The hardest parts of learning something new
Are first to overcome preconceptions
And then to change bad habits
Which cannot be jettisoned but only replaced

Take the stereotypical image of dejection
Back bent forward hands before the thighs
Fingertips just reaching the tops of the kneecaps
Shuffling with a stride of no more than eight inches

Try instead this exercise from a seated position
Put on left shoe tying it as applicable
Hold right shoe in both hands
Gaze at spot on floor for seventeen minutes