Issue #6 - November 11, 1999
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Brought to you by Laurie Riddell Geary, M.Ed., PCC: Coaching you to get your life in gear by making shifts, getting unstuck, finding balance and alignment, accelerating your growth, and mapping the best route to your chosen destination: your perfect life!
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GET WIRED!
My son, Derek, has finally fulfilled his dream - he has produced his first CD: "WIRE" - "notably distinctive and relentlessly original compositions" for solo piano. Last week I described my experiences living in Spain as a result of my mother living out her dream; I see both my mother and Derek as having the courage to take enormous risks to realize their goals. As I lead workshops and teleclasses on TAKING RISKS THAT LEAD TO PERSONAL GROWTH, I am struck by the people who have the courage to step way out of their comfort zone to realize their potential - how many of us do that? Derek has become another one of my heros and role models and I am so proud to have the opportunity to tell you a little about him.
At Derek's website (http://www.derekgeary.com) his PATH TO SUCCESS is described better than I can say it: "As much as any jazz musician recording today, Geary has taken a circuitous path en route to releasing his first solo album...he was hardly the stereotypical musical prodigy. If he wasn't at home practicing the piano, chances are he was strapping on ice skates, stick in hand, chasing a puck. Hockey came as naturally to him as playing Hanon etudes, and the talent he displayed for that sport was as rare as the one he had for the piano. He proved himself able enough on ice to be drafted by the Boston Bruins in the sixth round of the 1988 NHL draft, the day he graduated from Gloucester High School. However, despite the effort it takes to make one's self into a world class hockey player, Geary never strayed far from piano. In 1994, after graduating from Dartmouth College, he moved to Boston to train with the Bruins full time as a professional hockey player. Yet his bearing towards music weighed heavily on him to the point that, in dramatic fashion, at the beginning of the Bruins' training camp, Derek quit the team and the sport forever. Since then he has pursued his musical career full-time, studying under the tutelage of notable Boston musicians John Heiss and Ran Blake of the New England conservatory, and working as the personal assistant of legendary composer Gunther Schuller. In 1996, Derek moved to Austin, Texas, where he spent what amounted to three intense years in the shed behind his house with his piano, devoting all his creative energy to his own music. The result is the dynamic, highly personal music you find on: WIRE, culminating in 23 years of hard work and devotion. If, as concert pianist and writer Russell Sherman once said: "To know the piano is to know the universe," Derek Geary is an avid and fearless explorer" - and I'm proud to have a small part in his exploration and achievement. I hope you too will become part of his universe... as well as be inspired by him to live out your own dream!

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TAREA:
*Check out Derek's website: http://www.derekgeary.com, where you can read more of his very personal notes about his path to the fulfillment of his dream - and listen to selections of his music.
*Order a copy of his CD from his website or email me (laurie@ingearcoaching.com)
*Write to me about people in your life who have taken risks to live out their   dreams.
*What are you doing to take risks for your own personal growth and fulfillment?
   Make a plan and start today!

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*Call /email me for a Complimentary Coaching Session to support you in taking risks to realize your dream!

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FEEDBACK from last week's issue:

Loved your story, Laurie (rhyming incidental, not intentional--[that one,
too!]). I'm sure I'll refer to it often to help people here understand what
being in a different culture feels like--here on the border, it's often an
issue, both ways.
Judy G.

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Sounds like you were thrown into the deep end of the pool,
and came out a good swimmer! Fascinating story...
Interpeople Inc.  Dr. Shuneet Thomson, Mediator and Trainer.

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