Musicianship Mastery with David Lane
Sep 7, 2026 · 13 min · 7 segments
Some people find goals helpful, and others don't. If you haven't found goals to be helpful or consistently effective, it's possible that you could change that completely with this one very simple…
If you're a pianist like I am, you could say that my goal is to be the best pianist that I can be.
I won't really even get into it for this episode, but I've talked recently about how you need to be more specific than that.
And just saying, best pianist I can be, best teacher I can be, that's a very weak, generic sounding goal.
I don't always feel like practicing, but I do it anyway because that's what great pianists do.
If you're a pianist like I am, you could say that my goal is to be the best pianist that I can be.
I won't really even get into it for this episode, but I've talked recently about how you need to be more specific than that.
And just saying, best pianist I can be, best teacher I can be, that's a very weak, generic sounding goal.
I don't always feel like practicing, but I do it anyway because that's what great pianists do.
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