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When Excellence Becomes the Expectation: The Pressure to Always Be the Best
I recognise this in the musical world. A young musician wins a competition, receives congratulations and gains new opportunities. Yet before the next performance, satisfaction may give way to a question: can I prove that I deserved it? An orchestral player may feel something similar after years of being trusted to deliver. Their ambition may have little to do with outplaying colleagues, but they can still feel obliged to meet their highest standard every time. In both cases,
joannalatalacello
Oct 125 min read
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