What if 11 small changes could make an enormous difference to your piping progress?  

This week, Andrew and Jim dive into the 11 commandments of mastery – Andrew’s blueprint of habits that lead to great bagpiping, but are applicable to all mastery-oriented pursuits. They look at the importance of mastering fundamentals to achieve creative freedom, common pitfalls that learners face, and why a growth mindset is essential to any form of progression.  

Here’s what we cover in this episode: 
00:00 Setting Up the Scene 
00:53 The 11 Commandments of Bagpiping 
01:11 Universal Concepts in Mastery 
02:05 Disagreements in the Bagpipe World 
04:20 Finding Reliable Advice 
05:29 First Principles and Growth Mindset 
12:00 Parenting and Teaching Analogies 
21:13 Empowering Through Fundamentals 
24:14 Discovering the Power of Chords 
24:41 Applying Chord Theory to Bagpipes 
26:01 The Trap of Linear Learning in Bagpiping 
27:36 The Role of Fun in Learning 
28:22 Photography and Bagpiping: A Creative Parallel 
31:32 The Golden Rule of Creative Freedom 
34:28 Specialization vs. Generalism in Bagpiping 
40:30 The Danger of Goal-Oriented Mindsets 
42:47 Overcoming Common Pitfalls in Bagpiping 
48:18 Introducing the 11 Commandments of Mastery