Best Piano Lessons in Worcester

Making Mistakes - Some Thoughts Why do some pupils expect instant success? Why do they value themselves based on what they can / cannot do? Why do some people think when they find something difficult “I’m useless / worthless”  instead of “I find this difficult - if I keep practising / learning / training I can get better at it”? When somebody at the top of their field shows what they can do, it looks / sounds effortless - for example ballet dancers, ice-skaters,  tennis players, circus performers, musicians etc but it’s an illusion. It looks / sounds easy but what the the viewer / listener doesn’t see is the literally thousands of hours practice, rehearsal and training and effort behind that performance. The performer will have failed many times attempting to learn a certain skill or move but they’ve persisted, they’ve kept on trying and working to improve and eventually they have become able to do it. A very experienced, highly qualified and very busy private music teacher I knew told me once that you have to “ruin a dozen” pupils to get anywhere with teaching; in other words, to learn to do something through making mistakes in order to get better at it. I wonder how many people there are in the world... To continue reading this article, please go to:...