Practicing for a Living
Revisiting Rachmaninov.
Practicing is a way of life. It is applying performance principles to everything, including personal character growth and interpersonal skills. It involves practicing quiet times and seeking to grow intellectually. It is constantly reviewing our own behavior and putting ourselves in situations that offer challenges and experiences that, over time, refine and polish us to be more relaxed and confident in situations that earlier would have terrified us.
Proper practice builds confidence and ultimately in life can position us to do things beyond our earlier greatest hopes and dreams. Quiet practice over time refines what others may eventually come to witness as some of the most impactful actions they have ever experienced coming from another mortal.