Too often, we associate creative hobbies and artistic endeavors to be associated with natural talent. You’ve either got it or you don’t.
Child prodigies only make this belief even stronger. When children become known around the world for their talents before they are even in their teens, we ask ourselves: Should I even pursue my love of making music?
In short, yes.
Sure, prodigies will always continue to amaze us. That’s the definition of being a prodigy. But that doesn’t mean you can’t pursue your love and do amazing things with it. You can play for enjoyment, or pursue it further and make it your career. There is more than enough room for everyone that chooses to bring music into their lives.
You don’t need natural talent to be a great piano player.
What you need is the mindset to become a great piano player.
If you set your mind on becoming the best piano player you can be, you’ll have what it takes to put it in your life, for life, and do what it takes to get there.
Do you think Warren Buffet had a knack for investing? Or Elon Musk had a talent for building better cars? Or the Beatles just knew how to create great songs?
Nope. How each and every one of them got there was with practice. And patience. And the ability to never give up.
How much practice do you need to be great at playing the piano?
The answer is: Is there a time when you don’t have to practice to be at the top of your game?
The true leaders in every industry, every niche, understands that to be great, you have to work at it. Again and again.
When you stop, you start losing your skill. You start seeing your talent fade.
So the only question you need to ask now is: How great of a piano player do you want to be?
