For some strange reason I ended up learning lots of different instruments when I was at school, like the recorder and the flute. One day when I was about 11 I got the chance to take free classical guitar lessons and jumped at the chance.

I never really enjoyed it though because I was not into classical music and wanted to play pop and rock music. I figured that any guitar practise was better then none and stuck with it for the year.

Once the free lessons ended I then stopped playing for a while. I had no guitar of mine own because the one I used for my lessons was rented.

About a year later I bought my first electric guitar and began to play again. I started of self-taught using books and the Internet and then took lessons for a few months to get me up to speed.

One day, while in a music shop I saw an electric bass guitar and decided to buy it. At the time I was still having guitar lessons and so I switched my lessons to bass lessons with the same guy. He taught me the basic and I began to learn to play bass guitar.

Years later I now play bass guitar and love it! I still sometime picked up and play my electric guitar but bass is my main instrument nowadays.

So many people I know wish they could play an instrument, yet they never do…

Why not learn to play bass guitar yourself?

It is so rewarding and a lot of fun!

Stop dreaming and go for it!

Something I have grown an interest in lately is that I have started to learn interior design. It’s amazing how with just a little bit of knowledge you can change a normal room into something that looks like you see in the magazines.

Here are 5 quick fixes to improve the interior design in your home and create that sense of peace.

1. Curtains - One of the easiest things you can change in any room are your curtains. They are easy to put up and can have a big impact on how the rooms in my home look.

2. Rugs – Mats and rugs are another easy way to change the feel and look of a room. They are also useful if your carpets are starting to look a bit worse for wear.

3. Bedding – Putting new duvet sets on the beds will give your bedroom a new a fresh look.

4. Throw – Putting a throw over a sofa can be a great way to changes it’s look without having to buy a new one.

5. Storage – Buying extra storage is ideal for clearing away the clutter and giving your home that clean, uncluttered look.

So there we have it, 5 quick interior design fixes for your home that won’t break the bank. So get busy and start creating a stress free home clear from clutter and mess.

I think the message of us do SOMETHING is so important and if we can just conquer this one skill then we can achieve.

I found this quote and thought it was interesting.

“Timid salespeople have skinny kids.”
—Zig Ziglar

It made me think… Do we really have to be aggressive in sales to succeed?

It’s important to realize that in fact we are all in sales, even if we think were not. Constantly on a day-by-day basis we are attempting to sell other people on our ideas, preferences and desires. In a job interview you’re selling yourself, your skills and your talents.

I’d love to hear your thought on this. Please leave a comment below.

Is hard selling the best approach?

Speak soon,

Tom

- Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)

This quote is just so true… If we stop to look inside ourselves for a moment I think we would all agree that we could all do a little bit more. We could of done better at school. We could of got more work done today. We should have had more fun!

We truly are capable of doing more than we normally do. So today just push that tiny bit harder. You know you are more than capable. Just do it. You might just astound yourself.

Thank you

Tom

Using this and clicking on the ‘View old version on the Internet Archive’ I have traveled back in time to bring you these quotes.

“The banker asked for a Statement. I said I was optimistic.”

Mark Victor Hansen

Dan Kennedy’s Eternal Truth #10
If you can’t make money without money,
you won’t make money with money either.

“You can succeed if others do not believe in you.
But you cannot succeed if you do not believe in yourself.”
Dr. Sidney Newton Bremer
Successful Achievement

Dan Kennedy’s Eternal Truth #8
The willingness to do whatever it takes
is infinitely more important than
knowing everything there is to know
about how to do it.

Dan Kennedy’s Eternal Truth #9
The ability to win is easily transferred
from one business to another.

Taking action is one of those things the majority of us could do more of. I myself am guilty of spending to much time planning and thinking rather than doing. I hope these quotes inspire you to take more action in your life.

Enjoy… have a great day… and be happy!

“To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as…to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you’re dead.”
~ Og Mandino

“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.”
~ Nora Roberts

“This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind…let it be something good.”
~ Unknown

~ What we have once enjoyed we can never lose.
All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

~ To be blind, but worse is to have eyes and not see.

~ Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes
true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification
but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

~ Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within.

~ The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen
or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.

~ Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through
experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened,
vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.

~ We would never learn to be brave and patient,
if there were only joy in the world.

~ When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but
often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see
the one which has been opened for us.

Just wanted to share with you this picture of the view from our front room. Canterbury Cathedral is so beautiful. It’s really great when they light it up at night.