Archive for November 23rd, 2009

Creating Specific Goals

0 Comments Published by David Motto November 23rd, 2009 in Achieving Goals

In a recent post aimed at helping musicians achieve goals and learn how to practice more effectively, I wrote about the SMART Goal system. Today’s post focuses on the “S” in SMART. S stands for Specific. This is the most clear cut of the five properties of the SMART Goals system.  Essentially, each musical goal [...]

Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the activity.
--Barney Kessel