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I've been thinking a lot about the power of the mind lately. How it can drive us to perform, at times beyond the realm of our technical facilities, and also be the greatest hindrance to our success, preventing us from doing things we've repeated a million times before. 

How many times has an elated mood pushed me that extra mile across the finish line at the gym, or a shadow of self doubt catapulted me into an all-consuming paralysis?

With more mainstream adoption of psychostimulants and increasing numbers of training manuals for neuroplasticity ("Train your mind, Change your brain!"), I do wonder what new territories could be open to me, if I achived a watertight mind.

Maybe those violin lessons would have gone somewhere, I'd have sold my first startup by now, I'd have more friends, tell funnier jokes. 

The now cliche 10,000 hour rule may require a number of addendums to truly correlate to success, but practice is king. Now if there were only enough hours in a day... 

Here is a short film by Asa Mader of Charlie Siem playing Ole Bull. A man with a talented mind, and talented looks. 

Charlie Siem: A Stylish Rendition on Nowness.com