If you’ve read my ramblings for any amount of time you might remember what I call your Guitar DNA…
In a nutshell, your Guitar DNA is the stuff that you’re naturally good at. All of us are naturally predisposed to be better at certain elements of playing guitar or making music in general.
And your job is to figure out which things you are strong with and work with those things.
This is SO important that on many levels I consider it the most important factor in my success as a guitar player. I’ve been able to develop technique at a level far above what most people achieve simply by noticing what works well for me and improving upon that – as opposed to spending endless hours attempting to bring things I’m not so good at up to a moderate level.
But it’s also one of the things that tends to fly right in the face of good old “conventional wisdom” (and I have a lot of those…) so it’s always great to hear someone else echo my ideas.
Now if you’ve never heard of Steve Vai I might not be surprised – after all he’s about as un-blues as it gets. However, he is arguably one of the greatest living guitar players with dizzying skill and technical ability, as well as a vast wealth of musical knowledge that has led him to recent projects composing massive projects for symphony orchestra along with his guitar career.
And I stumbled upon this great video compilation of Steve recounting 10 of his own ideas and rules for musical success… and guess what his #1 rule is?
Now, before you think I’ve completely lost my mind, I would NEVER completely advocate ignoring things that are difficult. There is a time when just about anything on a guitar will be difficult, and just because something is difficult doesn’t mean you should abandon it.
However, once you are beyond the beginning and early intermediate stages, you will likely start to notice things that just don’t click for you, and I believe it’s important to be aware of those things. Because often, there are other ways to the same desired outcome.
Remember that it’s all about playing music… if you have a way to achieve the sound you want to hear that is different than how most people would get that sound, don’t worry about it, you do your thing and get the sound.
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The thing to take into account here is that Steve is talking about Steve, everyone is different and has different ideas.
When it comes to being a great guitarist or artist of any kind there are NO RULES. It’s all about being able to connect to what’s inside you and being able to express that be it thru guitar, the written word, painting, whatever. Art is art and an artist is one that can express themselves through a given medium. To accomplish a certain thing like playing a certain song or lick like someone else of course there is hard work involved but mimicking is different than creating. It’s all about you and what you want. If you’re goal is to express yourself freely and honesty forget about rules and feel
No matter what the art form, in order to express oneself freely, one must have the tools needed. Steve can pretty much play whatever he wants to express because he has developed the mechanics necessary to actually perform the expressing! Training must come first or performing will always be limited.
Yes that is true, to an certain extent. My point is there are no hard fast rules and how one approaches a given form of expression should depend more on what one wishes to accomplish as opposed to what someone else has done… also too much technical knowledge can sometimes impede ones ability to feel and express themselves freely, that is not to say it’s a bad thing and doesn’t have its place. I only suggest that one places ones focus on connecting to the inner fire above mechanics and technical ability. If rules and mechanical ability are what gets you there that’s great
OK –
My main weakness is that I haven’t achieved the speed I need in order to play what I want.
This is a weakness that must be addressed, not ignored, or I will never play what I want. Therefore I am seeking a methodology by which I can increase my speed.
Seems obvious to me, but is contrary to a lot of what is said here by Steve and Griff. Neither of them were born being able to play as quickly as they can, so there had to be pathway by which they got to their respective levels of ability.
Can anyone point me towards a method for attaining speed that has worked for them?
As a professional instructor (not music) I agree with much of Vai’s advice. An important thing to remember is that all of these will play different roles at different phases of our learning.
Thanks Griff, That really made a lot of sense to me. I’m looking forward to implementing that to my musical journey of playing and someday performing with my guitar.
Thanks for this video.
I’m in the same boat as Griff. I used to hugely be into Vai, Malmsteen, and the like and while I got a certain level of competency it was never easy.
A few years ago I stumbled across Troy Grady’s Cracking the Code. This guy slows down video of famous players like Vai and figures out how they are doing what they are doing. It was actually mind blowing. Turns out you have to hold the pick differently, “upward pick slanting” he calls it and the picks orientation changes if you are going up or down the strings.
Anyways, Troy has a lot of free videos on YouTube. They are definitely worth watching a couple IMO if you are interested in the mechanics of alternate picking.
Cheers, Paul
One thing that really hit home with me is to visualize yourself doing what you want. I was a high school wrestler and, this might date me a bit, before leaving for school in the morning on match days I would always que up In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (on eight track) while visualizing my match. I was a pretty dang good wrestler and I always felt that this prep routine had a lot to do with it. I never really thought about applying visualization to guitar. I also get not letting yourself get stuck on something you’re just not getting. Move on with something you do get and come back to to the difficult things from time to time.
Sorry Paul. I trying to leave a comment. I didn’t mean to reply to your comment.
Strikes me that we are all different. Steve Vai’s approach will suit some…..not others. GH’s way will suit some…..not others. Maybe, there’s no “The Way”? I have limited talent and similarly limited ability but I don’t think that should disqualify me from doing what I want to do at a level that is a balance between desire, satisfaction and personal enjoyment. If I spent all of my time, and I don’t get much, flogging away at stuff I’m never going to be able to do to MY satisfaction, the likelihood is that I’ll pack it in and walk away.
Perhaps, improving in the skills you can handle will boost the chances of being able to achieve previously unattainable skills? Or enable us to do without them? At least it has the potential to keep you (me) playing!
I’m no teacher……or much of a learner either………just thinking.
Best advise about being on stage, everything dose change and I learned to relaxes and have fun doing what I do with this guitar. Thanks Steve for sharing.
Yes!!!
As an artist, a guitarist, and an Art/Science teacher at a very remote rural school on the “Wild Coast” of Big Sur, California, this video by Steve Vai really caught my attention. I am going to show it to all my students, as it is not only a pathway to becoming a rock-star, but also reaching achievement and greatness in all areas of endeavor. It can be applied to not only music, but also Art, writing/poetry, acting, and expertise in any of the curricular subject areas found in a school.
It should even be a headline in the Education Common Core Standards!
And it works for me as a surfer, too…Surfers call it “Stoked!”
Griff, this is the first advice from you that I totally disagree with. Not working on your weaknesses is just crazy. Ditto, only focusing on your strengths. I work on my weaknesses every day and I see continual progress. Sorry, even Vai contradicts himself. He’s a great player, but not a great teacher.
I agree with you Neal. I’m a big believer of building on strengths but DEVELOP your weakness.
I cast my vote for concentrating on your strenghts. It doesn’t mean you can’t work on your weaknesses, just lower their priority. Do you want to be a jack of all trades and a master of none? or be a master, totally awesome at SOMEthing?
A lot of this is twaddle. What worked for Steve, with his different visions and motivations will not necessarily work for me. Ignore my weaknesses? NEVER! That’s like a litererary student ignoring Shakespeare just because he uses “funny” words
I think both Griff and Steve’s point is not really to ignore weaknesses, but to work around insurmountable weaknesses that ultimately become barriers to progress.
My thoughts on this are some what different. You have to learn the rules before you can break them. Too many adult students are seeking shortcuts and end up learning God awful habits that are seriously hard for a teacher to fix. I have been stuck in a rut for years only playing what I was good at. Now I am learning piano as well and i have a teacher that points out to me that you should work on things you are not good at. Focus on your weakness and fix it. Im not saying you should beat a dead horse but I want to be a more rounded musician.
So I think this advice is a little misleading to beginning musicians..
I agree in playing to your strengths but you can also shore up your weaknesses as well.
Seeing Zappa in concert was like reading a good book you don’t want to put down.
Great views, thanks. Your perspective is the key – yep, thanks, I’ll try to remember that when I’m banging on my head & learn to chill.
I’m 65 years old and now own 14 guitars. They are hanging on a wall that I call “THE WALL OF SHAME” because it is a shame that I still don’t know how to play well.
After seeing this video, I now have hope. I’ll try, no, I will start today with a new fire in my life to make my “WALL OF SHAME”, a wall of fame. Well maybe not that good. Thanks for sharing.
Can you do a video on Joe BONAMASSA?
Hey John, Have any resonators or parlors you’d be willing to part with? Seriously, I just turned 68 and only took up guitar April ’17, but am happy with my progress. You must be light years ahead of me, so Keep at it. Trace
Hi there I’m 73 and I’ve been playing the guitar since I was 14 and still can’t play the thing properly. In the last few years though my playing has improved beyond bounds. This is all due to Griffs little lessons. I believe these tips are a good idea and will concentrate on doing my own thing so to speak. Cheers.
This may have just opened up a door for me,,2 biggest rules to me were cultivate your strengths and RELAX!!! Thanks for posting this,,
I’m afraid it seems that I’m only the second person, after Graham above, who thinks that these points are not all to be followed slavishly. There’s some great motivational stuff there but let’s not blindly run with all of it just because Steve Vai has said it (or even because Griff has told us about it – despite the fact that I think Griff is the best guitar teacher on the web!).
For example, Point 1: it’s fair enough to focus on your strengths and make them better but to ignore your weaknesses!? As a relative newcomer to electric guitar I’m struggling with vibrato, which is SO important to master for an expressive sound i.e. it’s one of my weaknesses. So I should ignore it? What strength have I got that will magically enable me to master vibrato if I don’t actually practice vibrato?
Or Rule 5: maybe for someone with his ability there’s never any struggle as he puts it (only ‘challenges’!) but are we seriously expected to believe that for some/many/most of the rest of us “there’s no work involved, because it’s all a joy” – get real!
I’m going to take the good stuff from this list that’s relevant to me where I’m at and filter out what I think applies only to someone who has already mastered the craft – after all if I hadn’t had any ‘weaknesses’, I wouldn’t really have needed to buy Griff’s course would I!?
i am what you were talking about you hit on every problem as far as being to much in my head i can play so much better when i can stop and get that excitement going the confidence comes and it all seems to fall in place thank you so much this helped me open my eyes to many things thank you
Really enjoyed this video. Inspiring. Thank You GH.
10 tips by James Heath would be tip top baby.
Hang in there Jeffrey. I got my first lesson in 1975. Then played very little up to the mid 90’s. I did play baritone in school 5th to 8th grade. I learned how to read sheet music too. 1996 I bought my first electric guitar but forgot a lot about reading sheet music. Like a chicken looking at a card trick. I was determined to teach myself how to play. TABs helped fill in the gaps. Then years of sucking at guitar followed. I was having fun but I really stunk. The important word is fun.
The number one thing that helped me get to the next goal is time. pushing through the tedious practice time is key. But this is tough to with a full time job and a wife. I got laid off last June and thus had a lot of woodshed and this has made a huge improvement in my playing.
Then I found Griffs videos and things just started to fall in place and make sense.
modifying , upgrading a guitar also gives me motivation to keep playing. Building a 5 watt tube amp also works to keep me engaged.
I like been doin rule 1 along time ,much to my own peril.but shouldn’t a guitarist be well rounded.or is Vai speaking this to advanced pros.but overall his 10 rules score a 10 in my book,( no pun intended! P.S. yeah ,I am one of Griff’s disciples. Thanks Griff.
Griff,
Tremendous inspiration.
Thanks for posting.
Griff…I liked this,it was great advice.I am working on lesson 18,and slowly getting the licks memorized.I started to tie them together and struggle with keeping the beat with each lick.I realize keeping the rhythm is the connection and I am trying.I practice 2 to 3 hrs. A day until my fingers hurt,but sometimes pick up the guitar later because something calls me.I am playing the first solo slowly and trying todo it right,but making some licks sound horrible.I will move to the next page and start box two and continue practicing until I get the solo 1 right.Thank you.Gene
People are a bit quick with gushing uncritical praise, aren’t they? Of course Steve Vai is fantastic, but his experienced perspective is coming from the mountaintop. It doesn’t make his words into ten unarguable commandments. It is hardly sensible or consistent for somebody much further down the mountain to think that there is no contradiction between “you have to want to improve” and “ignore your weaknesses and work on your strengths”. What? I suspect that [ignoring weaknesses] is not how to become another great guitarist. And the people who just don’t happen to be Paul McCartney or Buddy Guy or Brian Eno, and put them forward as examples of how you get better by ignoring any of the technicalities of music (understanding it or reading or writing it on paper), are just kidding themselves or finding an excuse to be lazy. A million of them will dream their way into local talent shows or performances – six of them will be able to become professional musicians. The others can carry on believing it’s just all about finding what excites you and working on your existing strengths, all the way to obscurity and death.
WHOA… I have read/seen sooo much muso intellectualized gobbledegook over the years. But this SO WASN’T. Steve Vai’s comments were like me talking to myself! It was unbelievably encouraging to hear such an accomplished guitar player describing EXACTLY the thought processes and worries I have experienced and how he – the fantastic maestro that he is – dealt with the same stuff as us bar players. What a brilliant little video, and a ‘must keep’ reminder from time to time! Well done Griff for digging this one out.
Yeah I really like hearing other guitar players that are professional talk on how they taught themselves and when you find out .a lot of things that you’re going through are all the same things they went through One of the things I like about you griff is that you talk about things like that too that you went through which is cool it makes me feel like I’m on the right track when sometimes I feel like I’m not great video thank you
The key to playing is start when your young. Picking up the Rythums and playing in time is so difficult for me. Don’t have the fingers & coordination to exceed. Put my Guitar a side during the Holidays, taking a step back to see if I need a different approach or maybe I don’t really have the gift for playing Guitar or music. Can’t say it was from a lack of effort. I truly got the Blues
Starting young is a load of rubbish I started playing guitar later in my life and I’m a great player and it’s about learning what sounds good, not how music is written.most of the best players in the world don’t read music,bb king,Albert king,buddy holy,Eric Clapton ,mark knopfler van Morrison all learned from a book and just putting notes together and when it sounded good it was and as griff and Steve via said find what your good at and be that and from there you will find your path ever one wants to be a lead guitar player, but as I say when people ask me you need to be able to play rhythm,which means a steady repeated progression of sound and the once you no the chord progression you can put your fills and modes to work then out of that put you lead guitar in the notes you are playing your modes and chords and your in but first all these parts have to be learned separately to be able to be put together.griff I can not find a fault in what you say or teach I agree with you and a great video keep up the good work my friend
If you truly believe your first sentence then you are whipped!
Perhaps you are expecting “too much, too quick, too soon.”
I have confidence in you and you need to have it in yourself!
Old School & Still Rockin’
Dear Jeffrey,
Please don’t give up! Older folk can learn new things! You can too. It’s not so much talent or being young. It’s about determination! You can do it.
Bravo for trying!
Our brains continue to learn as we age.
You weren’t using a computer as a kid, but now you are!
It’s no gift. It’s practice and enjoying just the sounds of your guitar. Can you tap your foot to music?
Do you clap in time to music? People clap together automatically to music when in a crowd.
Yes, perhaps some are more gifted than others. I suspect they practice more than others.
Older adults like us take up all kinds of new things. I’m never going to be Steve Vai. I can enjoy strumming chords while sitting on the porch like Andy Griffith in old Mayberry.
The key to playing is playing my friend, playing playing playing and playing some more
You gotta love playing to be able to really make that cosmic connection with your instrument and the music you make with it. Also you must have realistic goals. Some people like Steve are just born with it and figure out the technical aspects with time, some have to work their asses off right from jump and may develop some ability but never reach the playing with soul stage. If you’re able to make the soul connection the rest will fall into place and the more hard work you put into it the better it gets, focus positive energy on your strengths and work on your weaknesses but don’t kill you self trying to conquer them. mainly you gotta play play play
Steve’s thoughtful remarks don’t just apply to guitar playing, they’re philosophical and can be applied to life
Hey Griff, You hit the nail on the head both in your timing & thought. This Motivational Video of Steve Vai is what we all needed. Giving us all Guitar talk. His own trail was motivating. I can almost Tick all the 10 Rules. Being an ex Drummer in the 60’s ( Beatles & Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry etc), I wanted a musical challenge & chose the Electric Guitar, in Jan 2013 started learning from scratch,with a local teacher for 52 weeks, my goal was to play on stage Johnny B Goode as lead and play about 40-50 other songs around the structure 12 Bar Blues. It was going far too slow, then I met you and converted across to BGU as your lessons are the best. I have advanced much faster with your courses and now I am retired mid 2015, I have progressed positively in the right direction. I have set my Goals. I am a Go Getter by nature. My 70th Birthday is next Dec 2016 and I plan to show off my Guitar stuff at my party.
Michael-Sydney-Australia
Well, that is good advice and I will take it to heart. As a newbie There is NOTHING that I’m good at yet but I’m working on it.
Hi Griff.
Is there a trend here? A couple of days ago you blogged about Muddy inventing electricity and referenced the “Crossroads” movie. The climax of that movie is a cutting contest between the kid (Ralph Macchio, the Karate Kid) and Satan’s guitar-player.
And who is that player? Steve Vai !!!
Steve gets cut by the kid (and I understand that it’s Ry Cooder playing the guitar while the kid mimes) and the legend goes on.
BGU readers, if you haven’t seriously listened to Ry Cooder, get your ears on and tune in – one of the greatest players of all.
One of my best buddy ski friends was the guitar tech for Steve Vai and Joe Satriani on the G3 tour. Gave me a roland sde 1000 to work with. This is sound advice (get it sound advice?) from a master!!
I get a lot of “you’re just being stubborn” stuff on the forum because of my approach to lots of things. But know what? It works for me, and they can do whatever they like.
Also, I have one of the original Carvin Legacy amps that Steve worked with Carvin to design. Man, what an amp!
Steve’s advise makes a lot of good sense. The top ten list is something I’m going to work on and watch the video when I need too as a reminder. Steve’s really a true artist and his out look on playing is great. I think that’s why he’s at the top of his game.
Very useful advice. Thanks.
Definitely hits the nail on the head! I am currently making applications from the book The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. Part of consciousness is paying little attention to the egoic mind which is what he was talking about with the voices that load you up with negative feedback. Really good stuff! Thank you for posting!
I have the power of now by Eckhart Tolle. The reading of it was too deep for me.
Seriously, can you explain the book more to me as I think it could help me in many aspects of my life? Thank you.
Griff,
Mr.Vai is arguably one of the greatest players of all time.
He makes some very good points in this video. They should all be taken to heart, by students, in any field.
I, apparently, have no guitar DNA.every aspect, is a struggle, for me, but life is a struggle, so we just keep on keeping on, without giving up.
The only thing that has ever come easily, for me, is vocals.
I began my journey, as a vocalist, at the tinder age of eight. I simply opened my mouth, and out it came.
After fifty some years, as a semi professional vocalist, I decided to learn guitar(after all, how hard could it be?).
Your lessons have been a great help, but still, I struggle.
I say this, for any others, who may be in my situation, keep on keeping on, and never give up! The end result will be worth the effort!!
Spyderdan, think about what you do musically as a vocalist (approaching notes, timing-wise, …) and you’ll realise you have a serious leg up compared to others! You might need some private tutoring to be able to make good use of it, though, especially on the technical side.
G Borman is right, particularly when it comes to soloing. The first thing I tell young players struggling with soloing is to think of it and approach it like it’s your voice
This is very good advice for anything you may want to do! It is aways good to be reminded of it!
Thanks Griff!
I’m sure you’ve heard this before BUT here it comes again!!! “Garbage in, Garbage out!”
The more you are self deprecating (putting yourself down) the more you are programming your mind to believe what you say. The converse of that is the more you think and speak positively (happy self talk) the more likely you are to improve! The body flollows the mind so why not tell yourself that you’re getting better at whatever it is you’re doing!
Medical doctors like Cancer Specialists (Oncologists) have found the a patients attitude and will to live often have positive effects (placebo effects) on their outcomes!
It can’t hurt to believe in yourself!
Great stuff Griff I have Flexible on cassette that’s how long I’ve been a fan of Steve Vai he has a book Steve Vais 10hr workout a grueling day of guitar practice I’m a huge fan of this instrumental style of music although it’s quite technical and sometimes over my head Steve and Joe Satriani are my guys give em a listen ! 😉
Someone else may have said this already, but let’s reinforce it. Thank you, Steve Vai. Very humble, very human, very helpful..across the board. These are rules for life, not just guitar playing. Namasté!
One small addition: all that fright in your solar plexus? it’s actually excitement about what you’re doing–and it hurts because you’re holding it down. It’s actually the exact energy that you need to do what you’re trying to do 🙂
It helps to have some talent!
The exristepe shines through. Thanks for taking the time to answer.
It’s like you’re on a mission to save me time and money!
I never heard of him but his 10 rules are quite good. It’s very possible that I don’t belong playing guitar.
This was great It may even help me relax at my gig tomorrow night.
Thanks for sharing
Good Stuff Sir!
Very motivational so thanks Griff for a great ‘blog’. I have all of your courses and could not believe my luck when last week I watched your brilliant soloing with jam tracks video. Of the three ‘licks’ you demonstrate is the all time classic. ‘Tore Down’. Yet again I am a very happy customer!
Griff: Thanks for this! Lots there to take to heart. And thanks also for being so ready to help us reach that good place. I love your courses, in part because they are helping me to find that place inside I knew existed but could quite find. A good teacher is worth his weight in gold.
Hey Griff thanks so much for posting that!!!
I also heard something I thought was very powerful just the other day.
Let your faith be stronger than your fear.
I never believed in myself, now at 65 (wait did I say 65 it’s 64) I am learning to play the guitar and loving it. I have always been able to sing a tune but never able to accompany myself I had to rely on others. Well you know trying to explain to a musician how you interperate a song can be a bit trying.
My memory has never been great so what might take someone a day to learn takes me a week. Proud to say in that respect somethings are
getting better. Working to get up and play one day soon at an open jam. And now I can actually see myself doing it!! ( Saying it out loud is terrifying) I will go to that rule breath and relax)
Thanks again for passing on all the info and support on to all of us it is such a great help like having your own support team!!
Regards,
Joan
Joan
Hey Griff,
That was good, and I enjoyed it, and I benefited from it “but”, that said, there’s just a certain incongruity of great people analyzing their greatness. Much of Vai’s playing is done in a way that he himself is unaware of- he just does it. When I try to imitate, no matter how hard I work on it, it just misses. Rule #1 certainly puts you in a direction of chiseling out the sculpture within- just keep your expectations modest. Kind of in a cynical mood this morning I guess.
Wow! Kudos to you!
I am also a female learning to play guitar. You have inspired me!
I think one of the toughest hurdles is recognizing what you’re really good at.
Yes, I’m learning the guitar and liking it, but a little voice in my head keeps reminding me that I really don’t have any good Guitar DNA….you won’t aspire to anythig with the guitar. But I enjoy the learning and expressing my mood with appropiate guitar songs…..
Who am I to disagree. In saying that if you work on the things that are tuff for you Now you are twice as good later. Just my thought.
Hey should you rather be thicking that over again, get better with what you know forget the scales once in a while and just go nutz with it its amazing . for roger you got it man emotions is a big part
Absolutely keyed into what was said there. Particularly the performing on stage bit (I could have done with seeing that a couple of years ago when I made a first solo stage appearance with a classical guitar in front of 200 people – mind you can anything really prepare you for that or is it something you just have experience and get back on the horse as soon as?)
That inshgit would have saved us a lot of effort early on.
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Doing what you love bring the excitement he is talking about, you may not be there yet but keeping your eyes on the prize will put you in the right state of mind. Steve is absolutely one that has the focus to achieve the prize. Some of us (like me) need the help that you (Griff) has provided. I love playing and hearing the blues. Thanks Griff for your inspirations.
Funny, Steve Vai was never my favorite guitarists, and in fact I never included him in my top ten. I thought he was good but an an nth below the ones I really liked. I was surprised when he started playing for Kansas and I did pay more attention to his playing. Obviously he is good because he has been around a very long time. I also knew that he had worked with Frank Zappa. His ten rules are very good but the one that got me and I feel the same way is that sheet music, or music written out is art, and I agree with that 100%. He has a wonderful attitude about himself and music. Thank you for this video, Griff Hamlin.
Griff,
Thanks for bringing it back to what really matters not only with music but in any part of one’s life!
Cheers Griff
Big fan of mr vai since his Zappa days don’t know if it’s true
but his practice schedule is seven hours or more a day if
He his not working
All of the rules are great! And can be used in daily life!!
Thanks!!
Tommy Emmanuel is to acoustic what Vai is to electric – for me. He says “When you practice till your girlfriend leaves, your dog runs away, your friends don’t call…..THEN you know you’re on to something.”
Dedication and determination.
What a Gift! To hear the how and why from the mouth of the Master. Steve Vai is the greatest guitarist ever to live, so his advice is the best wisdom you can hear.
10 rules = 10 truths. Not only is the first rule important, but the other 9 represent very sound ideas about how people grow and develop. Very insightful! Thank you, Griff.
Very Good Advice!
I know what Steve is trying to tell us…. Making it happen is another thing….. Anyway a lot to think about
Thanks Griff
How true . got to get there . Let nothing hold me back .
Terrific!
Looking at the big picture always brings one back to the focal point. Excellent motivational tool. I’m looking forward to the next change and the next accomplishment. Turning 70 this spring.
Thanks Griff