{"id":113939,"date":"2020-06-09T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/?p=113939"},"modified":"2020-10-22T02:50:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T09:50:02","slug":"tq-amelia-earhart-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-amelia-earhart-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Amelia Earhart on How to Do Anyhing Effectively"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Find more here<\/a>. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe most effective way to do it, is to do it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>Amelia Earhart<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Playing guitar, like many things, is a hands-on activity. Especially at first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some techniques and movements work better than others. Some are safer on the body and sound better. And we can aspire to these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But to begin, anything is better than nothing<\/a>. If we wait until we know all the perfect methods, we\u2019ll likely never start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will we make mistakes<\/a> and have to retrain later? Almost certainly, even in the best circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we gain momentum. And momentum and enthusiasm will bring us further faster. (Kevin Kelly<\/a> once wrote that enthusiasm adds 25 IQ points.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we build momentum we may feel overwhelm and discouragement. And somehow this may be mixed with a dose of cautious optimism. This is natural, and realistic. There\u2019s much to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as Eleanor Roosevelt said, \u201cWhat one has to do usually can be done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we jump in and start, taking each step<\/a> as it comes, we do progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any given day, we face the conflict of \u201cgood\u201d and \u201cgood enough\u201d. We have ideas of the perfect practice. And if we don\u2019t have time, we may be tempted to skip it altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, we can set a low bar to success. We can deem any practice worthwhile<\/a>, even if we don\u2019t see any immediate improvement. Just five minutes of chord practice, or three minutes of sight-reading \u2013 these pull us forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small practices, snatched between other tasks and obligations compound over time. Before we know it, a year has passed and we\u2019re playing better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if we falter in the small moments, we may reason ourselves out of picking up the guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To quote Bruce Lee, \u201cIf you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you\u2019ll never get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, we\u2019ve simply to pick up the instrument and meet a small challenge. Then again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Find more here. Enjoy! \u201cThe most effective way to do it, is to do it.\u201d Amelia Earhart Playing guitar, like many things, is a hands-on activity. Especially at first. Some techniques and movements work better than others. Some are safer on the body and sound … <\/p>\n

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