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Opening the thread for more pratice talk. To me it is hard to think in terms of deliberate practice, since training is a messy process with many different phases. As you level up your skills you progressively transform your practice routine. I just try to orient my practice towards general goals. But it is almost guaranteed that you'll get good just by sheer volume. Constant repetition is crucial. No one can pin point exactly what makes you learn something. The only problem it can feel very draining. That's where I think the advice of practicing for a couple minutes a day comes in, because you're generating more stamina. Practicing to the point that it doesn't feel like work requires a build-up. Building familiarity is a powerful concept.

@Joshe Maybe you won't resonate with this, but I view it as how much are you able to channel creativity. Because at my best flow state moments it feels like I am being possesed by creativity. Or Spirit takes over. It could be analogous to energy levels though. Some people have achieved that through lots of cocaine

@Joshe I get ya. I notice I am more clear minded (or cold blooded) at mornings. There is a reason why the belief of making the most productive decisions should be done in the mornings. Is not that you can't work in the evenings, or at night. But state is different. Personally I get fatigued quite easily late in the day. Starting in the morning is super wise. This is part of valuing health (caring about energy levels, setting up telemetry). I noticed increased mood when taking supplements like vitamin D, B complex or omega3. But still the ice breaker is the inertia you build up through constant action.

@Ulax For sure. You learn what you repeat, for good or for bad.

It sounds weird to me. It is like if you walk the same path over and over again you'll eventually remember every little detail of it, even if you weren't proactive. In my experience the biggest obstacle is to stop trying.

It works, for sure. But I am not at an advanced stage so still a lot to discover. A common enemy of focus and practice is addiction, whatever you can think off. But stacking hours of practice, nothing beats that. Your memory is a precious thing. Choose what you want to cement on it wisely.

Ok. I will just step back for a minute because honestly I don't understand why it triggers some people so much, or how it affects some of you (Leo's perspective on things). I don't want to be throwing wood in the fire to something I don't fully understand. I am not a very gullible person myself so I take everything with a pinch of salt. And actually I do have more harsh opinions in some areas, but I am not a public figure so I don't know how you would react.

Or it was me leaving that made us win...

3 goals in 13' minutes from Argentina, a miracle. I went off for a walk in the minute 80' for fresh air when we were 0-2 hoping for nothing and I got to capture the moment with my cellphone.

"I asked God and he told me" At some point communicating the highest intelligence just comes in form of riddles and poetry.

With introspection? I would go with questions like: How is best to do introspection? What is keeping me from doing good introspection? Where can this lead me? I personally like those more general questions.

@Elliott That is absolutely fine. You'll only get concerned with consistency if you can never get enough, like me. Then you'll start to think in ways to invoke that desire to train even when you don't want. Than can happen if you have a strong sense of urgency.

@Joseph Maynor Or in other words you want too keep the musicality always alive otherwise it becomes depressing.

@Joseph Maynor I don't particularly like learning scales alone either. I think it is best to quickly try and apply them in your playing. But clearly there is a phase of making sense of the scale too. I don't know, it's hard to say what makes you progress and what not. It is always an open question that you have to figure out by yourself. I always remember Pat Metheny's analogy with language. Something like: when you speak you don't think what word to say next, they just come. Same think while you improvise with an instrument. The important thing is to know you can achieve that.

I agree with that. But kids do have special powers. For example there is a window in your first months of life where you can aquire perfect pitch. After that you can't learn it as an adult never, as much as you want it.

I was learning German a year ago. I am listening that language again after a year and I undeerstand a lot of words. Makes me more motivated. I grinded hard.

Last scandal with the red card says otherwise... He didn't even bothered figuring out the rules, just go by feel. But here it just happen to be that some of you agree on the same critique, even though your entire worldviews are quite unique. After reading the critiques of every single one of you I understand your positioning doesn't appear just because one single Leo's claim, it is a product of a particular sensemaking choice. You can keep criticizing, I am not against that. For one I think is healthy beyond right or wrongness. The only thing I want to say is you can be wrong too. You may at some point in your life come to a realization that matches what Leo says, and at that point you're probably not gonna be interested in arguing about it, but more invested in making sense.

When you realize Alien Consciousness was there all along waiting for you to tap into it:

Boooring

Cause you do it like an unconscious robot, spamming gg, ggwp. Like, put some soul into it, some effort. Why you never say "interesting game" instead or something different? Why even bothering saying "nt"? Why was that particular try "nice" and not the others? Every try is nice... In what context? Roman letters tattoos sure are.

@UnbornTao Have you actually consider that you're not a human? Not intellectually, but experientially. If you didn´t and you still dismiss such claims then don't you think you're not being rigorous? Imagine if somehow you have that realization and it is %100 true, how could you prove it? Why on earth do you think you know better? And I am not talking about the Alien Awakening.

Nah, Trump would have lied. "I am never wrong, I am the most righteous person". He who warns does not betray.

@zurew But he says again and again that he's also subject to selfishness. That's how serious it is. You can't be God-like as long as you're surviving. The thing about "feeling special" and all of that is just more trying to survive. It is just a matter of perspective at the end. Saying "you're close-minded" is not an insult per se.

Cool. I discovered iReal quite recently, it completely changed my practice. It is super flexible. Although ultimately I don't want to depend on any external cue to keep my tempo. But that was only possible because I have teachers. Maybe in some years I won't need them.