97. The Law of Practice
Continuous practice of a key skill reduces the time required to perform the task and increases the output achieved.
The more you practice a key skill, the less time it takes you to perform the same task. The better you get at a particular job, the more of that job you can do in a shorter period of time. The greater the skill you develop in your work, the higher the quality of the work you can do and the less time it takes you to do it.
A highly skilled typist can type five to ten times as much as an unskilled typist and do better work. The two typists may have the same age, intelligence, and natural abilities, but the faster typist has developed the skill that enables her to outproduce the other by several times.
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