It is often suggested that in order to improve, a performer has to experience setbacks and make mistakes. This implies that success can never be achieved from the outset and that true progress normally only comes from a systematic process of trial and error.
Of course, improvement can be a subjective evaluation. There are many marketed tricks, for instance, which are touted as being better than the original on which they are largely based, but in reality they may be little more than ‘different’. Continue reading “Why Mistakes Can Be Helpful”