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Motivation

I hope you can benefit from all these things that came up to me during teaching music. I want to thank those people who inspired me when I encountered them (internet)  and their hints they gave me.......I won't give names here because they're far too many. Try to print this page or visit me on a regular basis because additions are made almost everyday, and read them every day, they'll take you over, that's the Secret!

We must drop the idea that change comes slowly. It does ordinarily--in part because we think it does. Today changes must come fast; and we must adjust our mental habits, so that we can accept comfortably the idea of stopping one thing and beginning another overnight. We must discard the idea that past routine, past ways of doing things, are probably the best ways. On the contrary, we must assume that there is probably a better way to do almost everything. We must stop assuming that a thing which has never been done before probably cannot be done at all.

  • Hands do not play the guitar -the brain does!
  • Studying=making better=asking yourself questions
  • The sky is NOT the limit -YOU are!
  • What you dream -so you become
  • Thoughts -> Actions=Results
  • Energy comes from feeling good
  • If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you've already got
  • Not Knowing what to do -But Do what you know
  • Everything is a Result of………………..Some Thoughts-Actions
  • Action always generates inspiration
  • Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems
  • Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat
  • To BE energetic you have to DO energetic
  • Happiness comes when you believe in what you are doing, know what you are doing, and love what you are doing
  • Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings it out
  • One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine with only interests
  • You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you
  • Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds
  • You begin by always expecting good things to happen
  • Energy=1.Mindset-2.Breath-3.Nutrition-4.Rest/Sleep
  • The best advice on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there. When you work, work. When you play, play. Don't mix the two
  • When every physical and mental resource is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously
  • The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity
  • If you go as far as you can see, you will then see enough to go even farther
  • Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals
  • Visualization trains the subconscious to focus on completing tasks
  • Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience
  • Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure
  • All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude
  • If we continue to do the same things, how can we expect different results?
  • It is never too late to become what you might have been
  • Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life
  • There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction
  • Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant
  • Learn to translate wisdom and strong feelings into action
  • Have you made a significant change lately?
  • Get a good idea and stick with it. Dog it, and work at it until it's done and done right!
  • Plan your work and work your plan. Decide in advance exactly how you are going to get from where you are to where you want to go
  • Live out of your imagination, not your history
  • Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal
  • You are either climbing or sliding
  • Live your day as if it was your last
  • Make the most of yourself!
  • Never back up on decisions
  • When the studend is ready, the teacher will appear
  • Don't just grow older and fatter !
  • Are you going to accept or change the situation?
  • Things change when you change
  • Luck is when opportunity meets preparation
  • Choose to Decide!
  • It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning
  • Always keep your eye on the prize!
  • Some people dream of great accomplishments, while other stay awake and do them
  • When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier
  • You can't win if you don't play!
  • Luck is when preparation meets opportunity
  • "Don't wait for a light to appears at the end of the tunnel, stride down
    there and light the bloody thing yourself" - Sara Henderson
  • The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today
  • Do every day something (even a small thing) to become better or to reach a goal.
  • Failing to Plan=Planning to Fail
  • You are the product of your own brainstorm
  • Action is the foundational key to all success.
  • Kites rise highest against the wind--not with it. - Winston Churchill
  • I believe behavior, not words. How about you?
  • It's ALL a Matter of Perspective - and YOU have the power to change it!
  • All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.
  • Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
  • The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about. - Wayne Dyer
  • "If you want to become a success, you must never let go once you decide to do something."- Tony Robbins
  • Knowledge is NOT Power, Knowledge APPLIED is Power !
  • Motivate yourself by thinking of the Good & and Bad things you will get from an action (or No action)
  • All things you do every day, you will become an expert in
  • Every day 1% better = 3778% better next year!!!..........(NOT 365%!)
  • Winners never quit.....Quitters never win!
  • Beginning starts winning
  • Everything you concentrate on, you will become, no doubt
  • Be unique.....be different
  • Don't say what you can do.....Do what you can do
  • No Procrastination
  • Choose.......     are you going to be a Good or Bad Musician?
  • You won't become a topstar by playing only in your garage    -Go out and Play!
  • How good will you become if you don't practice?
  • Not the work but the Results count
  • Don't be stupid.....ask experts
  • Clarity & Simplicity=Power!
  • Practice bad things 3 times more than the good things
  • If you act like you're good, you are good
  • Go do it!
  • Talk about your plans!
  • RITMOS........Repetition Is The Mother Of Skill
  • A musician's Result is determined by ears!
  • You learned a lot? ...........then Apply it!
  • Use Action.....not only knowledge
  • Point out the good things to yourself
  • Excuses are an one way road to Failure
  • No should's.....No Could's.....No Ought's......Please?
  • Be a pitbull........never let go
  • Never let somebody make you feel unable
  • Practice fundamentals every day
  • Whatever you fail to use........you loose!
  • The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention
  • Get yourself Role-models
  • No goal too small.........No dream too big!
  • Be a Do-It-Now person........make it happen!
  • Don't go to bed as stupid as you got up
  • Focus on Good things, not bad things
  • No Complacency
  • Think of a time you played excellent, you'll be playing excellent
  • If you do it right 51% of the time, you'll end up being a hero
 

 

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