Saturday, May 26, 2012

Consistency, Reaching and going beyond your full potential,

Consistency is an important element in reaching and going beyond full your potential.
So how does one define consistency? I define it as regular repetition. I am sure that
Is not the definition in Webster’s dictionary? However it is my definition.
So here is an example of consistency. I used to teach piano privately to all levels.
I taught adults and children. There was really not much of a difference between the two when it came
to practicing. An adult student would tell me. I can’t find the time to practice the piano.
And the parents child would tell me that her child is too busy with school , ballet, etc.
So I would ask, do you have 15 minutes in the day or evening to spare? Oh yes, they would tell me,
but that is so little time to practice.
This is a very bad belief. 15 minutes every day of anything you are learning is fine as long as you are studying or practicing it constructively.
And here is what I mean by constructive practice or study. Always study or practice what you do not know. Do not go over what you know already, that is a waste of time. If you take a little part of the music that you have trouble with and work at just that part and repeat it a hundred times each day for 15 minutes you will have accomplished more than what you would have practiced if you practiced 6 hours a day .
This applies to all studies. If you’re a law school student and you have trouble with an aspect of tort, contract, property law etc., you should read a small part of the theory and then practice just that part by reading cases that pertain just to that part of the law or rulings.
So we have to take things in small steps. The best way to be consistent in practicing to reach your full potential is to practice 15 minutes,, take a break, practice or study another 15 minutes , take a break,
The mind needs time to digest the information, or else you will overload its memory, just like a computer. And this should be done every day.
And of course in order to do this one must focus. And that will be my next blog.
How to keep your focus.
I will also so discuss how to fight bad energy from taking away your focus.



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Hello, My name is Richard Shapiro, I believe that at this point in my life I am qualified to write about how to improve ones life in terms of happiness and success.Of course eveyone has their own definition on the word success, The main theme in the following discussions is positive thinking. How to think positive. When to know when you are faced with bad energy and how to deal with it.