Iām a violinist practicing to win an audition for a symphony orchestra. Four hours of practice a day seems reasonable. But apparently I need to warp the laws of physics to log 40 hrs/day if I wanna make the grade! š« This is terrible news...
Iām a violinist practicing to win an audition for a symphony orchestra. Four hours of practice a day seems reasonable. But apparently I need to warp the laws of physics to log 40 hrs/day if I wanna make the grade! š« This is terrible news...
Bryanās rule of thumb is also valuable for discovering oneās limitations. If you are doing all you can, and 10x simply isnāt possible, then one should probably conclude that goal isnāt achievable (I donāt mean to suggest that this is the case for you). Not everyone who wants to be a professional athlete, artist, musician, academic, etc has the ability to do so no matter how many quality hours they devote to their craft.
Too true. Iāve been exploring a lot to find more effective practice methods. I feel like Iāve plateaued for over a year and really need a breakthrough. However, learning to be more effective also takes time. So, I think overall Bryanās observations hold up. Maximizing time expended with no attention to quality is obviously ineffective, but even increasing efficacy takes time.
Iām a violinist practicing to win an audition for a symphony orchestra. Four hours of practice a day seems reasonable. But apparently I need to warp the laws of physics to log 40 hrs/day if I wanna make the grade! š« This is terrible news...
log 40 is easy! Its only 1.6 hr/day! Far less than what you were doing previously.
*Apologies for the terrible joke*
š I used to be a math teacher--I like it
š I chuckled
Bryanās rule of thumb is also valuable for discovering oneās limitations. If you are doing all you can, and 10x simply isnāt possible, then one should probably conclude that goal isnāt achievable (I donāt mean to suggest that this is the case for you). Not everyone who wants to be a professional athlete, artist, musician, academic, etc has the ability to do so no matter how many quality hours they devote to their craft.
If Lingling can, you also can!
Actually you need to be 10x more effective. You may be able to do that in half the time.
Which is an emply platitude.
"Just be 10x more effective".
"Gee, thanks, how didn't I think of that?"
Golly, I donāt know why you didnāt think of that. Chill!
Too true. Iāve been exploring a lot to find more effective practice methods. I feel like Iāve plateaued for over a year and really need a breakthrough. However, learning to be more effective also takes time. So, I think overall Bryanās observations hold up. Maximizing time expended with no attention to quality is obviously ineffective, but even increasing efficacy takes time.
Ling Ling practice 40 hours a day and he is disappointed in you.