Is the need to be perfect (or perform perfectly) the most polished way of showing (or disguising) solicitude, insecurity or the impostor syndrome? The topic always reminds me one of my favourite movies of all time and the winning Oscar laureate Natalie Portman for her…
Practicing an instrument and performing live events is what the musician is doing for a living. We can call it work, right? Training, practice session, gig, if you will! 😉 Worrying is a major obstruction to peak performance. Feeling concern harms resting,…
Anders Ericsson’s research on the 10.000 hour rule to achieve mastery has become a corner-stone to every world-class achiever’s frame of mind. 10.000 hours of deliberate practice equals 10 years of hard work. There upon one should ask: how should…
Confidence is one of the winners’ mental characteristics which plays bigger part in one’s development and growth. Confidence is like the Sun which all other character traits circle around. The way you move, the way you talk to yourself, the way you face adversity, the…
Though learning and applying the best practice regimes there will never going to be a guaranteed 100% bulletproof certainty that it will result in achieving our highest goals. Olympic champions are a good example of it. To qualify for the competition they have to…
Strengthening weak skills is the 3rd strategy top performers use to stay ahead in their game. You may realize a décalage between the amount of attention you give to different working areas or skills. You may realize you concentrate more energy working on…