At one time or another, most of us have heard this timeless wisdom from someone coaching us on an underutilized or dormant skill:
“IT'S JUST LIKE RIDING A BICYCLE.”
Such a reassuring thought. No matter how rusty we might be in the performance of a skill, once we get started, something equal to muscle memory will engage and the whole operation will come naturally and effortlessly.
There's just one assumption, of course:
WE LEARNED TO RIDE A BICYCLE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
If this is indeed true, think back to what the experience of learning to ride ...
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