What would you think about someone who wanted to become an awesome finger-picker but most of their practice was focused on using a pick? You’d think they were crazy right? And rightly so! But believe me it’s more common than you think. Heck…even I’ve been guilty of this more than a few times! I think we all sometimes fall into the trap of practicing things without thinking exactly WHY we are practicing them.
So what’s the cure for this? I can give you the cure in three words…
Big Picture Thinking
What’s this? Put simply it means looking at the WHYs and WHATs before looking at the HOWs. It’s looking at the overall picture before becoming focused on the details. Let’s take a look at an example to make it clearer…
Let’s say that you would like to learn to shred. Rather than just jumping in and practicing some random exercises, let’s go through the big picture thinking process.
**Step One** Why
In this step you write down exactly WHY you want to become a shredder. Think of all the reasons and write them down. This is really important. Your reasons why help keep you...