Music and self-development
For many years, one thing that has interested me is the link between self-development and music.
Whether that's the ability to stand up in front of a crowd and perform or team building and creativity, music has it.
It is also great for Self-discipline and organisation, whether with the organisation or resources, because many musicians don't have a lot of money. It's not like you can throw your money around; you have to be precise in doing things. All these things have applications to what we could term self-development, or even the entrepreneurial skills are easily be used in business and just for general development.
I just finished an interview with an American musician and a business coach called Bill Small. Bill also runs an excellent podcast called the Subtle Art of Not Yelling, and I was talking to him on my podcast, Creative, about the skills that a musician and artist have, which have real applications in business.
It has always fascinated me that businesses send people on training courses spending time building walls out of cardboard boxes as training.
But look at the skills learning things that musicians can do; getting on a stage, presenting yourself, putting yourself in the zone to perform, and if you're a frontman and a singer, you also have to communicate with an audience. Of course, this is one of the things that people find so bloody terrifying. Musicians are doing this as part of everyday life. And if you teach music, you understand what I like to call the operating system involved within things like music and music theory, technique and practice; you get a profound insight into someones thinking.
What about if you could get inside the thinking of a customer? You can do that by asking questions and listening and watching the response. It is what you do with that data!
But if you learn to analyse the 'data' that's in front of you, you will be able to make a great connection and be on their wavelength, which in the world of business is crucial for you to come to any form of agreement or sale.
I became aware of this early in my career when I started reading books on management and marketing, and I could see parallels with artists who succeed.
So I started experimenting in the early days by running courses about making money from music, and I had a lot of success with musicians who later became influential players and teachers
I am returning to this online but vastly improved using all I have learnt from musicians and the years of teaching music and NLP psychological work of transforming people and creating lasting change.
And this is unique to each person; therefore, I'm going to be doing this one-to-one. So if you're interested in transformation, visit www.vichyland.com.
Also check out www.bluescampuk.co.uk if you want to get away for three days and play in a band