Now that I am married, I understand the importance of communicating like never before.
Two way communication that is.
I was pretty good at one way for a long time.
Well, actually, I am pretty good at one way still, it just doesn’t yield any benefit anymore.
But it got me thinking about a type of conversation that I learned from some sales training I took a long time ago.
It’s called the “Roller Coaster” conversation.
And it can be used for just about any situation that will have possible ups and downs…
…which is pretty much anything in life.
Here’s how it works.
You sit the other person down and tell them this.
“Okay, before we start (insert the topic, for example, a 10 day family vacation) we need to realize that it’s a journey. We are excited right now to go, and will be really excited as we start out etc… but we have to remember that there will be times when we are…
scared
mad
upside down
feel like puking
nervous
sick
twisted up
…BUT, if we just hold on. If we just ride it out. We will end up back where we started. Smiling, exhausted, and ready to do it again.”
So when the “thing” happens doing the journey you simple look at each other and say, this must be a twist etc.., then you laugh.
Well, in theory, thats how it goes.
And the truth is…
…learning piano is a lot like that.
And sometimes we need to remember that it won’t always be exciting.
It won’t always be fun.
It won’t always feel safe
It will stretch our own insecurities about what we can do and make us feel sick.
But if you hold on.
Have the right roller coaster engineer on your side making sure the track you’re on is safe, and will get you back excited.
Well, then, you just hold on and see what happens.
Most people don’t finish The Layer Method program.
But the ones who do…
…It changes their life forever.
And it only take a few weeks to get up that first hill.
After that momentum takes over and it’s frightenly fun!
If you’re at least 42″ tall, then get a ticket and let’s get this coaster started.
Keep your arms inside the car, the safety gate is coming down here:
Here to Serve,
Tim (PianoFool)
