TEACHING WITH MOTIVATION
“praise creates enthusiasm. enthusiasm drives practice. progress explodes.”
The Lesson
Scott tried three drum teachers. The engineer who answered technical questions: slow progress. YouTube self-study: minimal improvement. The teacher who praises everything (even mistakes): explosive progress. Why? Praise creates enthusiasm. Enthusiasm drives practice. Practice creates skill. Dale Carnegie's speaking course works the same way-zero criticism, only compliments. Everyone became excellent. For skills requiring confidence, motivation beats technical instruction. Know which phase you're in: early on, some technical grounding helps. After that, how you FEEL about it determines whether you'll put in the hours.
Real-World Example
A founder teaches a junior engineer. Wrong: 'This code is inefficient. Here's why.' Right: 'Nice work getting it running! I've seen teams get better performance when they structure it this way.' Same information, opposite emotional impact. The junior stays enthusiastic, practices more, improves faster.
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