Motivation

Motivation: A Great Key to Effective Music Teaching by Earl Marsden

Most music teachers always find time and take some efforts to develop their teaching methods and techniques. They want their students to become highly motivated not only to learn new tricks and trends in music but also to adopt and apply each input to real life. In this article, you will determine the keys to effective teaching as well as the perspectives and tips in music teaching.

It is true that when the curriculum is parallel and aligned with the interests, skills and abilities of the learners, learning immediately becomes enjoyable and attainable. Also, when the music teacher himself instructs and feeds his learners the right things in the right way, motivation does everything for itself.

If the students are not enjoying what they are doing, something is wrong with the curriculum, instruction or whatever it is that affects their levels of interest and motivation. Thus, you as a music teacher must know how to come up with creative, innovative and motivating activities in all your learning sessions just to keep them both intellectually and physically alive, enthusiastic and focused.

Motivation in Teaching Music When the academic objectives are not met, lack of motivation has been the common scapegoat or an alibi of a teacher: The students are not just highly motivated. Well, that would generally mean this way: you also failed to meet your professional objectives - no learning has taken place. You also didn't work your best to provide more enjoyable and challenging indoor or outdoor activities related to music as well as to improve your teaching strategies.

Music teachers like you should always prioritize how to draw motivation closer to your learners. As this will jumpstart overall learning, it will also be a great way to make them love music as their subject and you as their mentor. Here is how:

• Explain and discuss as if you're just telling them a story - not making them feel tensed, anxious and bored.

• Reward. Rather than criticizing unwanted behavior or answers, reward correct behavior and answers, good performances as well as complete home works. Emphasizing and appreciating respectively their good points automatically urges them to do the same. Remember that adults and children alike continue or repeat behavior that is rewarded.

• Be more creative, innovative and resourceful with your activities and teaching styles. Include audio-visuals to your presentations and discussions on a regular basis. Integrating technology has been found effective to motivate learners regardless of age as long as such inclusion is necessary and relevant.

• Show them that you truly care. Students respond with more interest and motivation to teachers who appear to be naturally caring and approachable. Personalizing the student-teacher relationship helps students see teachers as approachable human beings and not as aloof authority figures. You may bridge the gap in between or break the wall so as to establish camaraderie. However, you should also be aware of setting some boundaries and limitations.

More so, the first great key is to make motivation consistently reign the classroom at all times. Motivation is generally necessary in the learning process as this surely makes the students brighter, more enthusiastic, and more determined to learn. Once this is achieved, learning becomes more fun, exciting and challenging. Make your learners happy, inspired and motivated with the abovementioned tips in music teaching. Good luck!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

More reliable tips in music teaching may be found on this Music Teacher's Website - Earl Marsden

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This advice applies to other subjects being taught as well. Also, learning to motivate others is one of the most important tools that one can use in guiding others to their own spiritual awareness.

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Reprogram Your Subconsicous Mind

How to Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind and Belief System by David Neagle

A mentor of mine said to me years ago: "The subconscious is insidious as hell."

I have to say that after years of studying the subconscious mind and working with thousands of students world wide, I am in complete and total agreement.

Our subconscious mind has one goal and one goal only: To keep whatever it has been programmed to believe - its belief system - in tact and protected.

Just think of all the information that comes to you each and every day. Millions of pieces of information are within your awareness all the time and yet your magnificent mind filters out most of it and only allows into your consciousness what IT thinks best supports its own pre-programmed picture.

As a small child, I often wondered why life seemed so difficult for so many people. It was a question that rolled around in my mind until I began to study as an adult, and what I learned was shocking to me!

Our subconscious is so strong at convincing us that we are RIGHT about what we BELIEVE, that we are willing to literally DIE in order to protect those beliefs.

You see, very few people ever think critically enough to really understand what is going on, and what's worse is that our subconscious continually creates our world around us in a way that supports and strengthens our pre-programmed belief system.

But often that belief system is entirely false; and therefore, we experience great amounts of pain in our bodies, our relationships, and in our businesses. For instance, because in business people don't understand what is driving their decision-making process, businesses fail left and right. Why? Because business owners are basing their decision on false beliefs which insist that making money is hard!

And how about relationships? Why do marriages crumble all the time? Where did the love go... and was it even there to begin with, or did these two people base their decision to marry upon a false belief system? As soon one person in the marriage begins to grow or act in a way that challenges their partner's belief system, the subconscious of the partner will insist that the growing person is wrong because they're "breaking the rules". Resentment and hurt feelings build, creating a mask over the love, distorting the relationship. Without a conscious practice of open communication, forgiveness and release, the marriage is doomed. We think we enter into relationships consciously, but nothing can be further from the truth.

Business and relationships are very similar in that we often get into them for the good feelings and aspirations we have around them, but through a series of painful experiences, a mask of bad feelings and disappointment forms. Of course business owners want to be profitable, and many believe that the service or product they're providing through their business is the fulfillment of their life's purpose, and yet after even a short time of difficulty they want to give up... because in order to succeed they would need to change their belief system.

What most often prevents us from being willing to up-level our belief system?

Anger

Ask yourself: What am I angry about? The answer is your greatest opportunity for learning and growth.

In truth, nothing "makes you angry". Anger is simply the way you react to protect your subconscious mind from changing. It's a defence. And usually, your anger serves to protect a false belief that is keeping you imprisoned in a false reality. Therefore, when you see an angry person, what you're actually seeing is a person who is secretly afraid. They are so scared inside that they MUST make whatever is threatening a change in their belief system wrong. They lash out... never realizing that their reaction has nothing to do with anybody or anything other than their own subconscious, and very often this anger will completely ruin a relationship or a business.

If we would only study how our minds work, not only would we be more successful, but we'd be happier, healthier, more loving people, creating a more magnificent world.

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How would your life change if you stepped into the full embodiment of Your Highest Self today? Would you like to step up to the next level of life? At http://www.DavidNeagle.com receive David Neagle's free audio course, The Art of Success, and step up to the next level of life!

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We not only need a better understanding of how our minds work; we also need to have more awareness about the tools that we have available to us, for the purpose of reprogramming ourselves. Some of these tools are: prayer, meditation and visualization. In other posts on this blog you will find information which describes these tools and suggests ways in which to use them for the purpose of reprogramming yourself.

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Your Immune System

Are we eating the right food for a healthy immune system? –Article Courtesy of Native Remedies

There was a time when the experts in the medical science field worried about influenza. Today the focus seems to have shifted to ‘afflulenza’. Lifestyle diseases, more than anything else, are snuffing out lives and shortening productive years of the population.

The mantra seems to be to get rich, buy cars, get houses and get meals out. When we chase such a lifestyle what we get in return is appalling. We get obesity, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, respiratory problems and cancer. We fail to appreciate that despite the progress in medical science, there are sure cures for a very small number of ailments.

On top of it, there is an extraordinary level of reliance on the antibiotic alternative as patients and doctors are in a hurry to earn the next buck, which does not make things any better. Herbal antibiotics , on the other hand, treats ailments and boosts the body’s responses to illness.

Besides the visible physical problems, a prolonged illness can wreck mental health and can also affect immune system health negatively. It can hinder the body’s capacities to self-heal. Immune system is a relatively new area of study for the medical experts and not much is known about the mechanisms of its dysfunction.

However, it has been established that there are certain factors that affect immune system health. The way we eat and what we eat is one of them.

The immune system, which is primarily responsible for recognizing foreign substances like bacteria and toxins must be in proper shape to perform its function of destroying such foreign material. A weakened immune system is an invitation to disease in two ways.

It is incapable of fighting infections and you are therefore susceptible to contracting diseases more often. The immune system also looses its capacity to recognize foreign invasions and starts destroying the body’s own normal cells, which causes autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes.

Food has been the most prominent of all causalities behind the gradual decline of traditional family patterns and eating practices. We may be eating more calories but we are obtaining them from poor sources, eating fat of inferior quality (trans-fats), more sugar, refined carbohydrates, more meat, chemicals and preservatives. This type of diet can adversely affect the body’s self-healing capacity.

Instead of the multi vitamins and dietary supplements that you may choose to add on to your food, opt to eat certain foods that help your immune system. Vitamin C in combination with magnesium and calcium resists infections. For people who have problems of heartburn, citrus fruits may not be advisable as they are highly acidic in nature.

Crabmeat, lobsters and oysters are rich in all three nutrients - calcium, magnesium and Vitamin C. Salmon is rich in a lot of minerals and vitamins along with a substantial quantity of Omega 3 fatty acids. Omega 3 fatty acids are good for arthritis and heart disease and also aid immune system functioning. Other healthy sources of Vitamin C are broccoli, tomatoes, peaches and guava.

Selenium is a trace mineral that is essential for immune system health, which you will not find in multi-vitamin supplements. Chicken and broccoli are healthy sources of selenium. Different types of edible mushrooms increase the production of white blood cells, which are essential for effectively combating disease.

A case also exists for the use of herbs for immune system. These are herbs that our ancestors used, to maintain health and vitality. These herbs are still an integral part of traditional therapies and the mainstay of homoeopathy.

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Do Not Make Assumptions

The Danger of Assumptions by Bria Simpson

Don Miguel Ruiz, who studies ancient Toltec wisdom, wrote an amazing book, The Four Agreements. In it, he discusses the important agreements, or codes of conduct, we need to follow in order to live peacefully.

His third agreement is "Don't Make Assumptions". Humans have a tendency to make assumptions. The overwhelming problem with assumptions is that we BELIEVE them to be TRUE. We literally imagine what others are thinking, and because we are afraid to ask for clarification, we pretend that our assumptions are truth. Then, we defend our assumptions and create a mess.

The way out of this mess is to ASK. Ask for clarification. Pick up the phone and say, "I am sensing this - is this how you really feel?" And then listen until you understand what they are feeling and can share your own truth as well.

To give you a business example (and trust me, I have plenty of personal examples too!) - my intuition has been encouraging me to change my live retreats to virtual (phone) ones. I've had such good success with private, virtual retreats, and it's a less expensive and easier investment for both my clients and myself.

For weeks I felt stuck. My gut was saying, "make the switch", but my fear and assumptions were saying, "what if I disappoint the moms who've signed up for the live retreat?" "I don't want to upset people" and so on.

It wasn't until I challenged my assumptions, called the moms who have signed up, and learned that 95% were HAPPY about the change, that I realized my assumptions were holding me back. It turns out that they want to figure out their career path sooner, like that they don't have to travel, appreciate the lower overall investment, and are happy about getting more one-on-one coaching time with me.

The wisdom of our personal lives often extends to our business lives as well. Had I continued to make assumptions, I would have been holding myself AND my clients back.

Next time you are struggling in your mind with others - ask questions. Ask until you are clear with how they really feel, and you clarify how you really feel. In this place, you no longer need to make assumptions because you will know the truth.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bria Simpson is the the Balanced Mom Coach, helping moms find or create the right job with the right balance. She is the author of The Balanced Mom and creator of virtual back-to-work retreats. Visit www.TheBalancedMomCoach.com for more information.

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