“Teaching peers is one of the best ways to develop mastery.” WayTeachingBest WayMasteryPeersArt EducationMusic Education Author:Jeff Atwood
“The difficulty is not making a decision, it's living with the consequences.” DecisionConsequenceDifficulty Author:Micah Baldwin
“You don't need to win every medal to be successful.” NeedsWinningSuccessfulBeing SuccessfulMedalInspiring Career Author:Jason Fried
“Music that is created with the primary aim of impressing other musicians fails to connect with the vast majority of listeners.” FailingMusicianAimMajorityPrimariesListenersImpress Author:Carl Orr
“I have found that the best cure for self pity is to do something to help someone else.” SelfHelpingFoundMusicianPityCuresSelf Pity Author:Carl Orr
“Your development as a musician will come to an eventual standtill if you do not develop yourself as a human being. Only by having a creative, expansive and inspiring life can you create creative, expansive and inspiring music.” IfsHumansHuman BeingsCreativeDevelopmentMusician Author:Carl Orr
“It's important to respect and exhaustively study the masters of music, but as you grow and develop it's important to use their discoveries, not as a final destination but as a catalyst for your original ideas.” ImportantIdeasUseGrowsStudyMastersMusicianDiscoveryOriginalsFinalsDestinationCatalystOriginal IdeasFinal Destination Author:Carl Orr
“Progress is mediation comes swiftly for those who try their hardest.” TryingProgressHardestMediation Author:Patanjali
“Organizing time is exactly like organizing space. Just as a closet is a limited amount of space into which you must fit a certain number of objects, a schedule is a limited space into which you must fit a certain number of tasks. Each day and each week is simply a container, a storage unit with a definite capacity. The trick is to treat time not as an abstraction but as something solid that you can hold on to and move around.” MovingCertainSpaceNumbersWeekObjectsAmountFitCapacityTasksTreatsTricksOrganizedEach DayDefiniteUnitsSchedulesClosetsAbstractionStorageContainers Author:Julie Morgenstern
“Clean and restock your car at the end of each trip. No matter how tired you are, resist the temptation to let that empty muffin bag wait until mañana. Tomorrow turns into next week, next month.” EndsMatterTurnsNextWaitingWeekCarMonthsTomorrowEmptyTiredCleanTemptationOrganizedBagsNext WeekMuffins Author:Julie Morgenstern