{"id":114605,"date":"2020-06-23T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/?p=114605"},"modified":"2020-10-22T02:51:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T09:51:13","slug":"tq-seth-godin-hard-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-seth-godin-hard-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Seth Godin on Hard Work vs. Long Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/category\/tuesday-quotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find more here<\/a>. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cHard work is frightening. We shy away from hard work because inherent in hard work is risk. Hard work is hard because you might fail. You can\u2019t fail at long work, you merely show up.\u201d<\/em><\/p><cite><em>Seth Godin<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning guitar is what&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/seths.blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seth Godin<\/a>&nbsp;would call \u201clong work\u201d. It\u2019s something we do over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We may have enthusiastic sprints now and again. But for the most part, it\u2019s an ongoing personal study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, it may not seem that way. If we\u2019re just beginning &#8211; for the first time, or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/practice-break\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">starting back after a break<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; guitar can appear a daunting hill to climb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, at the outset of a new piece of music or a new technique, the road can look hard. And like Godin said, \u201cHard work is frightening\u201d because we sense the possibility of failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily, the journey is the reward. It\u2019s the daily encounter that counts. It\u2019s the regular chance to meet small challenges, to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/constant-improvement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grow<\/a>&nbsp;and improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a saying: Mt. Everest never looks any better than it does from the bottom looking up. In other words, the payoff to tackling the obstacles isn\u2019t some external reward. The prize is the personal endeavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The long game of guitar allows us to hone and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/polish-guitar-music-troubleshoot-tricky-spots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">polish<\/a>&nbsp;our minds and bodies. We get to strive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liane Cordes once wrote, \u201cContinuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It doesn\u2019t matter whether we\u2019re in our first year playing guitar or our 70th. The work feels very much the same. It\u2019s always a matter of focus and attention. We set ourselves challenges just beyond our current abilities. Then we work at them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some days we rise and meet the challenges,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/procrastination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some days we don\u2019t<\/a>. Doesn\u2019t matter. It\u2019s long work. Sure, we want to triumph every day. We do our best. But that\u2019s all secondary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/beginner-progress-guitar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Success<\/a>&nbsp;is simply showing up &#8211; sitting down, picking up the guitar, and pointing our attention to something specific.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar.&nbsp;Find more here. Enjoy! \u201cHard work is frightening. We shy away from hard work because inherent in hard work is risk. Hard work is hard because you might fail. 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