John S. Gordon - Business and Personal Coach

"You have the greatness and the power.  I just help you turn on the switch."

Welcome to Issue 131.  If you did not receive a previous issue, you may use the archive link below to view it now.  The mission of "Marvelous Mondays" is to offer an inspirational thought, a practical exercise, some humor, or a simple tip to jump-start your week and to enhance your life, business, outlook or relationships. 

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This is a third in a series on music and sounds.  Rex Parris is the creative  mayor of Lancaster, Cal.  After reviewing scientific studies, he is piping new age music, water sounds, and bird songs into the downtown streets.  He is convinced that it has already reduced "poor judgment crimes" such as fighting and resisting arrest.  Of course it can be soothing and relaxing to all.  Interestingly enough this music is timed at ½ the human heart rate. 

I invite you this week to observe the effect of music with the ½ heart rate tempo by choosing any of these:

1.     Bird sounds

2.     Water sounds

3.     New age [our local public radio station 89.3FM in Kansas City has a new age program on Sunday night hosted by Renee Blanche]

Thank you for sharing your responses to the exercise last week.  The responses ranged from Beethoven's Leonora Overture to Pink Floyd.  I look forward to hearing from you again this week. 

   

"Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body." Oliver Wendell Holmes [1809-1894 Physician, author, and father of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Homes, Jr.]

                   **John is currently accepting a few new coaching clients.**

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