What Song Will You Play Today?

Do you have an original song or are you a cover band? Find out how to be more authentic in this mini podcast.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom. 

Most of the John's writings revolve around self improvement and self help. They address topics like:

• Mindfulness
• Peace of mind
• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

And stories that transform you to a wider sense of awareness that presents more options. And isn't that what we all want, more options? 

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Transcript

What Song Will You Play Today?

I wonder what song you’ll play day. Will it be a golden oldie or something entirely new? Either way, will it be performed with a fresh take or will you just phone it in?

Here's a sure bet: whatever comes out will have an effect on you and others. Will your performance inspire or make others want you to retire?

If you choose to play an old song, can you come up with a new twist – one that gets you and others to pay more attention?

When you don’t know exactly what song you're gonna play or how you'll improvise on a song you already know, you'll have rapt attention. It’s a true reality event where no one knows what'll happen. It’s in this reality that the creative process lives. Reminds me of an old story . . .

Way back in 1962, I was watching Bandstand with Dick Clark interviewing singer, songwriter Neil Sedaka who was sitting at his piano. Sedaka attended the famed Juilliard School and is a highly trained musician. He had just performed his hit song “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do.” Clark asked him how his musical training had contributed to his songwriting skills. Sedaka answered musically by playing and singing the song he had just performed in a variety of different tempos and musical styles. It was quite extraordinary to see this person take the same material and reshape it in the moment. Interestingly enough, he rerecorded that up-tempo song as a ballad 14 years later and had another hit with it.

Resist the temptation to be a jukebox today, where people push your buttons, and you spin out the same old song.

What fresh approach can you discover today? Can you interrupt the staleness of certainty from your day and risk finding something worthwhile and new?

You can be the composer or the cover band. It’s really your choice.

Sing from the heart today and notice how many more people are listening.

All the best,

John