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Music, Motivation, and More - The Positivity Podcast with Jerald Simon

Every Monday Jerald Simon releases a new positivity podcast as part of his weekly mission to motivate others with his music and his writing. His podcast, "Music, Motivation, and More - The Positivity Podcast with Jerald Simon," features Jerald discussing topics that focus on: "Positive Perceptions," "Motivation in a Minute," the "Music Within," and "Poetry that Motivates." Listen as Jerald shares his own experiences and motivational messages combined with the power of music. At the end of each weekly podcast Jerald shares one of his motivational poems he has written to inspire others to be their best and do their best. Jerald is the founder of Music Motivation (https://musicmotivation.com/) and the creator of the Cool Songs Series (https://musicmotivation.com/coolsongs/) and the Essential Piano Exercises Course (https://www.essentialpianoexercises.com/). Subscribe to Jerald's YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/jeraldsimon. A new podcast is released every Monday to jumpstart each week with a little music and motivation.

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Music, Motivation, and More - The Positivity Podcast with Jerald Simon

Things Are Not Always What They Appear to Be by Jerald Simon

March 02, 2020 • Jerald Simon • Season 1 • Episode 17

I'd like to welcome you to my podcast, "Music, Motivation, and More - The Positivity Podcast."

My name is Jerald Simon, and I am the host of "Music, Motivation, and More - The Positivity Podcast.

I am the founder of Music Motivation® (http://www.musicmotivation.com) and the creator of the Cool Songs Club (https://www.coolsongsclub.com).

In this episode, 017 - "Things Are Not Always What They Appear to Be," I talk about the following:

1. Intro/Opening: Things are not always what they appear to be...we need to be careful about what we see, hear, read, and are told.

2. Positive Perceptions: "There are many..." pg. 28 from Perceptions, Parables, and Pointers by Jerald Simon

3. Motivation in a Minute (a motivational/inspirational topic): "Circumstances do not determine a man..." pg. 184 from Perceptions, Parables, and Pointers by Jerald Simon

4. The Music Within: Wintertide by Jerald Simon (from the Album: "Wintertide" by Jerald Simon

5. Poetry that Motivates - "Where Are the Men?" pg. 10 and "Men of Honor..." and "Happy Homes" from my first poetry book, "The 'As If' Principle" (motivational poetry) featuring 222 motivational. inspirational poems I have written.

As a music educator, I have written 25 music books featuring original music I have composed and teaching piano students worldwide about music theory, improvisation, and composition. I refer to them as Theory Therapy, Innovative Improvisation, and Creative Composition. You can learn more about the various music books I have written on my website, http://www.musicmotivation.com. -

I began composing what have become known as Cool Songs to help motivate teens to want to play the piano - the FUN way. You can learn more about the fun, COOL SONGS I composed each month that have accompaniment minus tracks so students can play along with drums, guitars, keyboard synths, and other instruments and sound effects on my COOL SONGS website at https://www.coolsongsclub.com -

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Brief bio for Jerald Simon

My name is Jerald Simon. First and foremost, I am a husband to my beautiful wife, Zanny (her name is Suzanne - but anyone who knows her calls her Zanny), and a father to my three wonderful children, Summer, Preston, and Matthew. They are wonderful and everything I do is for them. God and family always comes first in my life!

This is my Purpose and Mission in life:

“My purpose and mission in life is to motivate myself and others through my music and writing, to help others find their purpose and mission in life, and to teach values that encourage everyone everywhere to do and be their best.” – Jerald Simon

You can visit my Amazon storefront page to see which products I personally recommend (amazon.com/shop/jeraldsimon - this includes my own books and albums and other useful products musicians need to succeed).