{"id":4235,"date":"2020-04-05T11:38:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T09:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/?p=4235"},"modified":"2020-04-08T16:08:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T14:08:27","slug":"improving-your-technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/en\/improving-your-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving your technique"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cUse your equipment! \u2013 get down on your knees! \u2013 turn your upper body!\u201d There is no shortage of advice, yet I thought I was a good skier. Doum\u00e9 makes me think about the soles of my feet &#8211; confined inside my boots \u2013 or my eyes which are supposed to be gazing into the distance\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I grumble, try, challenge the advice, try again nevertheless and in the end accept the tips and realise that my technique, which was already good, has considerably improved by the end of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Piste-tre\u0300s-difficile-1024x446.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3627\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I realise that my way of learning or improving in any field follows the same pattern. When somebody suggests an improvement in the way I do anything from cooking meat to running a seminar I first resent the advice, then I try it, then ask for further explanation and in the end I accept it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I realise the way I operate, I\u2019ve decided to give up the \u2018grumbling\u2019 stage. After all, it only wastes everybody\u2019s time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about you? Which stage could you give up to make progress even faster?<\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--EndFragment--><br>\n<br>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cUse your equipment! \u2013 get down on your knees! \u2013 turn your upper body!\u201d There is no shortage of advice, yet I thought I was a good skier. Doum\u00e9 makes me think about the soles of my feet &#8211; confined inside my boots \u2013 or my eyes which are supposed to be gazing into the distance\u2026. I grumble, try, challenge the advice, try again nevertheless and in the end accept the tips and realise that my technique, which was already good, has considerably improved by the end of the week. I realise that my way of learning or improving in any field follows the same pattern. When somebody suggests an improvement in the way I do anything from cooking meat to running a seminar I first resent the advice, then I try it, then ask for further explanation and in the end I accept it! Now I realise the way I operate, I\u2019ve decided to give up the \u2018grumbling\u2019 stage. After all, it only wastes everybody\u2019s time! What about you? Which stage could you give up to make progress even faster?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2289],"tags":[2312,2843,2844,2845],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/en\/improving-your-technique\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Improving your technique - Bulles de bonheur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cUse your equipment! \u2013 get down on your knees! \u2013 turn your upper body!\u201d There is no shortage of advice, yet I thought I was a good skier. 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