Practical Ways to Become a Great Designer | UX Movement

You need to practice your craft away from work if you want to be great at it.

He lists a bunch of reasons why, and spends a lot of time driving them home... But I think the time is wasted.

Good designers/creators/developers/etc already do their craft away from work. Bad ones have a million excuses why they can't or won't. I can't see him changing anyone's mind as to whether they hone their craft in their free time or not.