This kind of advice is a double-edged sword. It does point you in the right direction but when you meditate shortly on the meaning of the words &quot;quality&quot; and &quot;quantity&quot; I think you&#x27;re likely to conclude that the thesis &quot;The Key to Higher Quality is Higher Quantity&quot; can imply almost anything.<p>For a long time I&#x27;ve been an opponent to this mantra and in a way I still am. This is because in my opinion a lot of people define &quot;higher quantity&quot; wrongly. Learning flash cards mindlessly all day will hardly help you become more fluent in a foreign language; preparing loads of meals or even the same meal very often doesn&#x27;t help you become a chef if you aren&#x27;t fully concentrated on what you&#x27;re doing.<p>Lately I am of the opinion that you have to practice with a zen attitude, like it is described in &quot;Zen Mind, Beginner&#x27;s Mind&quot;. And because of that I think the author of this article also gets it wrong when he says:<p><pre><code>  As Ira Glass so famously put it, the best way to refine your craft is to create a huge volume of work. Not to create the most perfect piece you can, but to create many pieces of work.
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I guess what Mr. Glass hints at is that you shouldn&#x27;t become paralyzed by being caught up in thoughts. That is: It is useless to think &quot;Oh this needs to be perfect&quot; or &quot;Oh this needn&#x27;t be perfect because some clever guy said so&quot; because in that instance you&#x27;ve already lost concentration and you are not really stretching your skills. You certainly have to TRY your best every time. In other words: Strive for perfection but don&#x27;t get distracted by having dualistic thoughts about your practice.