Perhaps we need more!

Doesn’t conventional wisdom say that Mastery needs 10,000 hours?* 

How about adopting 10,000 hours as our standard? Trainers could make a lot more money, and we could all take holidays in Greece and afford to come to Congresses.

Kidding.

Day 3 of the Berlin Congress is about to begin.

So far, it has been a healing experience. One apology, one accusation - and the dislikes and resentments of an ageing generation dissolve into an awakening of our limited time.

How many more Congresses do we have left?

Don’t take me tooooo seriously - I’m having a little fun here…

In Part I of this series - well, maybe it’s a series - I asked: is a pianist practising the Alexander Technique when they update to an age-appropriate behaviour? 

Often when a pianist moves back their stool - because they are still behaving as though they have child-length arms - they get an immediate “Alexander” experience: a weird but wonderful feeling of freedom. Read more about that here: