What does SUCCESS mean to you? This is a very personal question. It means different things to different people. We first need to define what success means to us and then figure out what is the key to success that is unique to our definition. Ask yourself: What Is The Key To The Success In Life?

I shall tell you what success means to me and at the end I will reveal what is the key to my success. This may help you to think and determine your key that will unlock the door to your success.

I like to think of success as having the resources to help me leave a legacy. It means having money. Enough to fund a major program described below!

Of course, I would like to afford a large home overlooking the ocean with a sandy beach below. It would be wonderful to own several cars, each for different uses. Like a luxury car, chauffeur driven, to attend special functions. A car that can be driven on rough terrain to explore places off the beaten track. And naturally a coveted sports car that I would like to take to a race track and drive it at speed for fun and exhilaration, with a coach next to me giving me advice for safety!

Although I have traveled extensively, and visited 27 countries in my life, there are more countries I would like to visit. And by first class too!

However, none of these things would help me leave a legacy. When money, or the lack of money is not an issue, just think about the number of things you or I can do to make this world a better place! And that my friends is my burning reason to accumulate wealth. I want to use wealth as a tool to help others make a difference in their lives and by default in our world too. I would like to explore some of these possibilities.

My Legacy – Can I leave this world a little better than I found it?

It excites me to think about all the things I can do if money was not a limitation. What about you?

Children are our future. Isn’t it important to equip them with the tools and the skills along with a work ethic to accomplish amazing things in their lives?

I have made connections with youngsters who have a passion for sports, entertainment, acting, culinary arts, saving our planet and helping animals among other pursuits. It is inspiring to me to think about the positive impact they will have on our planet. We hear a great deal about how kids these days waste all their time playing video games and texting. These kids do too. With one major difference – in moderation. They don’t have the time to waste, because they spend many hours each day honing their skills.

My passion is music. Hence, I have developed friendships with young musicians who are passionate about creating and performing great music. Not all can afford to do this as much as they want to. I know of parents who have made great sacrifices in their lives so that their sons or daughters can pursue their musical careers.

It is a proven fact of life that the study of music can have an impact in academic subjects as well as in many other aspects of a child’s life. Here is a site that talks about the many benefits of musical education in schools

Benefits of Musical Education For Children

When I was a child my mother started me off on piano lessons at the age of 7. What spurred her on to take this action?

She learned to play the violin as a child and became very good at it. Hence she gave not only me but all my siblings the opportunity to learn music.

We were friends with a family who had a piano in their parlor. This was in India and the parlor was only used to entertain guests. One of their daughters was a musician and played the piano. Whenever we visited them I used to sneak off to their parlor and reached up at the keys and tried to play.

Taking these situations into consideration made it easy to enroll me into piano lessons.

Music benefited me immensely. It helped me develop better work habits in academics. For example the understanding of musical notation in order to play,  helped me in Math. Reading about the history of music also helped me to enjoy regular history.

My experience was not unique. It has been proven that all children who learn music develop a better understanding of academic subjects and get to like them too. This makes it easier to excel academically.

Here is an excellent link that goes more deeper into this phenomenon:

The Benefits Of Music Education For Children.

One Of My Goals

Hence it is very reasonable to conclude that if I can foster the musical education of kids I would be having a far greater impact in their lives that goes way beyond music. And that would give me the opportunity to help far more people that I could ever do just through my efforts alone. And it will keep on giving long after I am gone.

I have been thinking about this a great deal. When, and not if, I accumulate great wealth through my online activities, I shall create scholarships for kids to fund their musical education. And they would be substantial amounts for each child.

The right to these scholarships would have to be earned. And that can be made a fun activity for the child. Boring is something that it will not be!

Team of Experts – To help me in the selection process

Although I play the piano and keyboards as a hobby, and earned my piano teaching diploma from The Royal Academy of Music when I was in my early 20s, I also got a degree in Electrical Engineering and Electronics before my piano diploma, and decided that a career in electronics would be the sensible thing to do. I have no regret at all for putting music on the back burner. My engineering career was very exciting and rewarding indeed. As part of a team I designed cockpit displays for military and commercial aircraft that are still flying today. I am retired now and have more time to pursue other activities like developing the knowledge and skills to create an online business. Why not you join me in the same pursuit?

I will create a network of musical specialists to help me in my objective. My musical experience will equip me to ask prospective team members the right questions to help me build a team of like-minded individuals who enjoy music and wish to foster the love of music in children.

Selection Criteria

There are two categories of kids I have in my mind who could benefit from my plan. The first would be kids who have potential in music but do not know it yet because they’ve never tried or been encouraged to do so. The reason is often due to family economic limitations. The second would be kids who do indeed learn music. But their progress is greatly handicapped for family economic reasons too. How do I plan to find the right kids in each of these categories?

• Sources to find kids suitable for this program.

My target would be schools, boys and girls clubs, religious communities and the use of online methods. An invitation would be sent out to these entities detailing what this program is all about and to get feedback. There will be no cost to the entities involved. Parents would be an integral part of the program and a necessary part of the dialog.

• Exploratory meetings.

The first objective of these meetings is to educate the parties involved on the program and its goals. Key team members with specialized musical skills and experience will be there to answer any questions. The second objective is to find out if this is a program they can support. It will be made clear that the kids would have to qualify for this program. Details of the qualification process will be presented to them. This process will be developed by the team so it is too early to detail that now.

• Means Test

Children who are from wealthy homes will only be eligible. for a fair fee. Hence, there will be a means test to decide which families will need to pay and which families wont. The purpose is to level the playing field.

Hurdles

I know there will be many hurdles that we will have to cross. Problems will arise that we would not have thought about before. Anything of value will have problems that must be overcome.

The Ultimate Goal and the Answer to the Title Question

The ultimate goal is to help these kids discover and elevate their musical talent and in the process experience the various benefits of musical education

One of these benefits is the manner in which they will positively impact others through their musical talents.

So what is the key to success in life?

Quite simply, the answer is A LEGACY of MUSIC!

In order to accomplish this goal I know I will have to create significant wealth. I will not do this alone. This will be accomplished with imaginative partners who will respond to my business plan and in the process make money for themselves too. This has got to be a win-win situation for everyone involved in this project.

Isn’t it great to DREAM! I challenge you to

Let’s Dream BIG TOGETHER!