one day of practice, I will hear
it."
And then there's the young man who asked another man
in the street: "How do I get into Carnegie Hall?"
"Practice, my boy," said the older man,
"practice."
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