Everybody’s different. That’s why it’s important to become your own personal learning scientist. You can see what works best in your learning. Think like a scientist and start looking for patterns in what works and what doesn’t work for you. Music can be either helpful or harmful when it comes to learning.

The problem with beginners is that they’re always thinking about themselves doing the skill.

In Zen Buddhism, this state is referred to as beginner’s mind. Your mind is ready for anything, open to everything. “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities,” writes Shunryu Suzuki. “In the expert’s mind there are few.”