| Your sub-conscious mind is your auto-pilot. For | | | | Please, pay attention to what you're telling your brain |
| example, any activity that it understands to be helpful | | | | to remember. Use positive self-talk only (never call |
| and positive for you and your future, it will assist you in | | | | yourself a dummy, etc,) create vivid, crystal clear, |
| achieving it. The really big news is exactly how | | | | detailed visualizations (mental action pictures / movies,) |
| strongly it will hinder and prevent you from achieving or | | | | and a burning, passionate emotional desire. The |
| obtaining anything that it understands to be bad for | | | | simplicity of this is surprising, and the results are |
| you. | | | | amazing. And, it works for ALL your current and future |
| For example - think about will-power (which is the | | | | goals (not just piano playing.) Everything! |
| conscious mind only) and dieting. Most people never | | | | Yes, I know this doesn't sound like the usual piano |
| achieve and maintain their healthy weight because | | | | practice advice. And, you're right - it's more about |
| they failed to get their sub-conscious mind to support | | | | training the part of your brain that will ultimately control |
| the goal. Piano playing is similarly affected. If the | | | | your success. You can try will-power all you want, but |
| student is resisting learning and practicing - that is | | | | it's been proven that unless your sub-conscious mind |
| perhaps more the conscious mind objecting. If the | | | | agrees and is helping out, things will be difficult. Think |
| student appears to want to learn, but just can't get | | | | about it. If you really are unhappy playing the piano, all |
| done - the subconscious mind may be the problem. | | | | the best teachers in the world will not change that. |
| Like it or not, your Sub-Conscious Mind controls your | | | | Only you can change that. |
| life. It is approximately 85% of your brain power. You | | | | This mental technique may be news to you. It doesn't |
| do the math. Eight-five percent beats fifteen percent | | | | seem to be common knowledge even though this |
| every time. | | | | principle has been taught down through history. Only a |
| The big news is that you can change your | | | | few folks get it and deliberately use it to achieve |
| sub-conscious mind with visualization and positive | | | | whatever they want. You can be one of them, |
| emotions. Emotions are very influential in this process. | | | | because now you know the missing link, the real |
| This concept applies to everything, and here is how to | | | | secret to lasting success (in anything, every thing.) This |
| use it to improve your piano playing skills. To gradually | | | | is really significant. This is the Secret, as far as I'm |
| change your internal values (that is - what your | | | | concerned. |
| sub-conscious mind believes to be good for you,) get | | | | Piano playing is very rewarding, and fun. Using this |
| happy, get excited when do a nice clean run through. | | | | simple mental technique will enhance and speed up |
| The tempo (speed) is not so important. The positive | | | | your learning process, and increase your pleasure |
| emotions - and the more the merrier - have a huge | | | | significantly. |
| affect. | | | | |