"[[Noa Kageyama]], a performance psychologist on the faculty of the [[Juilliard School of Music]], says he’s been playing the violin since he was two but didn’t really start practicing deliberately until he was twenty-two. Why not? There was no lack of motivation—at one point, young Noa was taking lessons with four different teachers and, literally, commuting to three different cities to work with them all. Really, **the problem was just that Noa didn’t know better. Once he discovered there was an actual science of practice—an approach that would improve his skills more efficiently—both the quality of his practice and his satisfaction with his progress skyrocketed**. He’s now devoted himself to sharing that knowledge with other musicians." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[training]], [[mindfulness]], **Source** -- [[20241030 - B - Grit]]