Graham English

Posts Tagged ‘expertise’

“I Can Do That” Syndrome

You’re listening to a piece of music and it sounds so simple and easy that you say to yourself, “I can do that.” But can you really? And if you can, how come you haven’t yet? Read on…

How To Rescue Your Time And Get Your Life Back

Rescue time is an application that has become very important to my weekly GTD review. It’s helping me put some metrics to my writing goals. Read on…

1,000-Hour/5,000-Hour Model For Songwriting Success

The concept is this: To be a good, competent songwriter, it will take 1,000 hours of practice. If you want to be a great songwriter, it will take 5,000 hours. Read on…

The Path To Musical Excellence: Deliberate Practice

In this series, I’ll do my best to help you understand what it takes to be an excellent musician and give you as many techniques as I can to take you to the top.
You’re about to see two sides of me. One side is called tough love. That side of me is here to challenge [...]

There Is Nothing Boring In Life. Only Boring People.

There is a common misconception that “things” can be boring. You may find doing your taxes boring. But some people find it riveting. Therefore, we can’t say that doing taxes is boring. “It” is not boring. Then what part of that sentence or thought is boring? It is the person doing the thinking that is [...]

Experts on Expertise — Practice Makes Perfect

…the key to dramatic improvement in any field is — that’s right — practice. But, it has to be what Ericsson calls “deliberate practice.”
“A lot of people like to do things that they’re already good at, but what deliberate practice says is you need to find those things that you are weak at and that [...]

How To Be An Expert

From: How to be an expert
The only thing standing between you-as-amateur and you-as-expert is dedication. All that talk about prodigies? We could all be prodigies (or nearly so) if we just put in the time and focused. At least that’s what the brain guys are saying. Best of all–it’s almost never too late.
MusicHack #2:
Talent = [...]