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Sorry, but to me this answer still seems to be largely full of generalities. I get the sense that what you're trying to say could simply be distilled to "I stopped skating by and started to focus on figuring out what works." Am I wrong? Is there more?
Another way of looking at this is: putting the reps in vs making sure every rep counts. The former does help but the latter is really where everything changes.
Sales I learned trial-by-fire after starting our first business, and taking a course helped a lot Books that helped a lot: - The Charisma Myth - SPIN Selling Ultimately, learning it not only improved our business but my personal life as well
Youtube was helpful. The books I read were unhelpful. I also took a class in college but it was also unhelpful. What helped me the most was the following.
1) Adopt the right mindset. It is not about me; it is about the message that I believe to be so important that I am putting myself out there so the audience can hear it.
2) Understand the physical mechanics of voice projection. There are youtube videos that explain it well. The basic idea is that you want to strengthen your diaphragm muscle so you fill your lungs with air and that bottled-up air will result in a strong voice projection. Also work on pronunciation and enunciation; even if your voice comes across as soft -- correct enunciation will carry you through.
3) The first sentence you say is the most important. Jump straight into your argument. Explain the who/when/where/how/why later.
Piano and coding. One pays the bills, but I love both. I learned to play piano and currently play through sheet music. I use MuseScore and can play most "normal" music at roughly 70-80% tempo just sight reading. Then I supplement that with classical music for longer, more difficult pieces.
When you first were getting started learning piano, were you using MuseScore to learn or did you use something else?
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Can you elaborate on the specific steps you took towards becoming more earnest? Also, how do you define "earnestness"?
Haha you are sharp and rightly identified that I sort of sidestepped that important question in the previous reply. Honestly it is still really hard for me to sort of put into words the mentality and the behaviour I am alluding to. "Earnestness" comes closest and I am defining it as "sincerity". Essentially it comes down to taking a look at reality as it really is, learning things and testing what you have learnt in…
Public speaking. Used to terrify me. Now I love it.
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Haha you are sharp and rightly identified that I sort of sidestepped that important question in the previous reply. Honestly it is still really hard for me to sort of put into words the mentality and the behaviour I am alluding to. "Earnestness" comes closest and I am defining it as "sincerity". Essentially it comes down to taking a look at reality as it really is, learning things and testing what you have learnt in…
So its about "giving a fuck"?
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When you first were getting started learning piano, were you using MuseScore to learn or did you use something else?
I started using simple work books. RCM books were pretty good since they have technique, theory and pieces to play that work for each level. https://shopus.rcmusic.com/