The point Wooden was making was that creating effective habits, down to the smallest detail, is what makes the difference between winning and losing … - Rick Rubin

For the most part, the educational system doesn’t ask us to access our sensitivity, but to be obedient. To do what is expected. Our natural independent spirit is tamed. Free thought is constrained. There is a set of rules and expectations put upon us that is not about exploring who we are or what we’re capable of. The system is not here for our benefit. It holds us back as individuals to support its own continued existence.

The artist actively works to experience life slowly, and then to re-experience the same thing anew. To read slowly, and to read and read again.

it’s music you’re listening to, consider closing your eyes. You may find yourself getting lost in the experience. When the piece ends, you might be surprised by where you find yourself. You’ve been transported to another place. The place where the music lives.