The Tao of Badass Guitar: How to Unlock Your Potential and Avoid Sounding Like Ass by Ben Higgins

Author:Ben Higgins [Higgins, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-03-01T08:00:00+00:00

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This chapter is going to deal with two issues; the first one is procrastination and the second one is composing. I’m going to hit you right away with a massive spoiler.

The first one prevents the latter. There we go. Chapter over. Next!

Ok, that’s not playing fair. But Golden Lotus Bollocks, Zen master of all artistic wisdom is at the gambling table and today he’s dealing nothing but cold, hard ‘fuck you’ truths so if you’re brave enough to drink of my potion of clarity then let’s get intense.

Procrastination affects us all like a bastard. The thing about procrastination is that it’s a perfectly natural response to feeling like we’re either overwhelmed and don’t know where to start or if we feel like we’re about to take a risk. Better to stay in the safe zone because the safe zone is familiar.

‘Maybe I’ll make a start on that project tomorrow but for now I’m gonna keep watching this Youtube walkthrough of Assassins Creed XXXV because fuck work!’

It’s ok to admit that you procrastinate. Everybody does. Try to imagine how many times I’ve procrastinated over the course of getting this effing book finished. Even Leonardo Da fucking Vinci, Mr. Renaissance Man himself, was a notorious procrastinator. He’d take on all sorts of commissions and start gazillions of projects that he never saw through to completion. It doesn’t mean anything about who you are. There is no shame in it. It’s just something we do until we decide to act. It’s like having a support act that stays on stage longer than usual before the headliner’s pumped themselves up enough to come out and wreck the place. The headliner’s still gonna come out and fuck shit up, the concert’s still gonna happen but we’ve just got to wait a bit longer to enjoy the show.

The chances are that you’ve come across the most common advice for dealing with procrastination; just make a start. Do one small thing. When you’ve done that thing then maybe, if you feel like it, you might do one more small thing. Before you know it you’ve done several small things that have added up to a sizeable dent in the seemingly Herculean task that you’d pictured in your head. Writing a book is the perfect example of this. Start with a word at a time. A sentence at a time. Oh shit, would you believe it? I’ve written a whole paragraph!

That’s how it happens. One small action sets things in motion but the key is to keep it small. Don’t look at the big picture and get overwhelmed at the thought of it, just start with the small tasks.

As I said before, you’ve maybe encountered this approach already and for good reason; it works. But what I want to do is to help take away that shame and stigma attached to procrastinating. In the post millennial world of constant advertising and social media boasting, we’re pressured into being productive all the time. What do you mean

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