For your internal thoughts or parental praise

David Sullivan
May 17, 2022
1 min read

Instead of saying “you have such a talent in playing by ear”

Say

“You must have worked very hard to become so good at playing by ear!”

Give more credit for your successes as you do for your failures.

We get better over time when we put in work.

Enjoy the process, Enjoy your practice.

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