[Trombone-l] Tag Line

[Roger Carmichael]

I like the 90/10 rule, as it pertains to golf.  "A fairway can only be hit
10% of the time, whereas a 2 inch limb on a tree can be hit 90% of the
time."


> [Original Message]
> From: Daniel Pliskin <daniel_pliskin at hotmail.com>
> To: Dan Thornton <dan at dethornton.com>; Trombone-L
<trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
> Date: 3/24/2008 9:08:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Tag Line
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> > What do you think? Does this line agree with your experience?
> > 
> > "Mediocrity and excellence take about the same amount of time.  The
> > difference is attention to detail!"  Renee C. Henderson
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> Dan,
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> The problem is that it's not particularly true.
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> Sometimes excellence is unachievable and sometimes mediocrity takes more
time, because you need to clean it up, after you've botched it the first
time.  
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> But I'm reminded of something I came up with about skiing:
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> Most of the energy one uses skiing is energy used recovering one's
balance.  The rest of skiing is almost effortless.  
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> If you're lazy and/or are trying to look cool and are putting 96% of the
needed energy into your turns, you get thrown off balance more often and it
wears you out quickly.  If, on the other hand, you put 115% of the needed
energy into your turns you're much less likely to be thrown around and 115%
of something that's almost effortless, is, well, almost effortless.  So I
can ski diamond runs all day, by simply putting 115% of the needed effort
into my turns.  
>
> Do I look cool doing it?  Well, at almost 60 years old, looking cool
isn't all that important to me.
>
> DanP
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