Momentum

We learn by habit. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Spanish, Cooking or the Guitar. We learn through practice that forms habit. The item necessary for habit to form is forward motion, continued effort, we could call this Momentum.

The best students I’ve ever had were not necessarily the smartest or the most talented, but those that attended class with an open, keen mind, and let the momentum of forward motion turn into habit, and when something is habit, it becomes natural. I’m not saying that it’s effortless, I’m saying that they develop a sense of ease.

For students that come to a few classes and expect miracles, we don’t have any. Actually, you’ve come to the wrong studio for that. You need to come and you need to be prepared to build habit by momentum, because only momentum, will help.

This week some students missed some vital classes, they will REALLY struggle to know what’s being talked about next week. They will struggle because their physical absence has no broken their rhythm and destroyed their momentum.

I understand that people have reasons to stop training or miss classes, but in my view, they have to really struggle to recover.

Many good students leave just as they are on the verge of something special, just as their practice is starting to become habit, but they need a guiding hand still, someone to help them to get the best out of themselves. Like a personal trainer.

You might think of it like fitness, you can train with a PT to lose weight and become healthier, but if you stop training and go back to junk food when you become fit and healthy, soon enough the bad habits will return and you will go back to the beginning.

I swear to you, it doesn’t take talent or gift or even luck to be a good actor, it takes MOMENTUM.