Course curriculum
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1
[Welcome] The How to Focus Course
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Preface
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Intro
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The Mountain of Distractions
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It's Not Your Fault
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The Focus Formula
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Think Clearly
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Direct Your Attention
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What Could Happen
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How to Focus "Concentrate" Playbook
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2
[Welcome] Advanced Focus
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Why am I including these optional "missions"?
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The Doom Diet (use this to create more mental space & reduce generalised anxiety)
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Focus Havens (use this to clear your physical & digital areas)
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Multiply Your Time (reduce time dividers & increase time multipliers)
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2 Apps To Destroy Online Distractions
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3
[Welcome] Setup Mastery
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Setup Mastery Action (FOR YOU if you're anywhere near a gear addict!)
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Gary Tracey "Setup Mastery" Case Study
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4
[Welcome] Build Bulletproof Creative Habits
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Why Habits First?
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What Is A Habit?
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The Anatomy Of A Habit
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How to Change or Create a Habit
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M.V.C. MOTIVATION!
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5
[Week 0] A.M.M. Motivation
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Claude VonStroke on Using the AMM to Make His Next Album...
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6
[Week 0] The Making of "The Begin" Docu-series
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"The Challenge"
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"Creation vs Consumption"
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"Systems Set You Free"
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"A Detective Game"
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"The Trial of The Century"
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7
[Week 0] Creating SPACE in Your Music
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How to Listen Masterclass 6 "Colour & Contrast: Mixing to Perfection"
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Why Space Now? (from Simple Secrets of Masterful Music: Module 2)
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Principles of Space (from Simple Secrets of Masterful Music: module 2)
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8
[Week 1] Mike's Demonstration Music Machine
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What's This?
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Chimp Splurge (Recording the Audio)
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The Chimp Hook Splurge
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The MVS Splurge
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9
[Week 1] How to Make Hooks Using Answering Phrases (Question & Answer)
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About the next 2 extra videos...
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What Is Music?
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Why Is a Great Musical Hook?
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Masterclass 1 - What Makes Great Music Great?
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Masterclass 2 - How Simple Ideas Make Great Music
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10
[Week 1] Direct Listening Missions
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Why am I including these "missions"?
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Direct Listening 1
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How to Focus Course Direct Listening Demo (again)
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Direct Listening 2
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Direct Listening Review
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Wide & Direct Listening 1
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How to Focus Course Direct Listening Demo
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Wide & Direct Listening 2
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[ Week 2 ] Make Great Decisions Fast (from Start Now Finish Fast)
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01 Intro
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02 An Outcome Focus
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03 Analysis or Insight
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04 How to Make Great Decisions using Analysis
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05 How to Create Ideal Conditions for Insight
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06 Wrap Up
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Make Great Decisions Fast Playbook
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The Well Formed Outcome (exercise 1 in the playbook)
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The GROW session (exercise 2 in the playbook)
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“An Outcome Focus” case study (appendix 2 in the playbook)
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12
[Week 2] The "Thing" (from Make Music Your Life Monthly)
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3 Examples of a "Thing" (the idea which means "you know what it wants to be")
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13
[Week 2] The Power of Metaphor (from Make Unique Music)
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01 Intro
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02 What is Metaphor in Music
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03 What do You do with Metaphor
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04 How a Metaphor Works
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05 Week 8 Games
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06 Outro
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Playbook
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Images
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14
[Week 2] Song Exploder - Relevant Episodes
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Wilco: DISCOVERY (not design)
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Nine Inch Nails: The Dreamer & The Editor
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15
[Week 3] Overwhelmed? Try This...
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The Coathook
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16
[Week 3] Mike's Demonstration Music Machine
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DRAFTING FOCUS Demo: "ERDog"
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DRAFTING LIST Demo: "ERDog"
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DRAFTING SESSION Demo: "ERDog"
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DRAFTING FOCUS Demo: "Be Onde"
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DRAFTING LIST Demo: "Be Onde"
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DRAFTING SESSION Demo: "Be Onde"
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[Week 3] Struggle With Arrangement? (Part 1)
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Step 1: Archetype Analysis
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Step 2: Simple Secrets of Masterful Music - "Contrast" module
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Contrast Is a BIG Deal
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A "Broad Brushstroke Overview" of the "Nitty Gritty Details"
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How I Created Contrast
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The Opposite Game (SSMM Version)
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[Week 3] Struggle With Arrangement? (Part 2)
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Why Tell A Story?
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The Arc (from "Make an Album With Mike - In Search Of Flow")
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How to Develop Your Musical Story
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POP Quiz!
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The Hero's Journey Game ("next week" game from this module)
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What is a Metaphor in Music? (from "Make Unique Music" program)
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The Instant Loopitis Cure
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19
[Week 3] How to Listen Like An Oxford Trained Musician Masterclasses
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Masterclass 1 - What Makes Great Music Great
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Masterclass 2 - How Simple Ideas Make Great Music?
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Masterclass 3 - It's All In The Groove Baby
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Masterclass 4 - Harmony, Melody, Bass! Make Em Sing!
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Masterclass 5 - Repetitive Music? Exciting Arrangement.
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Masterclass 6 - Colour & Contrast: Mixing To Perfection
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[Week 4] Mike's Demo Music Machine: Deploying the HIT!!!
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Identifying My Musical History Elements
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Deploying the History HIT
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Creating the HIT Splurge Template
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The History HIT Splurge
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Deploying the History HIT in Discovery
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The History HIT Discovery Splurge (Part 1)
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The History HIT Discovery Splurge (Part 2)
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[Week 4] Genre & Categories
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I Am Plankton Analysis
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What Is "Genre"?
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Dr Jeremy Mayall Interview (Style vs Genre)
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Categories Introduction
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Why "Categories"?
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Category Levels
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Category Cues
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The Sliding Scale
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22
[Weeks 5 & 6] What ARE you doing?
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Alternative Perspectives?
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Do You Make Decisions? (from Make Unique Music)
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The Fear / Option Equation (from Mission: Make Music Your Life)
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Perfection vs Mastery (from Make an Album With Mike)
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[Weeks 5 & 6] Your Perception of TIME...How It Holds You Back!
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The End of "Make an Album With Mike - In Search of Flow"
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Listen As A Listener
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Is It "Time Dilation"?
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Week 11 Games
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What Is Your Past?
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Week 12 Games
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"Past" Recap
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Future SHOCK!
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Week 13 Games
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How About NOW?
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Week 14 Games
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24
[Week 7] Come and Join Me in My Studio
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Let's Hang Out...
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25
[Week 7] The Pitfalls of Feedback
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Where Feedback? (Part 1)
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Where Feedback (Part 2)
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[Week 7] What You...Want? Got? Need?
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Want? Got? Need?
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Playbook With All The Steps (Follow Along With The Videos & Do The Steps In Your Journal)
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Editable RTF Document With The Steps (In Case You Prefer Electronic Brainstorming!)
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Step 1 - The P.A.D. Again?!
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The Perfect Average Day Instructions (taken from One Mission Program)
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Step 2 - What Do / Don't You Want?
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Step 3 - Take Inventory
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Step 4 - Find Your Freedom Number
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Step 5 - Ahhhh...RELAX!
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[Week 8] Why I Believe Live Streaming is HUGE for Musicians
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What Is Music?
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The Music Industry Is Dead - Long Live The Music Industry
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The 3 Problems
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The Attention Solution
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The Engagement & Patronage Solutions
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28
[Week 8] Final Bits & Pieces
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Embarrassing Video (I first shared this in my "Grow Your Tribe" program)
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A Few Examples of Masterminders Who Are Already Doing It!
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Reading List
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Daily HIAs (From Mission: Make Music Your Life)
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The Make Music Your Life Masterplan
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The Make Music Your Life Masterplan (taken from Momentum Monday Relaunch Session)
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The Make Music Your Life Masterplan (Version 0.6 / Release Date: 23rd Feb 2021)
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