Tomas Michaud is a California based Flamenco guitarist and a good friend. His CD’s are here on my desk and I often have them playing when I write. His New World Flamenco Jazz stimulates thought and relaxes at the same time. He’s a brilliant composer and has played with some of our generations most famous [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 24, 2009
More on that 10,000 Hour Thing
In a previous post I mentioned the book Outliers and how there were no exceptions to the 10,000 hour rule, according to author Malcolm Gladwell. To remind you, his research shows that it takes that amount of time to truly master a skill, our brain needs to put in the time to gain mastery. Achievers [...]
February 22, 2009
Singing the Phone Book
There are people out there who just make music when they open their mouths. My Father in Law once described the Country singer Joe Diffie this way: “He opens his mouth and nothing but music comes out.”
In this day of American Idol, You Tube and Karaoke, we all know lots of people who can sing but [...]
February 15, 2009
Customer Service Rant
Yesterday I took the boy to a sporting goods store and got him a new pair of baseball shoes. We picked up some other stuff, a sweatshirt, a hoodie, some baseball gloves… The stuff was cheap, what can I tell you…
Anyway, we got to the counter and the lady working there went through everything in [...]
February 14, 2009
10,000 Hours
There’s a new book out by the guy who wrote The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell. Outliers, The Story of Success is one of the most amazing books I’ve ever read. If you ever wondered how successful people make it, this book will help you understand by describing such seemingly random topics as Kentucky Family Feuds, [...]
February 9, 2009
Just Start It!
Ok, the longest journey begins with one step… you know the story.
It’s Monday. What can you do RIGHT NOW towards your new life?
You can’t do it all today, you can’t lose 20 pounds today, you can’t write a novel, you can’t learn to play an instrument.
But you can do some crunches, you can write a [...]
February 5, 2009
Goals Vs. Resistance
Remember those goals we set in December? The ones that are NOT New Year’s Resolutions? How is it going?
