Have you ever wondered (or worried) if you were talented enough? Met principal timpanist Jason Haaheim explains why this is the wrong question to be asking ourselves - and what we should be asking instead.

Jason Haaheim: On Practice, Talent, Motivation, and Playing the "Long Game"

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