• What’s Your Average?

    Over a decade ago, I heard someone say something that has stuck with me ever since.

    He said: “You are the average of the 5 people you associate with most.” That really impacted me on a gut level.

    Simply put, if you hang around all “10s,” you’ll be a 10. If you hang around “3s” and “4s,” you can’t help but to be somewhere in between.

    That’s why, at an early age, I made it a point to hang around superstars…

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    Are You Trying To Reinvent The Wheel?

    There’s a popular saying I’ve subscribed to for several years: “Don’t reinvent the wheel.”

    It means don’t go about overcomplicating things by trying to start from scratch… especially when someone’s already done the work for you.

    Long before I started applying it to music, I used this wise advice in other areas of my life. But it didn’t start that way. It took me a while to be cured of my chronic “reinvention” habits.

    For example, when I started hearandplay.com, I sought out to…

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    Brand New! Musician Breakthrough 14-Disc Program Launching on April 20, 2011! New Video Trailer

    I know you’ve probably been wondering what happened to Musician Breakthrough… the 14-disc, 16+ hour project we announced at the end of last year.

    In fact, tons of you have been e-mailing, calling, and contacting us on facebook wondering what happened.

    Before we postponed it, we had over 16,700 people signed up on the early bird list, over 711 comments, over 5,200 votes, and tons of buzz.

    But we had to make it perfect. It’s 12 discs and over 16 hours with 7 different musicians… not an easy task to get right but we did it…

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    How To Develop A Practicing Habit

    Experts say it takes 21 days to develop a habit.

    Of course, some habits are easier to develop than others. While the 21 days generally holds true for any behavior, being able to perform desired activities consistently for 21 days is typically the problem.

    Skipping a few days, doing it when you want here and there, all break the pattern and inhibit habit formation.

    Pushing yourself to…

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    What Old Pizza Can Teach You About Priorities

    The funniest revelation came to me the other day when I was ordering pizza only to notice pizza from a few days ago already in my refrigerator.

    Now, to our defense, we’ve been doing a lot of cooking. More than in times past. But we just happened to have family over this past weekend and ordered pizza for the whole gang.

    Having forgot about that, I ordered more a few days later when I could have easily warmed up the pizza we already had…

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    “House Hunters”… Behind The Scenes

    If you’ve been reading my newsletter, you know we’re going to be on the next season of “House Hunters,” a show that has been running on HGTV for over a decade.

    The show is detailing our transition from a smaller home into one that will hold our rapidly growing family — wife, 2 daughters, 1 son, myself… and maybe even another future son, if things work out as planned! :-).

    So needless to say, space, in the search for our next home, was a pretty big deal to us!

    Believe it or not, it takes 5 full days to…

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    A Note On Doubt…

    So I just came back from a business conference in Phoenix, AZ where I was honored to be speaking as a finalist for Businessperson of the Year.

    We each had around 30 minutes to present to an audience of 1000+. I went last. The first two speakers were amazing. In fact, the first speaker, Janette, literally had folks in tears. Her story was truly amazing.

    The second speakers (they were partners) were full of energy and very fun. They started a healthy vending machine company that’s poised to do some really great things… very soon. When you see one pop up in your area, you’ll know what I mean!

    I went last. I talked about my story and how I started Hearandplay.com with $70 at…

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