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Failure? Success? Motivation?

Posted on February 7, 2017 by madpianist

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Failure: 1) lack of success; 2) the omission of expected or required action; 3) the action or state of not functioning. Growing up, failure was never really an option. There were things that were always expected of me and the … Continue reading →

Posted in And Every Little Thing Between Tagged failure, learning, life, motivation, observations, pedagogy, piano, sharing, success, teaching, work

Teaching Success

Posted on July 8, 2015 by madpianist

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“The job of an educator is to teach students to see the vitality in themselves.” – Joseph Campbell I had an experience today with the parent of a student that really made me take a step back. This student started … Continue reading →

Posted in The Mad Pianist's Take on Music Tagged duets, improv, lessons, piano, strategies, success, teaching

The Discovery of Lack

Posted on September 17, 2014 by madpianist

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I had a moment of complete astonishment when teaching a lesson yesterday.  My last student on Tuesday is a 14-year-old intermediate pianist.  Last week I assigned him this piece that has a quote of “Danny Boy” in the middle.  I … Continue reading →

Posted in The Mad Pianist's Take on Music Tagged Danny Boy, listening, music, rising generation, sharing, students, teaching

Motivation

Posted on August 3, 2014 by madpianist

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This week I have been thinking about intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation.  Why are we motivated the way we are motivated? Let me provide you with a little illustration that has prompted my thoughts.  I teach a brother and sister back-to-back. … Continue reading →

Posted in And Every Little Thing Between Tagged extrinsic, intrinsic, life, motivation, rewards, teaching

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