Children, like all of us, need help setting goals that wont run out of track before the end of the journey. The piano journey is no different. There are basically two kinds of goals: Dead goals that simply expire, and Living Goals that never die. What kind of goals do you want your child to reach for? If you want them to achieve living goals youll need to show them how to prepare for the future. Preparing for the future requires having a plan in place. When it comes to planning, however, most people put the cart before the horse. If you look at planning for a musical dream, however, the same way you would think about investing in a new business, its easy to see how one could get lost before they ever got started. For example, would you start to grow a new business by focusing on time management instead of a business plan? What difference would it make how you spend your time if you don't have a plan with goals to guide you? So why encourage your child in piano lessons to focus on target goals that will achieve their musical goals. There is no excuse for not having a good plan when it comes to helping your child in piano lessons achieve their musical dreams because it's so easy. Just start by asking three simple questions. 1. Why do you want to learn to play the piano? 2. What will you need to learn to in order to do that? 3. How will you go about accumulating the resources and knowledge you'll need? Help your child start making their list and checking if off and by Christmas they'll be wishing they'd done this sooner. |