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Though Springsteen’s recording career started as one man’s contract with Columbia Records and would remain one man’s contract, he was still raised under the sign of the Beatles. The being-in-a-band mattered deeply, from the beginning. To Springsteen as to Van Zandt. In 1979, 1980, neither was done with it. Not yet. And, yes, The River would be the high point in trying to make a group sound central to the work of a man under contract as a solo artist. The mission was, on many levels, a shared mission. As a project, The River had purpose, intention, and a target. Mostly.
Deliver Me From Nowhere
Warren Zanes
Studies of expert performers tell us that once you have practiced for a while and can see the results, the skill itself can become part of your motivation. You take pride in what you do, you get pleasure from your friends’ compliments, and your sense of identity changes. You begin to see yourself as a public speaker or a piccolo player or a maker of origami figures. As long as you recognize this new identity as flowing from the many hours of practice that you devoted to developing your skill, further practice comes to feel more like an investment than an expense. Another key motivational factor in deliberate practice is a belief that you can succeed. In order to push yourself when you really don’t feel like it, you must believe that you can improve and—particularly for people shooting to become expert performers—that you can rank among the best. The power of such belief is so strong that it can even trump reality.
Peak
Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool
We need a practice of some sort because doing and being become so painfully separated in modern life. The antidote is to set aside time for reflection, contemplation, and focused presence. This is not mindlessly daydreaming, zoning out, or going into a stupor. It is from a state of energized being that we realize the highest potentials in any situation.
Living Your Unlived Life
Robert A. Johnson, Jerry Ruhl
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