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Learning

Your mind is a bounding bunny, so innocent and meek. It hops off in a hurry, for it doesn’t know what to seek. With a care, wandering hare, bouncing from peak to peak. But stop to ponder, the bunny can’t muster, and its end is sad and bleak TYW – - – - Alright, enough [...]

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So what does daydreaming got to do with practice? Well, daydreaming is testament to the brain’s subconscious ability to hold many many many thoughts. What this means, is that your brain is actually replaying many events throughout the whole day. I’ve said a lot about practice. Practice makes perfect. And let’s be honest, nobody can [...]

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The Learning Curve – the stickman version

by Tan Yew Wei on July 27, 2009

For many people, learning the guitar (or some other skill) often ends up like the first picture on the right. It’s basically a wall which is just too hard to climb. The man needs equipment The Key at this stage is: Get the relevant resources, be it a teacher, an online guide, etc. . . [...]

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READ the caption of the picture (if you can), it is the main reason for failure in prog As I mentioned in the article “the value of a good mentor”, there are numerous benefits to having a good mentor. The keyword is “good”. So let’s define good. I’m going to be strict about it, if [...]

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The value of a good mentor/instructor/coach/teacher

by Tan Yew Wei on July 20, 2009

Despite the fact that I am self taught in the guitar, I am always in support of getting a good mentor. There was basically only 2 reasons why I could effectively teach myself the Guitar. At the same time however, I encountered 3 problems. Firstly, all the resources were readily available to me. I have [...]

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