One of our core values at MyMusicSuccess is the commitment to help independent artists improve every aspect of their life and career in music. Coaching and Mentorship is an integral part of the commitment to the artists we serve.On a regular basis, we'll be recommending some great books that many independent artists haven't thought of reading, but could help them align to a way of thinking that can bring even greater success to their music careers.
Today's recommended read is '100 Ways To Motivate Yourself' by Steve Chandler and we believe every independent music artist should own this book.
The book features 100 proven methods to positively change the way you think and act, in short sharp easy to digest chapters (most of them just a couple of pages but immensely effective), helping you break through the negative barriers and banish the pessimistic thoughts that could be preventing you from fulfilling your lifelong goals and dreams in the music industry.
For most independent artists and musicians it's still easy to get stuck in the daily routines of life, fantasizing about what could have been. Steve Chandler helps you turn that way of thinking around and make what could have been into what can and will be
Our pick of the 100 methods in the book is 'Play The Circle Game'.
After waking up in the morning, wiping the sleep from your eyes, sit down with a notepad and draw four circles.
These are your own 'Planets'. Label the first circle "Lifelong Goal". This might be to tour the world, earn a million dollars from your music releases, or just get your first opus recorded and released. Whatever it is write it down in the 'Lifelong Goal' Circle and set a timescale on when you want to complete it. Let's set the bar high and say 5 years!
Label your second circle 'My Year'. List the things you would have to complete this year to move 20% towards your lifelong goal. If a timescale of 5 years proves too much to handle right now, then make it 10% and set your lifelong goal target at 10 years, but make sure you fix a time and yearly percentage now and stick to it.
Now you have your first two circles filled in, move to the third circle and label it "My Month" write in this circle the things you would have to complete this month to complete your 'My Year' circle targets.
Now go to your final circle, label it "My Day" and write down all the things you need to do to complete your 'My Month' circle targets.
If you complete everything in the "My Day" circle every day then you cannot fail to achieve your lifelong ambitions.
Do this every single day until you have reached your goal. It takes time and commitment but it works. Try it yourself you really will be amazed what happens.
This is a great book that you can pick up on a regular basis when you need that 'pick me up' nugget of information that motivates you into action. We have several copies in the MyMusicSuccess office and encourage everyone here to pick it up and read one of the pages every day.
The essence of Chandler's book is that success is not about opinions, whether they are your own or come from others. Success is about having great ideas, putting those thoughts into action with a passion, and experiencing the amazing results.
Steve Chandler's '100 Ways To Motivate Yourself' is available from Amazon.Com and other good online book retailers worldwide.
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