Archive for November 27th, 2009

The Importance of Attainable Goals

1 Comment Published by David Motto November 27th, 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 “A” in SMART. A = Attainable. When goals are put in place, they must be attainable and realistic.  That doesn’t mean that a goal should be [...]

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.
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