Practice Results Most Obvious AFTER Sleep You won't get better without practice.But you won't see the realbenefits of practice until you sleep.
Three Kinds of Tasks Broadly speaking, there are three kinds of tasks thatpeople do regularly. How you categorize your tasks impactshow (and how well) you do them.
Less Practice for More Results – MicroPractice A new way tostructure practice shows thatsometimes less is more.
To Maximize Competence and Confidence: Eat the Frog or Not? Should your first task beyour hardest task, or somethinga bit easier?
Reducing Practice Frustration One of the biggest challenges I'vefaced in my own playing careerhas been managing my own expectations.
Rules vs. Decisions Creating a few, carefully-chosen life rulescan have a huge impact onalmost any aspect of your life.
Seinfeld’s System(s) for Success A look into the systems thathave sustained Jerry Seinfeld and howthose could be useful to musicians.
Improve the Stragglers While it's encouraging to improve things thatyou're already good at, there's a moreefficient way to get better.
Practice Priorities: Quality or Quantity? Many students don't want to soundbad. But sounding bad is whatleads to sounding good.
The Danger of “Natural Technique” It feels like calling a young player"a natural" is a compliment, but itactually can delay long-term growth.