Ever feel like you're always winding up and never throwing it out? You might blame it on perfectionism or procrastination or preparation. You may even call it prudent. But whatever it is.. I T' S NOT WORKING. I call this phenomenon "petrified performance." Where you're busy, busy, busy (on the wrong activities or the right activities for too long), and never accomplishing the idea or task you set out to do. You're stuck. Like a tree that once was lively is now dead and immovable like a stone. What once was a fluid idea is now frozen in time. How do you overcome petrified performance? With practice, silly. Everything you do should be considered a "project" because projects have a beginning and an end with a timeline. No more dreaming. Wake up and put those dreams to work by putting the steps necessary to make them happen on the calendar. Are you willing to practice? That's my prescription. . Richie Norton
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I am a firm believer of the quote, “practice makes perfect.” Practice doesn’t make you a great player or a great singer. Practice doesn’t make you a good speaker or a good writer. Practice makes you better at whatever it is that you are practicing. That’s why I am a firm believer of practice.

In order to become better, you have to do something that is new and different from what you already do so that your brain can adapt and change. If you want to be a better speaker, go practice speaking for twenty minutes every day. If you want to be a better writer, try writing twenty minutes every day on some topic that interests you.

If your goal is to be a better musician, first learn the basics of how to play an instrument before trying to learn how to improvise one.

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