The great motivator Earl Nightingale came up with the following 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 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 how I would ideally like things to be.It is a vision that I find inspiring and energizing!

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 even 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 to imagine what your acoustic guitar will look like, sound like, and feel like.What kind of electric guitar are you an expert at? How does your improvising sound? What about your composing? Please write down your answers now.

Exercise 2:
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? What do you think about being an in demand studio guitarist? What do you really 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 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. 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. It’s easy, just figure out what it is.

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

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