{"id":1136,"date":"2011-07-15T09:08:49","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T14:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/blog\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2011-07-15T09:09:15","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T14:09:15","slug":"1136","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/?p=1136","title":{"rendered":"Reading vs Doing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever have prospects stuck in the paralysis of \u201cAnal-ysis\u201d? A rep who attends every training, takes copious notes and never speaks to a single prospect? A business partner who obsessed over details and yet did nothing to build the business?<\/p>\n<p>Acquiring knowledge is easier than developing skills. Knowing what to do and doing what you know are very different. If being competent in a skill was simply a matter of reading and understanding it, we wouldn\u2019t need \u201cDrivers Ed\u201d or \u201cThe Road Test\u201d part of getting a driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n<p>Remember the first time you drove a car? Remember how awkward it seemed. It takes some practice to acquire new physical skills but it is not very complicated. You can read about starting from a parking place on a hill\u2026and the outcome of a hill start depends on balancing engine power against clutch control.  Being too aggressive with the controls results in wheel spin or a jerky start; being too hesitant results in the engine stalling or excessive clutch wear.<\/p>\n<p>The feedback is consistent with the action and learning occurs after taking action.<\/p>\n<p>You and I can read a thousand books on Swimming, Learn all about human anatomy &#038; physiology. Read another thousand books on the physical properties of water. And how do you and I learn to swim? By getting in the water and having somebody show us!<br \/>\nWhat drives us to learn to swim\u2026now that\u2019s the important part!  <\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;WHY&#8221; is the driving force in learning to drive, swim or build a business.<\/p>\n<p>Live with Intention,<br \/>\nDr Bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever have prospects stuck in the paralysis of \u201cAnal-ysis\u201d? A rep who attends every training, takes copious notes and never speaks to a single prospect? A business partner who obsessed over details and yet did nothing to build the business? &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/?p=1136\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6],"tags":[29,119,32,154,37,27,152,117,118,43,30,125,42,28,36,126,153,31],"class_list":["post-1136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-coaching","category-personal-development","tag-author","tag-bill-toth","tag-business-coach","tag-create-your-fate","tag-createyourfate","tag-dr-bill-toth","tag-dr-billtoth1","tag-drbill-toth","tag-drbilltoth","tag-entrepreneur","tag-father","tag-julie-toth","tag-leadership-development","tag-morning-moments","tag-neurolinguistics","tag-nlp","tag-postaday2011","tag-speaker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1136"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1138,"href":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions\/1138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}