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Practice Makes Perfect

What we learn to do, we learn by doing.

—ARISTOTLE

Practice your new charm skills whenever you can. When you first learn new techniques, they may feel a little awkward. This is normal. It is only when you repeat these charm skills in conversations with real people that you learn them to the point where they become second nature.

It is not enough that the players on a football team work out and learn and practice the plays. It’s the experience they get, game after game, that allows them to develop conditioned reflexes. ...

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