Comments on: How to Light a Fire: The Keith Richards Method

By: Geetanjali

Geetanjali — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:27:27 +0000

One thing no one has mentioned is the effect on reading. Most kids today don’t like to read, and its a statistic mentioned over and over, but how many parents are themselves demonstrating a love of reading?

My mom got me hooked on reading as a child, and one of the main reasons was because I grew up in homes where there were books everywhere, and yet no one ever asked me to read. I just knew that I had to improve my skill level fast if I wanted to be able to read all those books. And of course, the love of books permeated the atmosphere, so I picked it up.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:58:55 +0000

Just reading the Keif Richards book now – in addition to the explaining the “ignition” he also touches on the deep practice that Keith, Mick & Brian Jones experienced. Living together in a monk-like existence, two mattresses and a record player, poring over Muddy Waters and Jimmy Reed records and relentlessly dissecting them. Then, once they started getting gigs, working like the Beatles did in Germany — sometimes 2-3 gigs a day.

The book itself is a great read — I’ve learned there’s a lot more to Keith than the myth/pop culture stereotype!

By: djcoyle

djcoyle — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:47:49 +0000

Good ones — thanks!

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:20:26 +0000

Michael Phelps and Michael Jackson come to mind.

By: djcoyle

djcoyle — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:08:40 +0000

Very cool, Greg — thanks for sharing that. Maybe we should start a list of younger children who share this pattern. We could add Yo-Yo Ma and Mozart, both of whom had older sibs. Who else?

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:54:09 +0000

Dan,
Great post. I recently saw this interview on MSN with Katy Perry that reminded me of this post. She talks about watching and hearing her older sister take voice lessons, and it made her want to do it. She talks about how singing on stage gave her a place where everyone would stop what they were doing to listen, and how picking up a guitar at 13 was her “ammo” for her passion, adding the ability to play music to add to her voice.

Link
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/katy-perry-before-she-was-famous/tbfsam4e?q=Katy+Perry&rel=msn&from=en-us_msnhp&form=MSNHED&gt1=42007

Keep up the fascinating work.

Greg Sumpter

By: Samuel Cartwright

Samuel Cartwright — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 07:28:44 +0000

Brilliant

By: Carson Boddicker

Carson Boddicker — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 22:40:27 +0000

IngridHTW,

Your thoughts on Montessori schools are ones that jumped into my head upon reading this as well. I feel as though Montessori schools do a phenomenal job in many ways as far as their methods and how they encourage/gently nudge the neural changes required in learning and development.

Regards,
Carson Boddicker

By: TraderAngelT3

TraderAngelT3 — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:58:14 +0000

Daniel,

I went through similar journey on my road to finally receiving an offer to trade at a Hedge fund. For a period of two years, I was rejected at most of the major firms in NYC. However, during that period I never quit a deep passion / desire had developed within me. I continued to press forward and apply to other major firms, until I was finally admitted to my preferred choice. Today, I’m an excellent trader, and I’m outperforming. I feel that this period of rejection, helped make me stronger. Kind of like a pressure cooker, by keeping the lid on it, the pressure increases, until point you pop the lid and all of that energy/passion/ desire gushes out… that’s when a star is born.

By: wally

wally — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:50:43 +0000

there is a similar story about Bach. He lived with his older brother. He was not allowed to look at his brothers collection of written music. He had to sneak to look at it.