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Hope Takes The Lead

October 29, 2008 By Graham English

These are defining moments for America. We hardly seem very United these days. What's been interesting for me is to see how these two very different campaigns choose to deliver their messages in the closing hours. Marketers know that emotions make … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion, Prose Tagged With: America, Arts, Barack Obama, Boulder, Copywriting, culture, emotions, hope, John McCain, Language, marketing, USA, videos, YouTube

Advice To Adult Learners Of Music

November 26, 2007 By Graham English

Music is like a language. And we all know that learning languages comes easier when you're a child. And in some ways, it's much easier for a child to learn music, especially to learn how to play by ear. Putting two and two together, you might ask … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: abstract, adult learning, advice, development, dynamic skill theory, education, Language, learning, peak performance, skill theory, skills

Graham English Talks Episode 7

August 29, 2007 By Graham English

In this episode I talk about how I got my ass handed to me by the 300 workout and my long search for a previous love, the Words of the Month. Music: Feels Good Being Somebody by Dias Malos Sexy Lectric Car by Moonchild Louis Download: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Graham English Talks Tagged With: 300, exercise, fitness, Language, vocabulary, workout

NLP Pattern: Aligning Neurological Levels

April 1, 2007 By Graham English

This exercise builds your resources and congruence. Start by standing in a place where you can take 5 steps backwards. Think of a situation in which your behavior is not representative of who you really are, or who you would like to be, and you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: behavior, beliefs, capabilities, Ecology, environment, experience, HowTo, identity, Language, LifeHacks, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Neuro-Logical Levels, NLP, NLP exercises, NLP patterns, spirit

Destroying The Myth That Music Is Annoying If You Have Absolute Pitch

March 31, 2007 By Graham English

There's a perpetually propagated myth that if you have absolute pitch, then if you listen to music that is out of tune, you have a bad experience. If there is any truth to this myth, it's definitely not an absolute. Some people may be disturbed by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, APP FAQ, Kind Of Blue, Language, Miles Davis, Mozart, myth, perfect pitch, personality, pitch, relative pitch, temperament, tempered scale, tuning

Filtering Experience Through Neuro-Logical Levels

March 29, 2007 By Graham English

How to make intimate connections with yourself and others. Neuro-Logical Levels are considered to be a Meta-Program in NLP. Specifically, these neuro-logical levels are categories of experience. In integral terms, I would consider them to be a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: behavior, beliefs, capabilities, communication, Ecology, environment, experience, filters, hierarchy, holarchy, holons, HowTo, identity, influence, integral theory, Language, LifeHacks, lines, Meta-Programs, motivation, Neuro-Logical Levels, NLP, principles, types, typology, values

The Path To Musical Excellence: Deliberate Practice

January 3, 2007 By Graham English

In this series, I'll do my best to help you understand what it takes to be an excellent musician and give you as many techniques as I can to take you to the top. You're about to see two sides of me. One side is called tough love. That side of me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: expertise, goals, Language, MusicHacks, peak performance, Practice

Scott Adams ‘Hacks’ His Brain

October 28, 2006 By Graham English

This is an amazing story. First the Dilbert creator loses his voice due to a rare condition known as spasmodic dysphonia. Now he reveals in an amazingly affecting personal blog post how he learned to speak again. In Bodyhack. Full link: Scott … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: BodyHacks, brain, hacks, Language, MindHacks

There Is Nothing Boring In Life. Only Boring People.

October 26, 2006 By Graham English

There is a common misconception that "things" can be boring. You may find doing your taxes boring. But some people find it riveting. Therefore, we can't say that doing taxes is boring. "It" is not boring. Then what part of that sentence or thought is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Music Education, Prose Tagged With: curiosity, Ear Training, expertise, generalizations, Language, listening, mind, musicianship, Practice, Psychology, quotes, thinking

The Best Ad The Democrats Have Had In Years

October 25, 2006 By Graham English

Nothing is more powerful than using your opponents words to make your case. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion, Prose Tagged With: advertising, Democrats, election, Iraq, Language, Media, persuasion, Politics, President Bush, war

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