Whether you teach children or adults, you know how important clear instructions are. Whether you teach a subject (e.g. 3rd grade, high school literature, or college algebra), or you train adults (e.g. training workshops, seminars, and classes), you’ve learned that the success of an activity is all in the instructions.

Giving clear instructions can be challenging not matter who the audience is. Here are 7 key steps any instructor or presenter can follow to minimize confusion and maximize success.

As you read this scaffolded process, notice how the students/participants are being step-by-step from “huh?” to “ahh!“

1. Break things down. If the activity has several parts, give the instructions part by part. Once students complete one segment, stop the class and get them going on the second part. This helps students focus on each section piece by piece. Key Question: How do I break the activity down into chunks?
2. Explain the activity. Telling students what they are doing and why helps students connect with the task. We don’t need to go into great detail; an overview is fine. Providing students with the purpose behind the activity, invites them into the activity. Key Question: How do I tell them succinctly what they should do and why?
3. Create a step by step outline. Having the instructions clearly and succinctly written on the board not only keeps the teacher focused when explaining the activity, but also gives students an anchor when they are doing the activity. At any point, they can refer to the steps and redirect themselves. Key Question: How do I simply the instructions?
4. Let students see what the activity looks like. Modeling for the class first shows students what it will look like. Showing and telling is an effective way to reach all types of students. It’s also the first step in scaffolding students into being successful. Key Question: How can I show them what it should look like?
5. Experiment with a student. Modeling the activity with a student is the next step in scaffolding. They have just see the teacher do the activity; doing a piece of the activity with a student, increases confidence and understanding how to complete the task. Key Question: How do I model this with a student to boost success?
6. Assess their understanding. Having the students tell and show you what they are supposed to do is the best way to take the pulse of the class. When two students model the activity without the support of the instructor, the entire class gets a chance to clarify their understanding. Key Question: How do get the audience to show me they are ready?
7. Repair misunderstandings. If the students seem confused, stop the class, repair the confusion, and restart the activity. Students will get more out of the activity that you have prepared. You’ll work less by not having to go from group to group retelling the instructions. Key Question: How do I redirect the class effectively and efficiently?

Giving clear instructions is paramount to getting the most out of any classroom activity. As teachers, trainers, and presenters, we spend a large amount of time planning engaging and meaningful lessons and presentations.

Spending a little time on scaffolding the audience into the activity, sets everyone up for success.

1. Your Mindset

The root of all success lies in the mind. What you want to achieve, will materialize if have a clear mindset. A clear mindset will create the purpose for any action. A clear purpose will burn the desire for success.

2. Know Your Learning Style

Most of us have three dominant ways of learning. If we are a Visual person, we tend to learn through the use of images (mind maps would be great) and videos. Our learning aids should support our preferred way of learning. We could also be an Auditory person. An auditory person likes to listen. Background music, audio recording of lectures and videos with excellent audio would probably be a great help. Lastly, if you are a Kinesthetic person, you are strong with your feelings. Your learning aids may have different textured papers and models in which you could create the sensation of touch. Therefore different learning aids have different impact to preferred mode of learning.

3. Create the Best Environment for Success

To be productive in studying for exams and to learn faster, many students would prefer a conducive environment – relatively quiet and in comfort. You would need all these to stay in-focus. Focus on what you are studying, is of essential for success. Your mind must be in sync with the physical surroundings for it to be at its best.

4. Manage Time – It is Your Most Critical Asset for Success

There is a limit to which our body and mind could stay focus. It is recommended by many to keep a learning session approximately two hours. Then you should take a breather.

5. Have a Good Rest

Rest is important. Danger is lurking round corners for students who put in everything in the eleventh hours, running without a decent sleep and off he goes to the exam hall…. and he snooze his way through the 3-hour exam session. Have a good sleep, and have a good break between study sessions – relax your mind. You could do this by watching TV, jog around the neighborhood or go to the park.

The magic in studying smart and learning faster lies in you. It is about how you study and how you manage yourself. With the right mindset and purpose, you will mange yourself to greater success in life.

American inventor and scientist, Thomas Edison was one of the most prolific inventors and hard-working businessmen of all time. Upon his death in 1931 (aged 84), he held patents for 1093 inventions. His strong work ethic and unwavering dedication are well recognized. Therefore, he is often cited as a role model for success.

“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”

One of Edison’s most repeated quotes, this illustrates that we all have the capacity to achieve extraordinary things. Of course, there is a belief that geniuses are simply born gifted. However, Edison suggests that this is a myth and, in fact, every human being is capable of success. It is worth remembering that ‘genius’ is a subjective word. Therefore, it is possible for everyone to achieve his or her own brand of genius, whether that is an artistic talent, academic ability or practical skill.

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

Thomas Edison was one of the original masters of positive spin. This positive perspective is important when trying to achieve a goal. We all know that very little in life is easy to come by, so it is necessary to see setbacks in a healthy light. Importantly, failures are mistakes that can be learned from.

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

According to Edison, to achieve success, it is vital that we do not become discouraged by setbacks. It can be extremely easy to give up on your dreams when you’ve experienced repeated disappointments. However, success may be just around the corner, so it is important to remain persistent and focused on your goal.

“Hell, there are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something.”

When trying to achieve a goal, it can be necessary to bend a few rules. Of course, that’s not to suggest that Thomas Edison would have approved of law-breaking activities. However, many successful people did not reach their positions by playing by the rules. Certainly, you should never feel compelled by people who tell you that your aims are impossible.

“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.”

Every single person on this planet is capable of achieving wonderful things. Most of us never reach our full potential, because we have no faith in ourselves or are not willing to put in the hard work necessary.

Thomas Edison achieved great successes throughout his life. However, he maintained a thirst for knowledge and a desire to improve the world around him. 80 years after his death, Edison’s philosophies still have much to teach us.

Did you see or hear about ‘The Masters’ golf tournament this past weekend?

What an incredible ending and what an incredible victory by Tiger Woods.

Whether you’re a fan of golf or not, there’s something about Tiger’s MINDSET that has helped him unleash his greatness.

I want to share with you a brief but powerful success insight that Tiger Woods has used to win big and create a fortune.

You ready?

Onward.

I was reading a few articles on his recent victory and something caught my attention.

I’m going to share it with you here and then comment.

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Looks like — despite some shaky swings on the final two pressure-packed holes in regulation — the changes Woods has made under the supervision of instructor Hank Haney are paying off. After all, a major victory is a major victory.

“Well, any time you make changes in your game, it’s not going to be an immediate success,” Woods said. “Did I probably take a step back? Yeah, probably did in ’98 too, end of ’97, all of ’98 and the beginning of ’99, almost two years where I didn’t really do anything in the game of golf.

“Then again, once those changes kicked in, I had a pretty good run, won 17 times on tour,” he said.

We might be headed for that kind of streak again.

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When I was young and just started my entrepreneurial career, all I wanted was immediate gratification.

This zest for immediate results had me living paycheck to paycheck for years.

Almost 5 years ago, at 27 years old, I realized I had an error in my ‘success philosophy’.

Tiger is making the same point that took me years to discover.

SUCCESS and making mon.ey takes time.

You need to ditch the ‘immediate gratification’ mindset and take the LONG TERM VIEW.

Look at what Tiger says.

It took him a few years to get his game where he wanted it to be and then ‘the changes kicked in’ and he started getting MOMENTUM.

Too many people are taking the ‘immediate gratification’

view and they NEVER get momentum in their life.

The way you make a fortune and win big is by tapping into MOMENTUM.

You start getting 6 months of results in 30 days. But first you have to pay the price.

In ‘The Ultimate Lifestyle Workshop,’ I share how, by taking the ‘Long Term View’, I built a million dollar plus business that’s changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. YOU can do the same.

This never could have happened if I expected it all to happen in a week.

It took me years to really get focused and to get consistent and what really has helped me is ‘The Power of Concentration Success System’.

Do you really want to unleash your greatness and become financially fr.ee?

If you do, you need to give yourself some time.

Give yourself a year or longer.

Allow yourself to learn from failing.

YOU can do something great.

You really can.

If you’re making $2,000 a month, make your next goal $3,500, not $20,000.

Do the same for any level of income you’re at now.

We’ve all heard ‘inch by inch everything is a cinch’.

In ‘The Ultimate Lifestyle Workshop,’ I share how I discovered the ‘mindset’ that all successful people use to make mon.ey. You can copy this mindset and reap great results.

Be like Tiger.

Give yourself TIME to succeed.

You’re going to SEE great things happen in your life when you do.

Greatness starts by saying “YES!” to an opportunity.

Make your move.

Talk to you soon.

Mike Litman

www.mikelitman.com

Exam preparation companies and the LSAC (Law School Admission Council) both point to a remarkable statistic when people question the LSAT’s efficacy. That statistic? High LSAT performance strongly correlates with success in the first-year (1L year) of law school.

Of course, as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once said, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics.” But let’s assume that this statistic is true. (I have no reason to doubt it, and I have found no alternatives online.) Does this mean that your LSAT score is your destiny in your first year of law school?

To answer this question, let’s take a look at what the LSAT tests, and then look at law school to see what the connection might be.

The LSAT (according to the LSAC website) uses three types of questions: reading comprehension, analytical reasoning questions, and logical reasoning questions. But for test-takers, two distinct types of questions stand out: reading comprehension and “logic games” (which are essentially math puzzles).

Reading comprehension tests how fast you can read and understand unfamiliar information. This skill translates directly to law school’s first year because the first year involves high-volume reading in an unfamiliar field. Legal language can be arcane, and professors often choose historic, poorly written, overruled cases in the first months of class. Wading through this material takes time, and strong reading skills can cut this time to a minimum. Also, strong readers often write well, which is a key law-school skill.

Logic games test how well you can follow a series of rules and learn how to take a test. These skills translate to law school, but much more loosely. Following the black-letter rules is key to legal analysis. And learning the tricks to exams gives you a competitive edge against your classmates. But the rules and strategies for logic games are vastly different from legal rules and strategies.

So, even though these skills transfer, it seems odd that there would be a strong correlation between the LSAT and 1L success. Why would students who enter as better readers and who can learn how to do math puzzles necessarily do better than other smart students, like superior undergraduate writers? After all, no one knows the rules before their 1L classes, and the tricks of law-school exams are distinct from those on the LSAT. Further, most law-school tests are essay-based exams, not the multiple-choice format found on the LSAT.

I think the best explanation for this strong correlation is that success on the LSAT correlates with strong exam strategy. If professors taught legal rules and exam strategies, success would come down to rule memorization and writing ability. But first-year professors do not teach that way. Instead, professors teach through the case-law method.

The case-law method, like any other, has pros and cons. Because the law is taught through cases, some rules are more memorable because they are attached to a story. But often, black-letter rules are buried and never made clear to students. So, the ability to learn the material for yourself while using solid test-taking strategies becomes paramount. For instance, students who sought out Bar Exam material would be on the right path.

In my view, LSAT success strongly correlates with 1L success because first-year students are not taught exam strategy. Instead, students are busy trying to figure out the rules buried within each case, rather than focusing on test-taking as a learnable skill. Therefore, students who do poorly on the LSAT must efficiently learn the subject matter and work on practice problems/mock exams to rapidly improve their test-taking ability. With that preparation, this strong correlation does not have to be destiny.

Introduction

Staff Selection is an essential Management skill. But you don’t need key Performance Indicators, elaborate Job Descriptions or any other of the array of pop psychology parlour games. You don’t need to be a brilliant interviewer either. But there’s something you do need.

The Core Secret Question

The core secret to successful staff selection is to find the answer to this question. “If this job were being done perfectly, how would I know?” In other words, what on job performance would be achieved if the job were being done perfectly.

Notice that there’s no mention of who’s doing the job, their personal qualities, background, experience or qualification.

Realistically, you can’t successfully consider those “who” type of questions until you answer the core secret question. You must decide what the vacant job is designed to achieve and how you’ll measure success or otherwise.

The purpose of staff selection is to get a job done; not to choose a person.

The Very First Thing

And this must be the very first thing you do before you actually embark on the selection process.

Know what you’re trying to achieve and how you’re going to measure achievement is the foundation of successful staff selection: no magic, no mystery, no masterful manipulative management, no psychological parlour games.

The Conventional Wisdom Conundrums

In the last 25 years or so staff selection has been bedeviled by elaborate interview processes, psychometric testing, rampant resumes and self fulfilling prophesies.

A candidate presents an apparently outstanding resume. We subject the candidate to our so-called professional selection process. In about 75% of cases the candidate with the “best” resume gets the job. The process becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy which gives the “best” resume writer the inside running.

But we don’t ask, “What are we trying to achieve?” and “How will we measure on job achievement?”

Interviewing

Incidentally, the face to face interview has limited value in staff selection. Remember, you cannot tell what candidates can do merely by talking to them. If you believe that you can, you’re seriously misinformed.

Managers have been lead to believe that all those elaborate steps will provide successful staff selection. They won’t. They’ll just make you feel as if you’re being professional by taking so much time. What you’ll really be doing is nothing more than favouring the “best” resume writer.

Take care not to be misled by selection agents and consultants. These people generally favour long, complicated and cumbersome staff selection processes. They’ll tell you how thorough they are. You pay for thoroughness. You should pay only for results.

A last word on interviewing: the staff selection interview is a privilege not a right. You should only grant interviews to those candidates who have demonstrated competence. For example, never use the words “call or write for an interview” in a job ad.

Conclusion

I specialize in helping managers in small-medium business to improve on job staff performance without using training courses. Good staff selection is essential. You need the “right people” to get the “best results” for your business.

But to find “the right people” you must answer the Core Secret Question first. The purpose of staff selection is to get a job done; not to choose a person.

In order to be successful one must use wisdom. In order to be wise one must have or show experience, knowledge, and good judgment. Wisdom brings success. Without wisdom, the trustworthiness of an action or decision with regard to the application of experience, knowledge, and good judgment, you cannot experience success. Being successful depends on the time you use effectively. Have you ever wondered how the next person became successful? What did the person do specifically that made success come their way? I have and if you be honest so have you. Success has more to do with the state of the being who believes they can do what they choose.

I woke up early this morning because my TV was on and I hate sleeping with the TV on. However, what was on my screen captivated me. So I pulled out my note-book and pen and began to write what the man was saying on the screen. This man was Mike Murdock he is a world-renowned televangelist, and he wrote a book called The 7 laws to Uncommon Success. He began to talk about success and explain that success is governed by laws. Implementing this system of rules governs whether you will experience uncommon success or not.

Let me reiterate here that we are speaking about an unusual kind of success. These laws govern those who are courageous and will go above and beyond. Those who are willing to take the initiative themselves work hard and achieve greatness are the people who experience uncommon success. I want to share how we all can experience uncommon success as entrepreneurs, using these 7 laws of uncommon success.

1. The Law of Difference- Our differences brings our value and our value brings our reward.

All though we are all humans and basically the same there is something different about each and every one of us. We were all created to do something that the other person is unable or willing to do. IF you do not know your distinct differences, you will never know what value you bring to others. As an entrepreneur align your business idea with your passions. Your passions are those strong and barely controllable emotions that you have about subject matters, people, places, or things. You can find your passion in your pain, information, desires, and those you honor.

2. The Law of the Mind- Every battle in life begins as a mind battle.

You should always protect what goes into your mind. It is important to guard your mind because it is the breeding ground for everything you do. It either solves problems or creates problems for your future. In order for entrepreneurs to be successful they must be willing to invest in their mind. Fill it with knowledge by preparing it as an environment for learning. Your mind needs a goal or focus, pictures, conversation and meditation. Your mouth should tell your mind what to think about. It is the place where you can create and produce faith in your ability to be confident in your dreams and visions. The mind is a muscle that moves your imagination into reality. Your mind should inspire you into action.

3. The Law of Recognition- What you fail to recognize will exit your life.

There is always a life lesson to be learned. Every moment is a learning moment. Often times we can fail to see what has always been right there in front of us the entire time. Something we don’t know about that can be harmful to our future is near us. As entrepreneurs, we must ask ourselves what God is hiding in someone or something that I can’t see. If you don’t believe in God then you can start right there. Recognize that God is and he will always be!

As entrepreneurs we can take on more than we should too soon and then when it doesn’t work out we will consider it as not profitable or a scam, when many times it is as simple as doing too much too soon. We should focus on the one idea before moving to the next. Too many things going on at one time can be a distraction and distract you from recognizing the next step that could change your financial future.

4. The Law of Two- Two is necessary for multiplication.

Two is always better than one. Relationships with others matter. We all need each other. Yes! Sure you are great alone but you need others. The book of Ecclesiastes, which is a book filled with wisdom, states “Two are better than one… the threefold cord is not easily broken,” (Eccl 4:9, 12). When God wants to bless you he brings a person into your life.

Entrepreneurs must recognize who those people are. In order to experience financial freedom you will need to depend on others to buy your products and/or services. Your willingness to strengthen your relationship with your target audience or customer depends on your ability to become financially independent.

5. The Law of Place- Your geographical location matters.

Your assignment or purpose in life is always to a person or group of people. When you are where you are destined to be no one can compete with you. Never stay where God has not assigned you. You will not be honored for your differences if you are in the wrong place. As entrepreneurs we must know that our money is in the place of the problem God has given you to solve for others. Remember that money is anywhere God wants you to be.

6. The Law of Honor- Your future is determined by who you have chosen to honor.

Honor is your ability to highly esteem someone by recognizing their difference. Honor is the seed for access into any environment on earth. Adaptation is the proof of honor. It takes humility to honor another person for their differences. Honor is something that people should be taught who they should honor. Humbleness is a modest or low view of one’s own importance. What is important to know about honor is it is a choice.

Entrepreneurs can shorten their learning curve by learning from the best. This can be done by studying an individual, reading a book, doing online research, or connecting with someone you chose to celebrate their distinctive differences instead of weaknesses. Honor will decide who accepts you, desires you, and rewards you. Honor qualifies for a different kind of relationship one that is closer, growing and long-term.

If you succeed in life it can be tracked to those you chose to honor. If you fail, it can be tracked to those who you chose not to honor. Above all you must honor the God of the universe to be successful at anything. All blessings come through the chain of authority.

7. The Law of Seed- Give and it shall be given back to you.

Seeds are anything that has value. When you sow a seed rather it is words, honor, mercy, money, love, kindness, gratitude etc… Your seed must be wrapped in expectation. You must have a motive for why you are doing something. For entrepreneurs this law simply means something you have given will create for you the harvest you dreamed of having.

Remember that the seeds you sow can contain life or death. What you make happen for someone else God can make it happen for you. The future of your seed is hidden in you daily routine. Successful men do daily, what unsuccessful men do occasionally.

These 7 laws are guaranteed to create uncommon success in your life as an entrepreneur. It is important that we maximize the time given to us to solve other people problems and become the beacon of light in another person life or situation by providing the proper products and/or services. The ingredients for success are: creativity births your future, structure sustains your future, and habits create your future.

Be Inspired and Be Successful

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Creating the right attitude is paramount to structuring an environment of success. Getting your employees to work with you and join in the search for better ideas, new methodology and higher profitability will transform your company from passive individualists to intelligent action takers and change agents.

You need “Risk Takers.” You need “Mavericks.” Identify every employee in that category and empower him or her to go out and get the job done. So what if they bend the rules sometimes. As long as they don’t break the law, violate corporate core values or embarrass the company, “Turn Them Loose.” You have everything to gain and nothing to lose. The employees will see this as a demonstration of trust and empowerment. Word will travel fast. Promote that concept. Send a monthly memo to everyone praising individuality that result in improvements.

Title your memo, “OFF the CUFF” for it’s informal straight talking honest feedback from the top. Reward and recognize the risk takers. Commend the change agents. Then align both management and the employees behind the new vision. Support this new environment by sharing the new vision, departmental goals and strategic initiatives. Publish the minutes of every executive meeting that is held. Hold nothing back short of personal issues. Be proud and announce the fact that there will no longer be secrets held under close cover behind the doors of the executive staff.

Educate

Educate your managers and supervisors for their new role in this new environment. Do not tolerate deception or deviation from attitude or your new structure. Teach them to be coaches, mentors and transmitters of directions. Educate line employees to make them know they are part of the plan, part of the new way. Teach them new skills for self-management, planning, team building, goal setting, risk taking, conflict resolution and negotiating. Show them you care. That’s all part of structuring an environment.

Create a mental picture of what the company is all about; where you want to go and how you are going to get there. This is the vision for the company. It does not reflect the personal idiosyncrasy of the CEO. It has a broad base of support and buy-in from the employees.

Micro Management Demotivates Mavericks and Risk Takers

The easiest way to suppress discretionary energy, the energy given willingly – no matter what it takes, is a style of micro management that scrutinizes every decision an employee makes. It can kill their spirit. It destroys trust. If any of your employees even joke about you being a micro manager – back off. Where there is smoke there is usually fire. Micro managing may make you feel in control but in reality you are only hurting yourself and the company. It only limits an employee’s ability to be innovative and creative. This can cost the company thousands of dollars because it is the creativity and innovation of your employees that maximize the profitability of your company.

Micro Management is a Symptom

Micro Management is often just a symptom of ineffective planning, too much compassion and the inability to judge performance and develop bench strength. Developing a strategic plan for your company is a very effective way to address any or all of these challenges. I often tell my clients that the most valuable part of a strategic plan is the development process itself. Running a company with a shoot from the hip mentality often encourages micro management and does not allow employees to develop their skills and maximize their potential. One of the many warning signs is a high turnover rate. The reason is simple; good employees just won’t tolerate micro management and they will leave to find employment that will challenge them and help them grow.

It’s about Leadership

Simply put, effective leaders don’t micro manage. In fact, they cringe at the thought of it. Why? Because they recognize that one of their primary responsibilities is the development of future leaders for the organization. You just can’t develop future leaders by micro managing.

Consistency and Fairness

To create the proper attitude and structure an environment conducive to survival, growth and success, you must treat employees the way you would want to be treated. You must be a proponent of openness. You must be sensitive to their needs. You must understand the initial shock and the healing that must take place in the organization as a result of contingency planning/restructuring.

A cosmic truth states that you must give before you receive. Mandating new rules, stipulations, threats and unreasonable demands does not promote unity or trust. It is destructive to the kind of attitude required to succeed. Employee consideration and input is absolutely essential to structuring a new environment. You need employee support, trust and respect. But, you must give before you get. As a leader, you must know when to lead and when to listen before acting. Empowering employees allows them to use their own initiative, their own creativity and figure out things you would never imagine they could accomplish.

I got a CD in the mail recently from a songwriter who is a friend of mine. I put the CD in and listened to some really fine writing and a well produced and recorded disk. But I still felt that there was something lacking. I like to think that I have a wide ear and you’re apt to catch me listening to almost any style of music at any given moment. But I’m not the general listening public and as I finished listening to the disk I felt that once again my friend will probably not reach a much wider audience than they hope to.

I have several friends that write music that would be considered outside the mainstream. I’ve watched for the past 10 years as they try to support themselves as performing songwriters, but with minimal monetary success. They’ve had great reviews, radio appearances on the eclectic radio shows that would play their type of music, but no record label has reached out, no tours, no money and my friends still have those non-music business day-jobs we all hate. The songs my friends create, on the other hand, are amazingly inventive, quirky and interesting. Just not mainstream.

So what to do if you want mainstream success but you are inspired to write music that is not mainstream? Well I think that the artist needs to begin by defining what success means to them. If good reviews and a niche local following equal success, then no worries. But, if success is a recording contract, TV appearances on Late Night, a national or international tour, then something has to give. Now, what is that ‘something’? In giving in (or adapting or compromising, or whatever you wish to call it) are you staying true to your music?

Well I think we can look to Bruce Springsteen for an example of staying true and yet giving in just enough. Bruce was willing to make subtle changes to his songwriting so that the music he made could be heard by a larger audience. After Springsteen released “The Wild, The Innocent, and the E. Street Shuffle”, the record company was down on him for not selling more copies and he knew he wasn’t reaching as many people as he could. While there is a similar sound to “The Wild/Innocent…” and his next album “Born to Run”, you can hear that he made a slight adjustment in what he was writing about. He wrote less about the individual and more about the everyman. His songs became more ‘radio friendly’ and more succinct. He had a success with “Born to Run” and he seemed to find a formula for connecting with a wider audience.

I’ve run across many articles on the net and in magazines that talk about the rules for songwriting. They talk about writing a good hook, writing a memorable melody, good production, and on and on. I think that rules like those are good to know about in the back of a writer’s mind, but to start basing one’s style on what other people think a good song is will only lead to stagnation. You need to write the music you need to write. Artists have ideas inside them that need to get out and be expressed. But are they all making a connection with an audience and garnering success?

How are you making a connection? How are you staying true to your music? Are you worried about success? These are the things that artists should be asking themselves as they write and as they work their butts off to get people to hear their music. Let me know what you think – darryl@bluecavestudios.com.

In this article, we will look at some lessons from a group of ordinary people, who learned to trade in just 14 days and then went on to make hundreds of millions of dollars. You can learn a lot from this group of people so lets look at how they achieved stunning Forex trading success after just a few weeks training.

The paradox of FX trading is easy to learn yet very few succeed. In fact, the amount of traders who make money is a minority of just 5 percent. If you learn how our group of super traders learned to win, you will understand how they made money and how you can too.

The story started when a famous trader called Richard Dennis, decided to teach a group of people who had never traded before to trade. he selected some people and they were from both male and female, of different ages, of varying levels of intelligence and the group included:

A kid just out of school who had never worked, a security guard, a lady accounts clerk and an actor and Dennis then set about teaching them to trade.

They learned to trade in just 14 days and the rest is history – they piled up hundreds of millions of dollars in trading profits and many still trade successfully today. So how did they manage to achieve success quickly, when so many traders fail? Lets take a look in more detail.

The trading method wasn’t complex or over loaded with indicators, it was simple! The trading method followed price action on a charts, locking in to big trends via breakouts which is a proven way to make money.

The system focused on the long term!

Most traders like to scalp and day trade, they make a lot of effort and lose money. The group of traders who Dennis taught, did the opposite and focused on the big trends which last many weeks or in some case months and held them for huge profits.

The system lost the majority of the time and around 70% of trades lost money but the ones that made money, made huge profits. This allowed the traders to pile up triple digit long term profits and still lose the majority of their trades.

The method was easy to learn but following it was hard, as many of the traders have since said in interviews and books on the experiment. However, they knew they had to hold their discipline and cut losing trades quickly and run their profits to win and they did with spectacular success.

No one likes to lose, we all have egos – but if you want to win at Forex trading you must learn to take losses and keep them small.

Most traders can’t do this and lose. To enjoy currency trading success, you must learn to cut losses or you will end up losing too. Be smart – lose your ego and accept losses and run profits and you can achieve success.

Why You Can Achieve Forex Trading Success

If you have understood the article you will see why the majority of traders lose and how you can win. Learning a FX trading system which can make money is easy but you need to right mindset to win and this is the reason why most traders fail.

The right mindset for success though is a choice and if you want to enjoy success, make the right choice and your on the road to long term FX trading success.