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Practice


🧠 Do this before your next practice session

🧠 Do this before your next practice session

One step that reveals hidden lessons in everything you practice. It’s called meta-learning.

Feb 28, 2026

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6 min read

🧠 Do you watch experts before practicing?

🧠 Do you watch experts before practicing?

Week 5: Observational practice is fixing technique gaps I couldn't solve alone.

Feb 15, 2026

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7 min read

🧠 Practice that doesn't feel like practice

🧠 Practice that doesn't feel like practice

The two-block method that makes drills feel purposeful instead of tedious (backed by motor learning research)

Feb 10, 2026

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8 min read

🧠 Do this before your next practice session

🧠 Do this before your next practice session

Week 4: One step that reveals hidden lessons in everything you practice. It's called meta-learning.

Feb 8, 2026

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6 min read

🧠 What if you only practiced one thing?

🧠 What if you only practiced one thing?

Week 3 got overwhelming. So I narrowed my entire focus to ghost notes on bass and strumming on guitar. Here's what happened.

Jan 31, 2026

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7 min read

🧠 Can 10 minutes of practice actually work?

🧠 Can 10 minutes of practice actually work?

This week forced me to test it. Plus: the guitar breakthrough that came from chasing sound instead of technique.

Jan 24, 2026

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6 min read

🧠 Back to beginner lessons

🧠 Back to beginner lessons

Week 1 of the Practice Blueprint, and I'm already doing something I didn't expect. Here's what happened.

Jan 18, 2026

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5 min read

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