Practice, the ultimate school

I spent the larger part of my Saturday helping my son hang a brand-new front door.

He had already gotten some practice the weekend before, when he performed the same task on a smaller entry-door and had, in the process, learned some valuable lessons by running into unforeseen problems and making a few mistakes.

Even though most of the rough job (before insulating, finishing and trimming) took us a good 6 hours, we avoided all the pitfalls that took him 11 hours the weekend before.

A simple reminder that practice truly makes perfect and is a necessary step on the way to quality work. Don't we all need to be reminded of that?