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For parents, students, and anyone else who believes that music can and should be a meaningful part of our lives.

The Character Resume

Focus and Medication

Mortality as an Asset

How the Trick is Done

Alternate Reality

Measuring by Improvement

The Art of Experimentation

Fear of Looking Stupid

Putting on a Show

Playing Messy

The Gift of Scheduling

The Homework Paradox

Career Students

Fried Twinkies

Publishing Our Work

The Power of “Unless”

Learning as a Way of Life

Preparation’s Magnifying Effect

The Infamous Practice Schedule

What Does Progress Mean?

A Child’s World

Instruction Manual Authors

How Does the Story End?

Competitive Suffering

The Wonders of Specificity

Controlled Danger

Theory Versus Practice

Overcoming Inertia

Getting Better at Warming Up

The Power of Just Doing It

When Performance Practice Fails

The Right Answers

Waiting for Someday

The Homework Paradox

What Summer and Toilet Paper Have in Common

The Subtle Art of Paying Attention

Healthy and Unhealthy Tension

Did It Do What It Was Supposed to Do?

Three Really Good Reasons Every Piano Student Needs to Practice Scales

Tough Love

Can Anyone Teach Young Children Piano?

When No One is Watching

Finding the Light Switch

Discipline and Regret

Getting the Bow Right

The Rapid Feedback Loop

The Definition of Insanity

Creativity Through Constraints

Drinking Coffee from a Glass

Get in the Pool, Already