In 2012, Carol Dweck published a book called “Mindset: How You Can Fulfil Your Potential”. In this book (which is a great read – especially if you are learning or looking to start learning guitar), she identified two types of mindset, the ‘fixed’ mindset, and the ‘growth’ mindset. What is a Mindset? Before we start to think about how the two approaches apply to … [Read more...] about Growth Mindset and Learning Guitar
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Become Content With Your Progress on Guitar
Quite often, as guitar players, we feel unsatisfied with our progress. We feel like we are not learning fast enough, or that whatever we are working on is more difficult than other people find it to learn. Nearly all my students have felt this way sometime or another. I know I’ve often felt this way, and I’m sure you have too. This feeling is unpleasant, and … [Read more...] about Become Content With Your Progress on Guitar