4. I'M A SLOW LEARNER

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Video #4 of 18 in the series: Up Your Mental & Emotional Game (for Trumpet Playing)

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Some key take-aways from this video:

"I don't learn anything fast. I'm not very physically coordinated. I'm usually the last one in a group of people to get something... Whatever it is, I'm probably the last one to get it. But when I get it, I've got it for life."

"Actually, I don't really feel all that much anxiety [about it] when I'm not around someone else. I'm very comfortable just going at a slow pace - “tempo de learno” - and doing whatever it takes to get something. I'm okay with that. I've made peace with the fact that I'm slow."

"But when I'm around other people, that sucks. ...nobody ever wants to be the slow kid in class... but, at the same time, it is what it is; and if down-tempo is what it takes for me to get it, then down-tempo it's gonna be."

"...that grounded emotional vibe - that's a thing that you’ve gotta do before you start playing, for sure; before you start engaging in any activity, especially in something where you're gonna try to improve your technique on something."

"You've gotta be able to clear your mind to the point where you can approach it absolutely clean-slate. Like, the only thing that matters in the world right now is this. There's nothing else."

"...when I pick up the horn or I know I'm about to pick up the horn, there is a certain peace that comes over me, because... I have faith in my process - that it's gonna be slow enough, and it's gonna be self-aware, self-compassionate enough, and it's gonna be what it needs to be for me to improve.

"I know, that every time I pick up the trumpet, I'm going to get what I'm looking for out of the experience. Because my process is healthy."