How did I get results faster?
Well, let me tell you this story. Because you can probably relate.
A year ago, I received a guitar on Christmas. Yep, good ole Santa blessed my family by putting a guitar in my hands! ha
I have always wanted to play the guitar. The thought of me sitting around a campfire and playing music for everyone seems pretty darn cool to me.
As soon as I got the guitar, I realized I have no clue how to play. I don’t know anything about music. I have zero experience with music other than belting out some Whitney Houston as I drive down the interstate.
So, I did what everyone else does… I went to Youtube and searched “How to play the acoustic guitar”. I watched hours of videos. It looked easy when they did it in the videos. It was impossible when I tried it myself.
So, I realized I needed more help. I saw a guy on Youtube that had a learn how to play guide for 100 bucks. Score! I will for sure learn now! And I’ll save some money by not paying a guitar coach! Double score!
Six months into learning to play on my own, I am sitting in my living room playing and my wife comes in and asked what song I’m playing. My response was “well, of course it’s Travis Tritt – Anymore, duh!”. She then laughs and says “Well, you suck! That sounds NOTHING like Anymore”. Leave it up to your spouse to give you the cold hard truth.
I was bummed. This was waayyy harder than I expected. I felt like giving up.
After I collected my shattered dreams of playing by a campfire, I realized that if this is going to happen, I need to quit being cheap and get some actual help. I then contaced an actual guitar coach. Her name is Denise. She is awesome!… and very patient!!!
I walked out after our first 30 minute session knowing more that what I learned from the 6 months of Youtube. She was able to watch me play, show me where my fingers needed to be, give me tips on transitioning from one chord to another, show me the timing of different strumming patterns and more.
I progressed faster in the first 3 weeks with her then I did in the previous 6 months!
I now meet with her weekly. I have progressed nicely! I enjoy it. It’s a great stress relief.
If it wasn’t for a wife that was honest with me and a great guitar coach, I would have given up on this. Or, I would’ve continue trying to learn on my own and it would’ve taken forever.
So for you..
You can try the whole fitness thing on your own.
You can read all the books and podcast.
You can try the latest fad diet.
You can take the magic pills that some random dude sold you.
You can maybe save some money by doing all these things on your own.
Or, you can hire a coach that knows exactly what WILL work and save yourself a lot of time and get results faster!
I lost 6 months and hours and hours of trying to save a buck.
If I would’ve just hired a coach from the beginning, I would be sitting around the Christmas tree tomorrow playing music for everyone. Instead, I guess there is always next year.
If you want faster results, shoot me a message and lets talk.
-Drew