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读到一篇文章,说到怎么克服日常练琴的障碍。原来练琴时的不专心很多来自于大脑的amygdala。文章里面还有解决方案,也许有帮助。原文如下:
You may know that I am doing the 100 Day Music Practice Challenge. It hasn’t been plain sailing, but recently I have found a simple strategy to remove the barrier to daily music practice.
You know that music practice is hugely beneficial in so many ways, but why then, is it so hard to create a music practice habit?
Change is difficult. To find out why, we need to go deep into the brain to the amygdala, which is located in the limbic system. This tiny organ is a very important part of the “caveman” part of the brain which helped keep our remote ancestors safe from danger. Our ancestors had to be constantly on the alert, to avoid being killed and eaten, and to find food and shelter.
Times have changed, but the amygdala has not. In our much safer world, it is still working just as hard to keep us out of danger. It is so good at recognizing hazards, that it even sees even the slightest discomfort or negative emotion as mortal peril.
You may be trying to stick to your resolution of practicing music every day. However, even though you know how much this is going to benefit you in many ways, forming the habit of regular music practice requires a bit of hard work from time to time.
At the slightest stress brought on by trying to make a habit of daily music practice, the clever old amygdala senses danger and sends signals to release hormones, which prepare you for “fight or flight.” This eventually stops you from doing your music practice.
Imagine then, trying to create a new habit of daily, focussed, calm, happy, music practice, when your amygdala is calling out to you, that every challenge is potential danger:
Oops I haven’t done the shopping.
Grannie is coming for tea.
I might be getting a cold.
I don’t understand the practice assignment this week.
There was too much running around today and I’m tired.
These challenges hardly add up to anything life threatening, but your “caveman” brain wants to keep you exactly where you are now, safe and sound and going nowhere fast. It’s all part of our human genetic heritage.
So, if we are all hardwired to resist new habits, what hope is there for us?
EVERYONE has an amygdala. BUT………
SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE tame them!
For those of us who haven’t yet tamed our inner caveman, here’s the strategy, or rather 3 simple tricks, used by successful people all over the world.
1 Start small. This is a must if you want success. You will be more likely to sneak little changes past the ever vigilant amygdala.
2 Be aware that when you try to make a new habit, certain aspects of it may make you feel anxious or uncomfortable. Don’t resist these feelings. It will make them grow more powerful. Thank your amygdala for being so attentive. That is all, no conversations, no pleading.
3 Having acknowledged that these feelings of discomfort or anxiety are all magnified by your wonderful “caveman brain,” just keep right on working at what you are trying to do. This will re-train your amygdala to accept non life threatening changes and to make it much easier to form new habits in the future. SIMPLE!
When you can do all of these 3 tricks, you will find that you can dissolve barriers to daily music practice and they will become a thing of the past. |
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