5 minutes a day

[Robb Bingham <robbingham@xxxxxxxxx>]

Pierre wrote:

>
>
> Robert said:
>
> This thread is VERY interesting for an european mind
and, IMHO, has A
> LOT to do with "instant gratification" so engrained
in the american
> psyche.

So you're saying that Europeans are NOT interested in
instant
gratification.
>
> I guess Iceman forgot there are Europeans on the
list.

I don't know, he has been there many times and has
even won a couple
championships.

> You have to
> understand that due to constant abuse by marketers,
the american mind
> has
> been forced to adapt,

Only if you're a sheep. This isn't always the case.

> whenever it hears an exagerated claim, it recognizes
> it as hype and either ignores it or translates the
claim to a more
> resonable
> claim in less than a nanosecond.

The curse of having to think.
>
> Don't forget Iceman said:
>
>>> Of course, any additional practice you wish to add
should be
>>> considered a
> bonus to yourself and enjoyed as such, but treat it
separate >> from
> the new
> discipline you are developing
>
> So you can play more but should be diciplined for 5
minutes a day and
> work
> on one item.

Yes, he was speaking of a MINUMUM

> I tried to practice one skill for 5 minutes and
without even
> noticing I was over ten minutes before I new it. Now
hopefully I will
> play
> some more today but if I get busy or get sucked in
by the boob tube I
> will
> have practiced the one thing I really want to
improve.
>
> Gordon Graham said:
>
> The more often our brains are reminded of what we
> are trying to learn the faster we develop those
habits.
>
> I agree with Gordon and would like to add that in
any kind of training,
> quality is more important than quantity;

Yes

> I'm real good at quantity as I like
> to fool around, but I'm terrible at quality.

Me too

<I once read an interesting theory that many of 
<the restless ADD types left other continents to
<settle the Americas.

Uh-huh. Ok.

As an American who lived a decade in Europe [and with
a German wife]; I can tell you that the discussion is-
- - - moot [to be kind]. Europeans do not have more
classical musicians among them and are no less apt to
be sucked in my stupid advertisement/mentalities.
They're humans exactly like us. If there WAS a culture
which reflected ~instant gratification~ it would be
somewhere in the third world. But even that is
baseless and silly. We be humans.

Robb


> So for me 5 minutes of quality
> a day of quality time sounds just great.
>
> Pierre.
>
> (Canada)
>
Would you say Canadians are closer to Europeans or (so
called)
Americans. BTW, I think U.S.ers is more correct.

Not disagreeing here......Actually, I'm agreeing.....
:)
.....smo-joe


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