A highly reputed teacher, considered God by many elite musicians in the country talks to a young prodigy at the most esteemed Shaffer School of Music.
Terrence Fletcher : I don't think people understood what it is that I am doing at Shaffer. I ain’t here to conduct. Any f***ing moron can wave his arms and keep people in tempo. I am here to push people beyond what's expected of them. I believe that is... an absolute necessity. Otherwise, we're depriving the world of the next Louis Armstrong. The next Charlie Parker. I told you that story about how Charlie Parker became Charlie Parker, right?
Andrew : Jo Jones threw a cymbal at his head.
Terrence Fletcher : Exactly. Parker's a young kid, pretty good on the sax. Gets up to play at a cutting session, …show more content…
And neither do you need false optimism and words of comfort that blinds you up. A mentor of mine once told me, ‘Optimism is the reason entrepreneurs start businesses and reality is why they close them.’ All you need now is a strong and sensible reality check.
Jobs in one of the internal meetings supposedly said, “ We don’t need new ways to fail…the old ones are working just fine!’. Rings a bell. The last attempt, you might have started off your prep late in the last couple of months. Or you might have started to study with your bestie. Or something else. If that turned out to be a mistake, good for you, now you know what doesn’t work. What you need to do is recognize the patterns that are causing those mistakes and never go back to doing them again. After all, failing the same way is twice as heavy as otherwise. And developing a Tunnel View about things is what has actually dragged many people down. People that I personally know. We as humans tend to function better when we see the big picture. NO ONE EVENT IS EVER THE WHOLE STORY. Do remember that on day one of your prep. And every day after
Terrence Fletcher : I don't think people understood what it is that I am doing at Shaffer. I ain’t here to conduct. Any f***ing moron can wave his arms and keep people in tempo. I am here to push people beyond what's expected of them. I believe that is... an absolute necessity. Otherwise, we're depriving the world of the next Louis Armstrong. The next Charlie Parker. I told you that story about how Charlie Parker became Charlie Parker, right?
Andrew : Jo Jones threw a cymbal at his head.
Terrence Fletcher : Exactly. Parker's a young kid, pretty good on the sax. Gets up to play at a cutting session, …show more content…
And neither do you need false optimism and words of comfort that blinds you up. A mentor of mine once told me, ‘Optimism is the reason entrepreneurs start businesses and reality is why they close them.’ All you need now is a strong and sensible reality check.
Jobs in one of the internal meetings supposedly said, “ We don’t need new ways to fail…the old ones are working just fine!’. Rings a bell. The last attempt, you might have started off your prep late in the last couple of months. Or you might have started to study with your bestie. Or something else. If that turned out to be a mistake, good for you, now you know what doesn’t work. What you need to do is recognize the patterns that are causing those mistakes and never go back to doing them again. After all, failing the same way is twice as heavy as otherwise. And developing a Tunnel View about things is what has actually dragged many people down. People that I personally know. We as humans tend to function better when we see the big picture. NO ONE EVENT IS EVER THE WHOLE STORY. Do remember that on day one of your prep. And every day after