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I'm going to tell you a wonderful, wonderful story that happened to me one time: I was perusing the works of the late, great George Carlin, one of my biggest heroes growing up. This was back in the day when you had to catch the special on HBO or else rent the video from Blockbuster (only a five-minute ride from my house on dinosaur-back). And I caught the one time in his stage act where he ripped into parents and children. Thanks to the miracle of modern YouTube, the clip is available here: As I watched that routine, as I listened to a man I'd laughed at and loved for most of my life, a funny thing happened: I began to become offended! I don't know why, maybe my guard was down, but this time I caught myself saying "Oh, no, George, that's going too far!" I mean, children! We were all children once. And as a dad of four, I'm pretty damn satisfied with myself for being the parent I've been. That little flash of irritation passed, and then I laughed out loud at myself. A wonderful thing…

If you want your talents to pave a path towards a career, you have to put in due time and diligence to master a certain skill of your choice. I’m sure some of you have heard the saying, “It takes 10,000 hours to master a skill.” Though I do not believe this rule to be the case. It is amazing what you can accomplish in a single day with effective and efficient practice techniques whether you are an artist, ballet dancer, or even a construction worker. In this article, I'll be discussing the joys of my passions and my obsession with muscle memory and hand-eye coordination. The Joy of Music Elementary school was when I began noticing a joy in music. My father, being the musician that he is, always sang and played guitar around the house. He also ran a music store where I spend the majority of my time after school. I soon picked up instruments like the bass and drums, but it didn’t quench my musical thirst. One day, my grandfather mailed my father and I a CD containing the Vivaldi…

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