21 Days to Make It Your Way

Looking for temperatures in the mid-nineties here today. If it’s this hot in early June, can’t imagine where the old mercury’s going to be come August.

Now, I know that some folks find the things I recommend in my courses challenging to put into daily practice. But bear this in mind.

It takes 21 days of practicing a new skill for it to be hard-wired in brain. Any new skill or change in the way you do a skill requires an investment of energy and focus.

The thing to remember is this. Be consistent. If diaphragm breathing is your bug-a-boo, take a calendar and resolve to tick off each day for 21 days. Hold as your sole thought at the start of each session to breathe well, no matter what it is you play.

If you are faithful to the practice for 21 days I think I can guarantee you will be a different player on day 22.

Counting is another one some find challenging. What I say to that is, play slowly enough that it isn’t a challenge.

I’ve played and counted passages so slowly some might laugh with amusement. In the end, however, it is I who has the last laugh by holding the tempo steady even when all around me are ‘smelling the barn,’ as the saying goes.

Anyway, the point is to stay with the program consistently and patiently for 21 days. The results will speak for themselves.

All the best,

Clayton Haslop

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