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I'm Marlene Hutchinson and welcome to Tips for Guitar Plane Success.

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As many of you know, I've been sharing my guitar plane tips every Thursday for more

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than 10 years. It's been my way to hopefully help you stay motivated, be inspired, and continue expanding

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your guitar plane journey.

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If you're interested in more learning resources, go to my website, marlene'smusic.com.

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And for anyone who's listening and feeling like you're missing out on all the guitar plane

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fun, you can easily get started with my super simple, learn to play guitar in a day course.

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Now on to today's tip.

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Base tip is boost your guitar resolution success.

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Last week, which was last year, I talked about setting New Year's Guitar Resolutions.

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I hope you're able to take a moment to choose your guitar goal to aim for in 2024.

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If not, listen to last week's episode for Inspiration.

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This week I'm continuing the resolution conversation to include strategies and tips so you'll actually

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be able to successfully achieve your goal.

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In this episode, I'll talk about ways to set yourself up for resolution success, including

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some of my tips, recommendations, and the secret sauce to achieving your 2024 resolution.

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First of all, I love to give a shout out to my listeners around the world, so this week

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hello and thank you to those of you listening in Croatia, Hong Kong, Tunisia, Kazakhstan,

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and Canada. Okay, let's face it, we typically start out the New Year with good resolution intentions,

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but then it can be frustrating when the resolution we set doesn't happen.

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However, don't fret, ha ha, I'm going to help you achieve your resolution with a simple

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albeit important basic way to create and implement a reasonable and doable plan.

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Back on January 13th, 2022, I released the episode called How to Boost Your New Year's Resolutions

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Success. In the case of the year, the secret to achieving your guitar playing resolution.

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In it, I talk about my easy method of setting a goal that you will be able to do.

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It's truly that simple.

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So I'm going to jump right into what I call the secret sauce.

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Simplicity is the key.

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I'm going to repeat that. The secret sauce is simplicity.

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And more complicated, you make it the less likely you are to succeed.

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So keep it simple.

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In a nutshell, you should set one goal rather than say five.

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Be specific about your goal.

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Like learn the F-sharp minor chord rather than learn bar chords.

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Set a completion date that's realistic for you.

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Instead of say February 1st, set a completion date for June 1st.

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Again, keep it simple. Keep it realistic.

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Next you should map out a plan, including a reasonable and doable practice schedule.

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And of course, resources to help you reach your goal.

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Halfway through that completion timeframe, reassess your progress and plan.

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What's working? What isn't working?

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And make adjustments as necessary.

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Now I go into greater detail about each of these steps in that January 13th episode.

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Plus during the episode, I actually walk you through the steps one by one so you can set

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up your successful action plan.

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When you're listening to that episode, be sure to have handy a paper and pen or your

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device for writing your plan.

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By the way, the link for the How to Boost Your New Year's Resolution Success episode is

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in the show notes.

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Have fun setting yourself up for success and happy new year!

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I hope this episode's tip has helped you to continue expanding your guitar playing skills

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and knowledge. If you'd like to learn more, please check out the many learning resources available at marleneesmusic.com.

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Thank you for joining today's podcast.

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And as I like to say, play on.

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(bells chiming)

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