The Idea Incubator by Jerald Simon

I'd like to welcome you to my podcast, "Music, Motivation, and More - The Positivity Podcast."

My name is Jerald Simon, and I am the host of "Music, Motivation, and More - The Positivity Podcast.

I am the founder of Music Motivation® (http://www.musicmotivation.com) and the creator of the Cool Songs Club (https://www.coolsongsclub.com) and the Essential Piano Exercises Course (https://www.essentialpianoexercises.com/). I also teach weekly online group piano lessons at this link: http://essentialpianolessons.com/

In this episode, 039 - "The Idea Incubator," - I talk about the following:

1. Intro/Opening: Is there such a thing as an ideal idea?

2. Positive Perceptions: "Everyone has ideas..." pg. 37 from Perceptions, Parables, and Pointers by Jerald Simon

3. Motivation in a Minute - "Get a good idea and stay with it..." pg. 190 from Perceptions, Parables, and Pointers by Jerald Simon

4. The Music Within: "Song of Serenity" from the album "The Dawn of a New Age" by Jerald Simon.

5. Poetry that Motivates - The Inner World of Being (page 45) from my book "Poetry that Motivates." My other poetry book is "The 'As If' Principle" (motivational poetry) featuring 222 motivational and inspirational poems I have written.

As a music educator, I have written 27 music books featuring original music I have composed.  Learn more about my music books I have written on my website, http://www.musicmotivation.com. -

I began composing what have become known as Cool Songs to help motivate teens to want to play the piano - the FUN way. You can learn more about the fun, COOL SONGS I composed each month that have accompaniment minus tracks so students can play along with drums, guitars, keyboard synths, and other instruments and sound effects on my COOL SONGS website at