How do you get to Carnegie Hall? According to the old joke, “practice, practice, practice.” While it may sound like good advice, it’s not the best or fastest path because practice can only get you so ...

Does practice really make perfect? It's an age-old question, and a new study finds that while practice won't make you perfect, it will usually make you better at what you're practicing. "Other factors ...

Turns out, that old "practice makes perfect" adage may be overblown. New research finds that a copious amount of practice is not enough to explain why people differ in level of skill in two widely ...

People have long spent hours working on achieving greatness in their chosen field on the assumption that practice will make perfect. However, new research suggests that their efforts may all have been ...

It was the day before a high-stakes sales pitch. I was a consultant working with a sales rep, who was sweating it — literally. His manager and I watched him practice his presentation a final time — in ...