How To Play Guitar 101: To Your Success

A great motivator named Earl Nightingale came up with the this definition of success…
"Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.I like that definition very much! What does this definition mean to you? Let's take a closer look at what you want to achieve…

Please spend a few minutes writing down what the words "worthy ideal" mean to you. It is my vision of perfection…a vision of how I would ideally like things to be.It is a vision that I find inspiring and energizing!

If you success with the guitar is completely dependant on working towards your goal, won't it make sense that you need to first figure out what your goal is? How can you progressively realize something if you don't know what it is? How about we do some exercises to figure your one out…

Please invest at least a couple of hours doing the following exercises. They will seriously help you build a mental picture of what your goal is in your head…

Exercise 1:
Imagine how would ideally like to play.Try and imagine what your electric guitar playing would sound, look and feel like.What kind of electric guitar are you an expert at? How does your improvising sound? What about your composing? Please write your answers down now.

Exercise 2:
I want you to imagine your ideal guitar playing career. Would you be a master guitar teacher? What about an amazing performing artist? Or another goal can be performing as part of a highly successful band? What do you think about being an in demand studio guitarist? What do you TRULY want to do? Please write down your answers now.

Exercise 3:
Write down your worthy ideal. Write it down in the present tense, as if you have already achieved it.Try to condense it down into a one paragraph statement.

Exercise 4:
Invest 5 minutes every morning and night to read your worthy ideal. This will help you to stay motivated and focused on what you TRULY want.

Clarity is something that you must have. Without it you won't be able to start developing an effective plan to work towards your worthy ideal.

You will find that while you are answering the questions that self-doubt will start to creap into your mind. You may doubt whatever you right down will be possible or not! This is completely normal. Just write down your answers anyway You don't need to know right now HOW you will achieve your worthy ideal. All you need to do is figure out WHAT it is.

You can improve your guitar skills. You only learn by doing.