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Practice! Practice! Practice!

"Ask the great athlete or the concert pianist or the successful actor if they arrived at the place where they need no further practice. They will tell you that the higher you climb in proficiency and public acceptance, the greater the need for practice." ~ Eric Butterworth from Spiritual Economics

Think about that for a moment longer. The higher the greats climb, the GREATER the need for practice.

How about this:

--> Geniuses & Clods

"The great piano virtuoso Paderewski was once playing before an audience of the rich and the royal. After a brilliant performance, an elegant lady waxed ecstatic over the great artist. She said, "Ah Maestro, you are a genius!" Paderewski tartly replied, "Ah yes, madam, but before I was a genius I was a clod!" What he was saying was that his present acclaim was not handed to him on a silver platter. He, too, was once a little boy laboriously practicing his scales. And even at his peak, behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation." ~ Eric Butterworth from Spiritual Economics

That's absolutely brilliant. It's WAY too easy to look at someone we admire and just assume he or she was simply born a genius or "got lucky." Behind every (yes EVERY!!) genius in any field is a clod who turned into that genius we admire. Tiger Woods? Check. Oprah? Check. Steve Jobs? Check.

These men and women have "practiced" more than most can imagine to get to a point where they can so effortlessly perform. How about you? What are you putting countless (yes, countless!!!) hours of practice and preparation into?!?

Can't wait to see you perform! :)