High Expectations . You will only obtain 50 to 70 percent of what you expect to obtain. Amateurs practice lifting 20 to 50 pounds and then hope, by some miracle, to lift the 100 pounds during a performance. Any amateur, by accident, can play a passage correctly. As a professional instrumentalist, you must prepare yourself to play a passage 10 times in a row correctly in the rehearsal hall if you expect to play it correctly the first and only time on stage.
Amateurs are happy to perform the passage correctly every now and then.
It is time to grow up and take responsibility for your actions. Magic Dust . Professionals know that success is built on hard work, adequate preparation, and valuing the right things. Simply, there are no short cuts to success. If you are dumb, you have to be tough .