Posts from the ‘Self-Motivation’ Category

Daily Dose 60: Practice

The new is always hesitant, slow, awkward. New skills need methodical attention before becoming natural.

Tricky fingerings worked out slowly on the piano become second nature and “easy,” once conquered.

The novice cook’s first meal often arrives in a rather unusual course sequence, while an experienced cook lays out a feast with only a rustle of busyness.

The new teacher spends every night preparing the lesson plan for one day’s lessons. The veteran teacher plans full lessons in minutes, compensating for individual and class needs all at the same time.

The distinction is not innate ability, but concentrated practice. Read more

Daily Dose 42: Perseverance

How often have you heard, “If I only knew then what I know now, things would have been different?”

When was the last time you were in the midst of a major project and found something crucial had been overlooked or was missing? All your good intentions ground to a halt, the rhythm broke, you got discouraged, perhaps the whole project was set aside.

What feels worse than that sick chagrin in your stomach when something you ought to have done was not done and the day of reckoning has arrived? Read more