Cello Thought For The Day: Little And Often

By Miranda Wilson

We all know that practice is the only way to improve. And yet, how many times have you had an avalanche of work to do and not known where to start? Maybe you simply don’t have time for that four-hour practice schedule your professor in undergrad told you was essential to career success. Maybe you’re juggling work, life, and fifty other things and finding it hard to carve out time for yourself. Maybe you feel so overwhelmed you end up not doing any of it.

It’s easy to deal with a massive to-do list when you’re having a good day, but what about all the other days when you feel sluggish, resentful, cross, sleepy, and grouchy?

That’s where “little and often” is useful.

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Cello Thought For The Day: The Best Practice

“Practice makes perfect.” (It doesn’t.)

“Practice doesn’t make perfect, practice makes permanent.” (It doesn’t.)

“Practice doesn’t make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.”

But…if you aren’t allowed to do imperfect practice, how will you know what perfect practice is?

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