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		<title>For lidt tid til alt det sjove? Stop forventningspresset &#8211; og få fuld fart imod glæden med små skridt :-)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tiden er en mangelvare. Og der er forbindelse mellem vores opfattelse af hvor travlt vi har og så mængden af vores reelle fritid &#8211; &#8220;kvalitetstid&#8221; som kan bruges til alt det sjove. Mængden af fritid hænger som bekendt uløseligt sammen med mængden af glæde som vi føler til hverdag. Som underviser, har jeg flere gange [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakharoff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5991357&amp;post=199&amp;subd=sakharoff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tiden er en mangelvare. Og der er forbindelse mellem vores opfattelse af hvor travlt vi har og så mængden af vores reelle fritid &#8211; &#8220;kvalitetstid&#8221; som kan bruges til alt det sjove. Mængden af fritid hænger som bekendt uløseligt sammen med mængden af glæde som vi føler til hverdag. Som underviser, har jeg flere gange hørt mine elever beklage at de mangler tid som kan dedikeres til øvning. Da jeg naturligt nok synes at emnet er meget interessant, spørger jeg dem om hvor meget tid efter deres opfattelse er nødvendig for at have øvet sig godt. Desværre fortæller deres svar mig at deres forventninger til øvetid bliver oftest sat alt alt for højt&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://sakharoff.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/time.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-202" title="time" src="http://sakharoff.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/time.jpg?w=168&#038;h=168" alt="" width="168" height="168" /></a>Hvad sker der så i en situation hvor tiden er en knap ressource i forvejen? Det er nemt nok at gennemskue. En stor ønske om at blive bedre til at spille på sit instrument &#8211; bliver nedprioriteret, hvilket resulterer i at nogle af dem ofte ikke rører deres instrument en hel uge. Musikken bliver nedkæmpet af ting som eksempelvis lektier, opvask, rengøring eller bleskift som af forskellige årsager bliver oftest prioriteret højere.. Hvorfor? Er det fordi at spille musik giver mindre glæde end af vaske op? Næppe.. Men dels fordi andre ting bare skal gøres, og ikke rigtig kan nedprioriteres uden risiko for alt stor ballade fra forældre, læreren eller konen &#8211; og dels fordi forventningerne er sat for højt. Den sidstnævnte årsag er absolut den hyppigste!</p>
<p><strong>Forventningerne &#8211; den reelle synder</strong><br />
<em>Forventning nr.1 &#8211; &#8220;Jeg skal bruge mindst en time til at øve mig, mindre tid kan ikke rigtig gøre mig bedre&#8221;.</em><br />
Det er absolut ikke rigtigt! Meget mindre kan gøre det &#8211; og endda ofte med bedre resultat. Jeg foreslår at skrue ned for denne forventning &#8211; helt ned til kun 5 min om dagen. Og lad os endda vedtage at bare røre lidt ved sit instrument i løbet af dagen er godt nok &#8211; til at starte med.</p>
<p><em>Forventning nr.2 &#8211; &#8220;Det går for langsomt, jeg troede at det ville gå hurtigere med at lære at spille. Jeg er bare ikke god nok og har sikkert ikke talent for det her..&#8221;</em><br />
Igen har forventningen ingen basis i virkeligheden &#8211; det tager tid at lære at spille godt på et instrument! Og igen &#8211; hvad betyder &#8220;at spille godt på et instrument&#8221;? Der findes lige så mange forskellige opfattelser af det, som der findes musikere. Men hvorfor er det så vigtigt at fokusere på at spille &#8220;godt&#8221;? Hvad med at nyde selve processen i stedet for? Bare en simpel ændring af denne indstilling kan gøre os en del gladere <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  Er det så ikke lidt mere smart?</p>
<p><strong>Sænk forventningerne og find glæden</strong><br />
Det er ikke første gang at alt for høje forventninger får lov til at ødelægge noget som i sit udgangspunktet er meget godt. Bare tænk på hvor mange konflikter mellem kolleger, kærester, ægtefæller, familiemedlemmer skyldes misforståelser baseret på forskellige forventninger &#8211; som ikke bliver afstemt i tide.</p>
<p>Hvad sker der så reelt når man sænker forventningerne en smule? Det er nemt nok at gennemskue. Nedsættelse eller fravær af forventningspres kan føre til mange positive forandringer:</p>
<p><em>1. Den negative stress formindskes eller forsvinder helt.</em> Det er stressende i sig selv at blive nødt til gang på gang at nedprioritere ting som man ellers værdsætter højt.  Det er også stressende at se i øjnene at man ikke er god nok til noget man ellers værdsætter højt. At se begge stresskilder forsvinde når man ændrer sin indstilling til øvningen vil gøre ens liv en del lettere <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><em>2. Mængden af læring stiger. </em>Vi begynder at sætte pris på selve læringsprocessen &#8211; og ligefrem at nyde den. Dette i sig selv følger til en meget positiv udvikling. Vi lærer at undgå forventningen om at gøre noget &#8220;godt&#8221; men lærer bare at &#8220;gøre det&#8221; i stedet. Dette med tiden fører til hyppigere og længere øvning med en større akkumuleret læring som følge. Det kræver bare lidt tålmodighed <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><em>3. Vi lærer at fokusere på nuet. </em>Skift fra at fokusere på lidt for store og u-dynamiske mål over til et dynamisk flow af hverdagens små opgaver/ gøremål lærer os at forblive i nuet. Nedsættelse af det daglige stressniveau sammen med livgivende små pauser fra hverdagens gøremål har en umiddelbar virkning som bringer kroppen i en mere behagelig og afslappet tilstand &#8211; og forbedrer fokuserings- og koncentrationsevne &#8211; i nuet.</p>
<p><em>4. Mængden af fritid stiger.</em> De små pauser fra hverdagens gøremål gør at opfattelsen af den reelle mængde fritid begynder at stige. Det kan have en afsmittende effekt på andre aktiviteter som man ellers ville have udsat på ubestemt tid alene fordi de er &#8220;meget tidskrævende&#8221;. Det kan f.eks. være læsning af en spændende bog (30 min om dagen), en gymnastik seance hver morgen (15 min om dagen) eller ens favorit sport (60 min om ugen).</p>
<p><em>5. </em><em>Mængden af g</em><em>læden stiger.</em> En forholdsvis lille ændring bringer fra dag til dag mere glæde i hverdagen. De korte øvepauser hel ned til 5-min vil føles som afslappende indlæg blandt dagens gøremål. Stress formindskes, ens opfattelse af mængden af fritid og glæde stiger. Who could ask for anything more?! It&#8217;s a win win!</p>
<p>Så &#8211; mangler du tid? Sænk forventningerne og find glæden <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>Kaizen</strong><br />
Vil du vide mere om den metode? Læs <a href="http://www.bogpriser.dk/q-kaizen-maurer/" target="_blank">en god bog skrevet af Robert Maurer</a>. Eller start med at høre en interview med ham om Kaizen, filosofi som handler om kontinuerlig forbedring med mindst mulige skridt &#8211; og bliv inspireret:</p>
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		<title>Personlig udvikling &#8211; fra hoved til hjerte</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Da Carl Jung, den store psykoanalytiker, besøgte Taos Pueblo i New Mexico i 1925, mødte han chefen for de indfødte, høvdingen Ochwiay Biano. Biano fortalte Jung, at ifølge hans folk, de hvide var generelt &#8220;gale&#8221;, urolige og rastløse. Jung spurgte ham, hvorfor han troede, de var gale, og høvdingen svarede, at det var fordi de [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakharoff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5991357&amp;post=194&amp;subd=sakharoff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Da Carl Jung, den store psykoanalytiker, besøgte Taos Pueblo i New Mexico i  1925, mødte han chefen for de indfødte, høvdingen Ochwiay Biano. Biano fortalte Jung, at ifølge hans folk, de hvide var generelt &#8220;gale&#8221;, urolige og rastløse. Jung  spurgte ham, hvorfor han troede, de var gale, og høvdingen svarede, at det  var fordi de tænkte med deres hoveder &#8211; et sikkert tegn på psykisk  sygdom blandt hans stamme. Jung spurgte ham, hvordan han selv tænkte, og høvdingen pegede på sit hjerte. Denne episode ledte Jung ind i en dyb selvransagelsesproces, som fik ham til at betragte sin egen race  udefra og indse, i hvor høj grad vi var produktet af hoved-tænkning.</p>
<p>Hvad sker der mon med os, når vi lærer at bruge hjertet i vores daglige liv? Vil det hjælpe os til at tackle udfordringer og stress på jobbet, misforståelser og kriser i parforholdet, fysisk og psykisk pres i sportens verden &#8211; og usikkerhed og tvivl på vores egen formåen i musikkens verden? Vil tænkningen med hjertet gøre os gladere og lykkeligere?</p>
<p>Lyder det interessant? Der findes mange forskellige kilder til inspiration i den forbindelse, bl.a.  Timothy Gallwey, Eckhart Tolle, Karlfried Graf von Dürckheim, HeartMath og mere.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Denne artikel på dansk Why should it? And how can I anyway? You play with your hands and fingers &#8211; and not with your body! I will ask a couple of counter questions: - Why does Camilla Wozniacki use her whole body when she plays &#8211; you are playing holding the racquet with your hands, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakharoff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5991357&amp;post=179&amp;subd=sakharoff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Why should it? And how can I anyway?<br />
You play with your hands and  fingers &#8211; and not with your body!</p>
<p>I will ask a couple of  counter questions:<br />
- Why does Camilla  Wozniacki use her whole body when she plays &#8211; you are playing holding the racquet with your hands, aren&#8217;t you?!<br />
- Why does Stevie Wonder jump and dance as crazy with his whole body when he sings &#8211; you are singing with your mouth, don&#8217;t you?!</p>
<p>The answer is that the  thing the best sports people and the best musicians have in common is that they  can use the body as a whole. It is one of the things  that make them able to provide maximum impact &#8211; both physically, mentally,  expression and emotionally.</p>
<p>In the context of teaching, I may ask a student  singer to sing while writhing on  the floor. I may ask her to sing while &#8220;doing hard work&#8221; or doing crazy gestures  while singing. This exercises are  specifically aimed for freeing up tight and unfree bodies &#8211; and to teach  students to avoid wearing down the body.</p>
<p>By learning my students already in the beginning how to involve the whole body in their music,  I give them better understanding of the idea that &#8220;the whole is greater than the sum  of the parts&#8221;. Being able to see the  whole and not only the detail is an important feature in all of the contexts of life &#8211; and the main idea of the holistic view on things.</p>
<p>Practice making physical  movements with your body to support your musicality. Notice if it have any effect on your music. Breathe deeply. Relax. Let your shoulders sink. Let your soul live physically into the music.  How does it feel now?</p>
<p>Video below illustrates  what I&#8217;m talking about &#8211; in its quite extreme consequence <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>[Youtube =  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8bkvO1XpzM]</p>
<p><strong>A few practical tips for  getting started </strong><br />
If the task feels hard,  try to feel your body. The place that feels hard  &#8211; give your body the opportunity to help you &#8211; add a little movement at  the right place in your body &#8211; the movement that feels right or redemptive <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Practice it a little bit. Notice if it have any effect on your music. Do you feel more comfortable with this particular place now?</p>
<p>In order to do learn this practice you must learn to give  your body some attention. This can be trained by noticing the different parts of your body &#8211; how it feels right  now? And if I do this movement a little bit different?  Can I help my body in any  way &#8211; right now? You will get your &#8220;effort&#8221; many folded back later, next time you  encounter a difficult or problematic situation &#8211; and you&#8217;ll need help from your body.</p>
<p>A couple of practical hints to help you coming closer to the idea:<br />
- Breathe a little deeper right before you act,<br />
- Turn your body  slightly together with your arm or your fingers to help them coming in time,<br />
- Get closer to the  keyboard (piano) and fingerboard (guitar) to stress your attention on  the task,<br />
- Make the curve of your  wrist even clearer, so the fingers are naturally closer to the task<br />
- And many other things  or small steps that you can freely experiment with <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Pax et bonum <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Misha</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article in English Hvorfor skal man det? Og hvordan kan man det? Man spiller da med hænder og fingre &#8211; og ikke med kroppen! Jeg vil stille et par kontraspørgsmål: - Hvorfor bruger Camilla Wozniacki hele kroppen når hun spiller &#8211; man spiller jo tennis med hænder?! - Hvorfor hopper og danser Stevie Wonder [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakharoff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5991357&amp;post=167&amp;subd=sakharoff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:right;"><a href="http://sakharoff.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/use-your-body-in-a-funky-way/" target="_self"><em>This article in English </em></a><a href="http://sakharoff.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/use-your-body-in-a-funky-way/" target="_self"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-186" title="flag_us_sm" src="http://sakharoff.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/flag_us_sm.jpg?w=30&#038;h=25" alt="" width="30" height="25" /> </a></p>
<p>Hvorfor skal man det? Og hvordan kan man det?<br />
Man spiller da med hænder og fingre &#8211; og ikke med  kroppen!</p>
<p>Jeg vil stille et par kontraspørgsmål:<br />
- Hvorfor bruger Camilla Wozniacki hele kroppen når hun spiller &#8211; man  spiller jo tennis med hænder?!<br />
- Hvorfor hopper og danser Stevie Wonder som sindsyg med hele kroppen  når han synger &#8211; man synger jo med munden?!</p>
<p>Svaret er, at de bedste sports-folk og de bedste musikere har det  til fælles, at de kan bruge kroppen som helhed. Det er en af de ting som  gør dem i stand til at præstere maksimalt &#8211; både fysisk, psykisk,  udtryks- og følelsesmæssigt.</p>
<p>Jeg kan bede en sangerelev om f.eks. at synge mens han vrider sig på på  gulvet, jeg kan bede om at synge mens hun &#8220;laver hårdt arbejde&#8221; eller at lave  skøre miner til sangen.  Det er øvelser som er specielt rettet imod spændte og ufrie kroppe &#8211; og  for at lære eleven at undgå at slide kroppen.</p>
<p>Ved at lære allerede i en begynderstadie mine elever at involvere hele kroppen i deres musik, skaber jeg en bedre forståelse for &#8211; at helheden er mere end summen af delene.  At kunne se helheden og ikke kun detaljen er en vigtig egenskab i alle  livets sammenhæng &#8211; og er holismens vigtigste idé.</p>
<p>Prøv at lave fysiske bevægelser med din krop for at understøtte din  musikalitet. Træk vejret dybt. Slap af. Lad skuldrene synke ned. Lad din  sjæl leve sig fysisk ind i musikken.</p>
<p>Videoen  nedenfor illustrerer det jeg snakker om &#8211; i sit yderste konsekvens <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p><strong>Et par praktiske råd for at komme i gang</strong><br />
Hvis opgaven føles svær, prøv at mærke efter din krop. Det sted som   føles svært &#8211; giv kroppen mulighed for at hjælpe dig &#8211; tilføj en lille   bevægelse det sted i din krop som føles rigtigt eller forløsende <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>For  at gøre det skal du give din krop opmærksomhed. Det kan trænes ved  ofte  at lægge mærke til forskellige steder i din krop &#8211; hvordan føles  det  lige nu? Kan jeg hjælpe min krop på nogen måder &#8211; lige nu? Den   &#8220;anstrengelse&#8221; får du mangefoldet tilbage senere når du får behov for   hjælp fra din krop næste gang du støder på en vanskelig eller svær   situation.</p>
<p>Det kan eksempelvis gøres ved at:<br />
- trække vejret lidt dybere umiddelbart før du udfører din opgave,<br />
- dreje kroppen lidt sammen med din arm eller dine fingre for at hjælpe   dem i gang,<br />
- komme tættere på klaviaturen (klaver) eller gribebrættet (guitar) for   at understrege din opmærksomhed på opgaven,<br />
- gøre kurven i din vrist endnu tydeligere, så fingrene kommer  naturligt  tættere på opgaven<br />
- og mange andre ting eller små tiltag som du selv kan eksperimentere   med <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, sometimes you hear a voice through the daily press, which makes you react because you just can not afford not to comment. That was the case for me last week when I read an article in Politiken called &#8220;Coaching made for tennis &#8211; not for self.&#8221; The article&#8217;s point was that coaching leads to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakharoff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5991357&amp;post=163&amp;subd=sakharoff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Well, sometimes you hear a voice through the daily  press, which makes you react because you just can not afford not to  comment. </span><span>That was the case for me last week when I read an article in  Politiken called <a href="http://politiken.dk/debat/analyse/article939201.ece" target="_blank">&#8220;Coaching made for tennis &#8211; not for self.&#8221;</a> </span><span>The article&#8217;s point was  that coaching leads to stress. </span><span>The author Rasmus Willig  bases his point on his reading of the book &#8220;Inner Game of Tennis&#8221; by Tim  Gallwey&#8217;s, considered to be one of the fathers of <span>coaching</span>. </span><span>Rasmus Willig is Ph.D.,  chairman of the Danish Sociological Association and lecturer at the  Department of Society and Globalisation, RUC university in Roskilde.</p>
<p></span><span>Short summary: The author  writes that tennis is a game with clearly defined rules &#8211; and a game to  be won. </span><span>However, there are no clear rules for life&#8217;s game &#8211; and the  life&#8217;s game shall not be won, but lived. </span><span>And there are no clear  rules for the training of &#8216;self&#8217;. </span><span>Ergo &#8211; the training of the  self leads to fatigue &#8211; and beyond that &#8211; the critical position of <span>coaching should </span>lead to  stress. </span><span>Permit me to quote further with my own translation from Danish:  &#8220;&#8216;normal self&#8217; is being split, to create a new &#8216;critical self&#8217; that  keeps track of the &#8216;normal self&#8217;&#8230; After several months of critical  introspection the &#8216;self&#8217; is exhausted. </span><span>It has been messing around  on itself and neither found talents, abilities or skills that could  take physical <span>form or substance </span>and  thus be turned into money&#8230; When tennis training is applied to  practical life, it sometimes leads to a mental collapse. </span><span>Perhaps it is time to  legislate in the field of coaching?&#8221;</p>
<p></span>This article  provides for some quite fundamental questions:<br />
- What is the role of coaching?<br />
- Is coaching always  leading to stress?<br />
- Is it possible to use an initial tennis training  concept in everyday life?</p>
<p><span>Dear reader, I will not answer all these questions  in this blog &#8211; I will just mark my absolute disagreement with the author  of this article in terms of general understanding of the coach&#8217;s role.</p>
<p></span>Coaching  leads to stress? <span>Agree &#8211; but only with a bad coach&#8230; There are some other things </span>that  lead to stress &#8211; targets and goals set too large, inconsistent or  incompletely formulated. These targets and goals create stress and  maintain the person&#8217;s focus on the future instead of now &#8211; right in this  moment. Much of the business coaching is driven by caring for bottom  line &#8211; the money. <span>The company&#8217;s management is under pressure from shareholders or  board of directors &#8211; management is pushing the employees &#8211; the  management pays for coaching of <span>employees </span>-  coach is trying to prove that it can create funky results on the bottom  line &#8211; coach &#8220;helps&#8221; the employee to establish &#8220;nice&#8221; personal goals &#8211;  the goals are pressing the employee </span><span>little more&#8230; and more &#8211;  the goals resulting in stress &#8211; and for some also in the sick leave. </span><span>Of course, all of the  above is written in very broad terms &#8211; but doesn&#8217;t this apply to many  companies, isn&#8217;t this quite close to reality? </span>Are we  talking about stress? <span>How many companies work with the personal joy as the measurement  factor &#8211; instead of setting an entire network of both personal,  department and company goals and targets &#8211; and the sacred bottom line  totally in control of everything?</p>
<p></span>Is there a  difference between sports-oriented and other types of coaching? <span>Is it the use of sport or  tennis attitude that creates stress? </span><span>Here I feel that the  author has completely misunderstood the very essence of Timothy Gallweys  thoughts.</p>
<p></span>One of Gallwey&#8217;s basic concepts, which  he in all his books calls to learn is the practice of &#8220;quiet mind&#8221;. In  other words, he calls for stopping the constant control and steering by  head, which we in our western world are most accustomed and used to &#8211;  and learn to trust your heart and body instead. Or I would rather cite  him for saying &#8220;using both&#8221; in a balanced way &#8211; which he actually does  <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>The root of Rasmus Willig&#8217;s &#8220;problem of coaching&#8221; may lay in  the fact that Gallweys ideas are largely taken over by &#8220;programmers&#8221;  (read NLP), which conceptually believe that we can control everything with our head &#8211; without  having proper contact with our own mind and soul. Here is the kingdom  where the head rules in much greater degree than after the initial  coaching thoughts &#8211; the Inner Game, which I think more is about  spiritual strength.</p>
<p>I do not use the term mental strength here,  because I want to avoid that word mental gives associations to the head  activity taking over &#8211; unlike the original ideas of Gallwey. Head  activity leads to hurried mind &#8211; and further to doubting, worrying,  calculating and totally steering mind. In contrast to the cultivation of  meditative state of spiritual focus leading to the quiet mind &#8211;  focused, deliberate, relaxed but focused &#8211; and primarily non-stressful.  Why non-stressful? Because it  has learned another of Gallweys main concepts that  &#8211; in my opinion &#8211; make his ideas  akin to Zen and Eckhart Tolle. Don&#8217;t try too hard.</p>
<p>My own reading  of the Inner Game of Music and later the  Inner Game of Tennis, gave me the inspiration to go further and  deeper in using the natural help of the body &#8211; breathing, visualizing  and focusing techniques &#8211; extensively both in music  education, in tennis and in everyday life. I must say that my own  practical results confirms fully that this holistic approach strengthens  creativity and combat stress &#8211; for both children and adults.</p>
<p>Dear  reader, try searching YouTube  for Tim Gallwey and you&#8217;ll find a few video interviews attesting proving  that this wise man is in a completely different place than the author  of the aforementioned article.</p>
<p>Back to coaching. Are you stressed  out by your coach? Well&#8230; take it easy.</p>
<p>1. Find another coach &#8211;  your current must have misunderstood something.<br />
2. Instead of aiming  against targets and goals in the future &#8211; live in the moment.<br />
3. Do  not try too hard.<br />
4. Do things instead of trying &#8211; and learn to  appreciate even the slightest progress.<br />
5. Feel your breathing calm down and feel weight off your  shoulders &#8230;</p>
<p>And now for something completely different! Allow  me to ask a rhetorical question.</p>
<p><span>I now let the Institute  for Society and Globalization have a rest &#8211; but why don&#8217;t we learn our  children that knowledge above already in school? </span><span>Is it because it is less  important than, for example learning </span>fractions or  woodworking a bird house project?</p>
<p>Well.. Take a deep breath  before you answer <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Cheers<br />
Misha</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[En gang imellem hører man stemmer i pressen, som får en til at reagere fordi man bare ikke kan lade være med at kommentere. Det var tilfældet for mig i sidste uge da jeg læste en artikel i Politiken som hed &#8220;Coaching skabt til tennis &#8211; ikke til selvet&#8221;. Artiklens hovepointe var at coaching fører [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakharoff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5991357&amp;post=154&amp;subd=sakharoff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>En gang imellem hører man stemmer i pressen, som får en til at reagere fordi man bare ikke kan lade være med at kommentere.  Det var tilfældet for mig i sidste uge da jeg læste en artikel i  Politiken som hed <a id="o6eb" title="&quot;Coaching skabt til tennis - ikke til selvet&quot;" href="http://politiken.dk/debat/analyse/article939201.ece">&#8220;Coaching  skabt til tennis &#8211; ikke til selvet&#8221;</a>. Artiklens hovepointe var at  coaching fører til stress. Skribenten Rasmus Willig baserer sin pointe  på sin læsning af bogen &#8220;Inner Game of Tennis&#8221; af Tim Gallwey&#8217;s, som  regnes for at være en af coachingens fadre. Rasmus Willig er Ph.d., formand  for Dansk Sociologforening og lektor ved Institut for Samfund og  Globalisering, RUC.</p>
<p>Artiklens korte resume: Forfatteren skriver  at tennis er et spil hvor der er klare regler &#8211; og et spil som skal  vindes. Derimod findes der ikke klare regler for livets spil &#8211; og her  skal spillet ikke vindes, men leves. Og der er ikke klare regler for  træning af &#8216;selvet&#8217;. Ergo &#8211; træningen af selvet fører til udmattelse &#8211;  og videre &#8211; coachingens kritiske stillingtagen fører til stress. Jeg  tillader mig at citere videre: &#8220;’normale selv’ spaltes, og der opstår et  nyt ’kritisk selv’, der holder øje med det ’normale selv’&#8230; Efter  flere måneders kritisk introspektion er selvet udmattet. Det har løbet  rundt om sig selv og hverken fundet talenter, evner eller færdigheder,  der kunne tingsliggøres og dermed omsættes til penge&#8230; Når  tennistræning anvendes på den praktiske livsførelse, leder det i nogle  tilfælde til et mentalt kollaps. Måske er det tid til at lovgive på  området for coaching?&#8221;</p>
<p>Denne artikel stiller nogle fundamentale  spørgsmål:<br />
- Hvad er coachingens rolle?<br />
- Fører al coaching til  stress?<br />
- Kan et oprindeligt tennis træning koncept bruges til  hverdagslivet?</p>
<p>Kære læser, jeg vil ikke besvare alle spørgsmål i  denne blogindlæg &#8211; blot markere min absolutte uenighed med artiklens  forfatter mht. generelle forståelse af coachens rolle.</p>
<p>Fører al  coaching til stress? Enig &#8211; men kun hos en dårlig coach.. Det er noget  helt andet der skaber stress &#8211; mål som er alt for store eller  ufuldstændigt formulerede. Disse mål skaber stress og fastholder  personen på fremtiden i stedet for i nuet. Meget af den coaching som  bruges i erhvervs-sammenhæng er styret af bundlinien. Virksomhedens  ledelse er presset af ejerkredsen/bestyrelsen &#8211; ledelsen presser  medarbejdere &#8211; ledelsen betaler for medarbejderens coaching &#8211; coachen  prøver at bevise at den kan skabe flotte tal på bundlinien &#8211; coachen  &#8220;hjælper&#8221; medarbejderen med at opstille de &#8220;gode&#8221; personlige mål &#8211; mål  presser medarbejderen yderligere &#8211; mål resulterer i stress &#8211; og for  nogen også i sygemelding. Selvfølgelig er ovenstående skrevet i meget  grove træk &#8211; men ligger det ikke for mange virksomheders vedkommende ret  tæt på virkeligheden? Snakker vi stress? Hvor mange virksomheder  arbejder med den personlige glæde som målingsfaktor &#8211; i stedet for  opstilling af et helt netværk af både personlige, afdelingens og  virksomhedens mål &#8211; og bundlinien som styrer totalt?</p>
<p>Er der  forskel på sports- og andet coaching? Er det brugen af sportslig af  tennis-indstilling som skaber stress? Her føler jeg, at forfatteren har  fuldstændig misforstået selve essensen af Timothy Gallweys tanker.</p>
<p>Et  af Gallwey&#8217;s grundbegreber, som han i alle sine bøger opfordrer til at  lære og praktisere er &#8220;det stille sind&#8221;. Med andre ord at stoppe den  konstante kontrol og styring med hovedet, som vi i vores vestlige verden  er mest vant til &#8211; men lære at stole på hjertet og kroppen i stedet  for. Eller jeg vil hellere citere ham for at sige &#8220;bruge begge dele&#8221; på en balanceret måde &#8211; hvilket han faktisk også gør <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Roden til Rasmus Willigs &#8220;problem ved coaching&#8221; kan være at  Gallweys idéer er i høj grad overtaget af &#8220;programmører&#8221; (læs NLP), som  rent konceptuelt mener at man med hovedet kan styre alt &#8211; uden at have  egentlig kontakt til egen sind og sjæl. Her styrer hovedet i meget  større grad end efter den oprindelige coaching tanke &#8211; Inner Game, som  efter min mening i højere grad handler om åndelig styrke.</p>
<p>Her  bruger jeg ikke ordet mental styrke, da jeg vil undgå at ordet mental  kan danne associationer til at hovedets tankeaktivitet overtager &#8211; i  modsætning til Gallweys ideer. Hovedets tankeaktivitet fortravler sindet  &#8211; og fører til tvivlende, bekymret, kalkulerende og styrende sind. I  modsætning til dyrkelse af meditativ tilstand med åndelig fokusering,  som fører til stille sind &#8211; fokuseret, bevidst, afslappet men samtidig  koncentreret &#8211; og først og fremmest afstresset. Hvorfor afstresset?  Fordi den har lært en anden af Gallweys hovedbegreber som gør hans idéer  &#8211; efter min mening &#8211; beslægtet med Zen og Eckhart Tolle. Don&#8217;t try too hard.</p>
<p>Min  egen læsning af Inner Game of Tennis og &#8211; Inner Game of Music, har  inspirereret til at gå videre og dybere til at bruge kroppens hjælp &#8211;  åndedrættet, visualiserings og fokuserings teknikker ekstensivt &#8211; både i  musikundervisning, i tennis og i hverdagen. Jeg må sige, at min egen praktisk erfaring bekræfter fuld ud at denne holistiske tilgang  styrker kreativiteten og bekæmper stress &#8211; både hos børn  og voksne.</p>
<p>Kære læser, prøv at  søge på Tim Gallwey på YouTube &#8211; du finder et par videointerviews som  bevidner at denne vise mand er et helt andet sted end forfatteren til  den ovennævnte artikel.</p>
<p>Tilbage til coachingen. Bliver du  stresset af din coach?</p>
<p>1. Find en anden coach &#8211; din nuværende må  have misforstået noget.<br />
2. I stedet for styring imod mål i  fremtiden &#8211; lev i nuet.<br />
3. Don&#8217;t try too hard.<br />
4.  Gør det i stedet for at prøve &#8211; og vær tilfreds med selv den mindste  fremgang.<br />
5. Mærk din vejrtrækning og føl dine skuldre  falde til ro&#8230;</p>
<p>And now for something completely  different! Jeg vil nu tillade mig at stille  et retorisk spørgsmål.</p>
<p>Jeg lader Instituttet for Samfund og Globalisering hvile et øjeblik &#8211; men hvorfor lader vi ikke vores børn tilegne sig denne viden allerede i folkeskolen? Er det fordi det er  mindre vigtigt end f.eks. brøkregning eller fulglehuset i sløjd?</p>
<p>Ok.. Tag nu en dyb indånding før du svarer <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Cheers<br />
Misha</p>
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		<title>Misha Sakharoff live in Copenhagen, April-May</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Misha Sakharoff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear all, just to let you about my concerts in Copenhagen 26th of April and 10th of May. I&#8217;m going to sing my new songs and play some of my new guitar pieces for you. I will also tell you about the last year&#8217;s development of my guitar concept, about the ups and downs of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakharoff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5991357&amp;post=145&amp;subd=sakharoff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear all, just to let you about my concerts in Copenhagen 26th of April and 10th of May.<br />
I&#8217;m going to sing my new songs and play some of my new guitar pieces for you. I will also tell you about the last year&#8217;s development of my guitar concept, about the ups and downs of the innovation process and the ways to deal with it in the everyday life &#8211; according to Misha Sakharoff <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Tickets on sale now at <a href="http://WWW.FINGERSTYLE.DK" target="_blank">WWW.FINGERSTYLE.DK</a> &#8211; 20% off for my Facebook fangroup.<br />
Join via direct link <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/FINGERSTYLEDK/111198382224476" target="_blank">here</a> &#8211; and get the promo code.<br />
The place is a little cozy place at Frederiksberg &#8211; with a feeling of private listening room.<br />
Hope to see you!</p>
<p>Misha</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a little clip from my concert in Copenhagen a couple of years ago. Enjoy <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Misha Sakharoff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everybody, just to inform you about a couple of new workshop dates: Copenhagen &#8211; April 12th Aarhus &#8211; April 14th Odense &#8211; April 21st I&#8217;m looking forward to do my best effort to make the fingerstyle rule all over the place. We start Denmark &#8211; Sealand, Jutland and Funen, then we expand to Germany, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakharoff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5991357&amp;post=137&amp;subd=sakharoff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello everybody, just to inform you about a couple of new workshop dates:<br />
Copenhagen &#8211; April 12th<br />
Aarhus &#8211; April 14th<br />
Odense &#8211; April 21st</p>
<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to do my best effort to make the fingerstyle rule all over the place. We start Denmark &#8211; Sealand, Jutland and Funen, then we expand to Germany, Sweden. By the way &#8211; did you notice a little russian flag on my site? I tell you, russian invasion is under way&#8230; a backward russian invasion&#8230;</p>
<p>Check out all the invasion details at <a href="http://WWW.FINGERSTYLE.DK" target="_blank">WWW.FINGERSTYLE.DK</a> &#8211; and do it before we get there <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Hygge, cheers, shalom, privet!!<br />
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		<title>Multitasking made easy &#8211; make your priorities!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Misha Sakharoff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It can be difficult for all us people to perform multiple tasks at once. This is also true for musicians. If we want to reach our goals without getting stressed we must prioritize In that case we might consider what role we must prioritize at the given moment. Prioritization can be done based on various [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakharoff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5991357&amp;post=130&amp;subd=sakharoff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It can be difficult for all us people to  perform multiple tasks at once. This is also true for musicians. If we want to reach our goals without getting stressed we must prioritize <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  In that case we might  consider what role we must prioritize at the given moment.</p>
<p>Prioritization can be  done based on various criteria. Let&#8217;s say we want to combine playing bass and chords at the same time. Let us imagine that one  of the tasks is somewhat routine and the second requires full  attention.</p>
<p><em>Guitar: </em>Learning a funky groove with bass and chords at the same time. Sounds difficult? Well &#8211; learn it through your body! First be able to sing it, make the mouth percussion. Get the rhythm into your body &#8211; dance it.</p>
<p>If you are one of those visual people, needing to see everything &#8211; before you can play it? Well, no problem at all! Just slow the groove down to make it easier to analyze &#8211; and slice it into small chunks. How? You can slice the 4-beat into 8th or 16th  notes. Write them down on paper as small strokes &#8211; 8 or 16. Then map the rhythm onto the strokes with two different marks &#8211; one for bass, one for chords.  Here you go &#8211; you now have a written image of your rhythm &#8211; now you can help your body with its task by visualizing it. If you are trained enough &#8211; you can always use a few extra marks &#8211; for different percussion kinds of percussion.</p>
<p><em>Piano: </em>Imagine that you play a piece  where your left hand plays both bass and chords and in your right hand  you must play a heartfelt melody that you just have to feel throughout. What do you do?</p>
<p>One good thing to start with is to go  down in tempo and try to take it in small chunks and distribute your  attention between your left and right hand. But there is also another  option. You can choose to stat learning your left hand part by heart &#8211; so that you do not have to look to the left at all. So you play both bass and  chords in your left hand alone with your eyes closed. Your attention  can from now on be focused on another task that you now can feel through with all  your soul.</p>
<p>Learning by prioritizing is an ongoing process but  it pays &#8211; because your creativity and your musicality will unfold much  more being focused like that.</p>
<p>We just mentioned a few tools for learning how to perform several things at once, or multitasking &#8211; using our body, visualizing, slowing down, prioritizing.</p>
<p>There is a lot of tools  that can help you on your way reaching your goals. One of them is trying to imagine that your task is really feasible &#8211; and many people have done it before you. Many blind people have  learned to play instruments not being able &#8211; by natural reasons &#8211; to look at their left or right hand  &#8211; and not even be able to see the keyboard or fingerboard. Their only road towards learning was feeling their instruments all the way, feeling the music and trusting themselves &#8211; deeply believing in their own abilities.  Trusting their heart was their only way, their only possibility.</p>
<p>So&#8230; everything may be trained &#8211; if we dance it slowly and with our eyes and our heart wide open <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>C&#8217;mon let&#8217;s get started <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear guitar lovers and other passionate people!<br />
Welcome to FINGERSTYLE.DK!</p>
<p>This is a site for all of you &#8211; particularly for those of you fingerstylers, fingerpickers, fingerplayers or whatever you would call somebody who won&#8217;t use just a single pick or plektrum but preferes a whole spectrum <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>We use fingertips, fingernails, fingerpicks, and we are eager to handle all musical styles ranging from rock, folk to jazz, world, reggae, latin, funk.. you name it.</p>
<p>We highly welcome our brothers flatpickers and strummers. Well&#8230;  We want to take over the world &#8211; and you guys are a nice place to start with <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>See you soon!<br />
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