When you want to get good at something, how you spend your time practi…

Joshua Foer
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When you want to get good at something, how you spend your time practicing is far more important than the amount of time you spend. ✨ Joshua Foer (2011). Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, p.198, Penguin UK
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When you want to get good at something, how you spend your time practicing is far more important than the amount of time you spend. ✨ Joshua Foer (2011). Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, p.198, Penguin UK

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