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

Becoming Who You Were Born to Be (part 2) by Jerald Simon

Jerald Simon Season 1 Episode 44

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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) and the Essential Piano Exercises Course (https://www.essentialpianoexercises.com/). I also teach weekly online group piano lessons at this link: http://essentialpianolessons.com/ and have started a weekly goal setting and mentorship group site at this link: https://www.empoweredbypositivity.com/optin

In this episode, 044 - "Becoming Who You Were Born to Be Part 2," - I talk about the following:

1. Intro/Opening: My new book, "Becoming Who You Were Born to Be Part 2"

2. Positive Perceptions: "Becoming Who You Were Born to Be..." from Becoming Who You Were Born to Be by Jerald Simon

3. Motivation in a Minute - read any of the quotes from Perceptions, Parables, and Pointers by Jerald Simon

4. The Music Within: "Guiding Star" from "Peace and Serenity" by Jerald Simon.

5. Poetry that Motivates - "Courage Called to Me" (page 39) from my book "Poetry that Motivates." featuring motivational and inspirational poems I have written.  My other poetry book is "The 'As If' Principle" (motivational poetry).

As a music educator, I have written 29 music books featuring original music I have composed.  Learn more about my 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 - or my Music Motivation® website at: https://musicmotivation.com/coolsongs/

Here is a link where you can download a FREE PDF book on motivating teen piano students ("20 Ways to Motivate Teen Piano Students to Want to Play the Piano - the FUN way): http://www.coolsongsclub.com/freebook. After entering your email where you'd like the FREE PDF sent, the page will then refresh and you can learn more about the COOL SONGS Club.

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Learn more about my ESSENTIAL PIANO EXERCISES COURSE and join members from 27 different countries around the world at this link:
https://www.essentialpianoexercises.com/ and our weekly piano lessons: http://essentialpianolessons.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).