Guitar Success 101: Your Worthy Ideal

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…

Spend a few minutes writing down what “worthy ideal” means 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 fine very energizing & inspiring!

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 really help you to build a picture of your worthy ideal in your mind’s eye…

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

Exercise 2:
Imagine your ideal guitar playing career. Would you be a expert guitar teacher? What about an amazing performing artist? Or another goal can be performing as part of a highly successful band? How would you like to be an in demand studio guitarist? What do you really want to do? Please write down your answers now.

Exercise 3:
Jot down your ideas for a worthy career in guitar playing. 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:
Invest 5 minutes every morning and night to read your worthy ideal. 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 may find as you answer the questions that self-doubt starts to creep in. 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 electric guitar skills. You only learn by doing.