428 - 11 Simple Habits That Will Overhaul Your Piping (Dojo Conversations Episode 98)

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What if 11 small changes could make an enormous difference to your piping progress?

This week, Andrew and Jim dive into the 11 commandments of mastery – Andrew’s blueprint of habits that lead to great bagpiping, but are applicable to all mastery-oriented pursuits. They look at the importance of mastering fundamentals to achieve creative freedom, common pitfalls that learners face, and why a growth mindset is essential to any form of progression.

Here’s what we cover in this episode:
00:00 Setting Up the Scene
00:53 The 11 Commandments of Bagpiping
01:11 Universal Concepts in Mastery
02:05 Disagreements in the Bagpipe World
04:20 Finding Reliable Advice
05:29 First Principles and Growth Mindset
12:00 Parenting and Teaching Analogies
21:13 Empowering Through Fundamentals
24:14 Discovering the Power of Chords
24:41 Applying Chord Theory to Bagpipes
26:01 The Trap of Linear Learning in Bagpiping
27:36 The Role of Fun in Learning
28:22 Photography and Bagpiping: A Creative Parallel
31:32 The Golden Rule of Creative Freedom
34:28 Specialization vs. Generalism in Bagpiping
40:30 The Danger of Goal-Oriented Mindsets
42:47 Overcoming Common Pitfalls in Bagpiping
48:18 Introducing the 11 Commandments of Mastery