I locate from Perry Marshall’s website today and wanted to share one of his recent blog posts with you. The content is quite relevant for me. My husband is a guitar player and we naturally discuss music for hours on end in a similar vain to Perry’s view on Eric Clapton’s style. What’s great about this article is today I was sitting in the corner working on my plan and this article is about something a similar topic mixed in with a view similar to my husband has on music.

“I have no doubt that Eric Clapton can shred guitar as blisteringly fast as almost anyone else. But there’s a reason they call him “Slowhand.”
Just because you can play a million miles an hour doesn’t mean you should. Doesn’t mean that makes for the most satisfying musical experience.
What I’d like you to listen to in this video is the s-p-a-c-e between the notes. Never too much, never too little. Sometimes fast, sometimes slow. Just the right pace, the right notes hypnotically strung together. The song rolls forward unstoppably like a steamroller.
Eric Clapton has no need to prove anything to anybody. He’s got the mojo and everyone knows it.
That’s the mark of a master artist.
It’s also the mark of a prevailing business strategist. Because business isn’t just money and goods. Business is art, too.
Yes, of course there is an element of relentless determination, but it’s quiet determination. It’s not frenetic. It’s not about running as fast as you can as hard as you can every minute of the day.
It’s about hearing the space between the notes, and making every note count.
There is a sense of deliberate precision and measured intent to everything you do. You don’t slavishly react to everything that shows up in the email box. There’s a lot of things you say no to.
You set aside time to think and plan. Like John Reese says, your most productive time isn’t spent in front of your computer. It’s spent in a quiet corner with a yellow pad of paper and an evolving plan.
And every move, every tactic, every strategy begins to have a sense of purpose and definition. People begin to take notice as they see that you plan your work and work your plan and nothing deters you. In time you engineer your own transformation from “business guy” or “business gal” to respected artist and master.”

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Be bold, take action… and…make great music :o )

Alison

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