How To become an expert.

I had a teacher who taught me this. and I forgot all about it. You can't do something effortlessly (or appear to be effortless) until you've spent hours even years becoming familiar with the ins and outs of every aspect of music. It was really hard work, and even if music came easy to a person, hard work was still involved because of the dedication to becoming better or more knowledgeable. People who have a knack for something tend to give up when it gets hard, and it does get hard at some point. People go through life thinking that other people are more talented and more gifted than they are and they shouldn't do something because it isn't easy for them like other people. When really hard work was what everyone put in, even if they didn't think it was hard work, practicing a lot is time spent. I remember practicing for hours and the hours didn't seem to be all that long because I didn't notice the practice as being hard. It was fun for me. Others may think it was effortless, but it was hard work in retrospect thinking of all the injury to my shoulders and neck. :-)


Sharon Sarmiento wrote about it on her blog esoup. The article is:
How To become an expert at something you know nothing about.