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Have you ever thought to yourself, man, I really wish

I would just improve faster. Like, I just wish my musical skills would improve faster. I want to

become a better jazz improviser. It seems to be going so slow. I can't make progress way I want to.

Well, I've personally felt that a lot of times. I've felt like, man, I wish I could improve

faster with my skills. Things are going fast enough. What a lot of this comes down to, though,

is how we actually practice. And we know that because I talk about this all the time on the

podcast. How we practice is way more important than the little tricks, the little tools,

music theory, any of that.

But also a big part of practicing is mindset.

And if we understand our brain better, we can hack our way to really reduce the amount of

time that it takes for us to improve in our musical skills.

And that's why I have on the show today a psychologist as well as a professional musician,

Rodney Brim on the show, to psychologist as well as a professional musician, Rodney Brim

on the show to give us his four big tips for setting up your practice sessions for success,

understanding your brain so that you can get better faster. Let's do this.

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