The Need To Be Perfect
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...
How To Disengage From Work: Addressing Worries Properly
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,...
Balancing Work And Rest
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...