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Practice! Practice! Practice!
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How much should I practice?
Practice! Practice! Practice!
We must not promise what we ought not, lest
we be called on to perform what we cannot.
- Abraham Lincoln
How does one get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. It's a silly joke but truer words have never been spoken. Every magician, sooner or later (usually sooner) makes the same mistake. They learn a trick and go out and try to do it without practicing it. The simple secret does not mean it is simple to do. It takes work. But every great magician in history practiced for one reason: he or she loved to practice!
