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The great motivator Earl Nightingale came up with the following definition of success…
“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.” I love that definition! What does this definition mean to you? Let’s take a closer look at the worthy ideal part of it…

Please spend a few minutes writing down what the words “worthy ideal” mean to you. I feel that it is my vision of perfection…a vision of what I would ideally want & like things to be.It is a vision that I fine very energizing & inspiring!

If your success with guitar is totally dependant on working towards a worthy ideal, doesn’t it make sense that you first need to figure out what YOUR worthy ideal is? How can you progressively realize something if you don’t know what it is? Let’s do some exercises to figure your one out…

Please invest at least a couple of hours doing the following exercises. They will really help you to build a picture of your worthy ideal in your mind’s eye…

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

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

Exercise 3:
Jot down your ideas for a worthy career in guitar playing. Write your goal down in the present tense like you have already achieved it.Try to make it into a one paragraph statement.

Exercise 4:
If you will invest 5 minutes every morning & night that will help you to reach the goal you want to achieve. This will be a factor in helping you stay motivated and focused on the goals that you want to achieve.

Clarity is essential. If you don’t do it, you might not be able to start developing an effective career geared towards your goal.

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. It’s easy, just figure out what it is.

You can improve you guitar playing. You only learn by doing.

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