I want to say another word about our free throw shooter from yesterday who has a practice of shooting ten free throws and hitting 70%. Miss three then make seven. It looks good on paper but you if you always miss your first three you’ll never make any in a game because you never get to shoot ten in a row.
So what about the other seven?
The other seven tell you that you’re close. The other seven show you what’s working, remind you of your capabilities and inform what you need to pull closer to the surface for when the next opportunity arises.
What is true about the other seven that isn’t yet true about the first three misses?
Bringing it over to the music world...
This happens a lot with live performance, ‘It took me six songs before I was into it’. If that was a stand alone fact then the remedy would simply be to play six songs in the dressing room beforehand so that once you hit the stage you’re all set.
But it’s not about going through the motions of playing the songs at all. The real question is…What has to be true for you to be and feel connected to an audience and care for them?
So although it really has nothing to do with the number of songs, we can use that metric to help. What is true about what happens at song six that isn’t true about song two or one? Song six shows you what is working and what is possible…it reminds you what you’re capable of and what you need to pull closer to the top of the setlist.
