Inspired by Chapter 2 of Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Like my daughter, I learned the Power of a BURNING
DESIRE at an early age – long before I’d ever heard of
this philosophy. Some things we just learn by
“accident”, but the Secrets of the Universe are often
stumbled upon because they are hidden in plain view.
This POWER actually scared me so much, I suppressed it
for years.
My PASSION was not for sports, but for music. My dream
was to conduct musical ensembles and to compose music.
My passion for music grew starting about age 6, and I
actually composed two songs. I listened to a lot of
music – and I listened carefully, with great intensity.
I picked out the part each instrument played on
recordings and I practiced conducting the ensemble in
my IMAGINATION.
I taught myself piano by ear, including all the scales
in every key. Years later I learned to read music.
I majored in music in high school. Studying music
theory came easily for me, as I already had a head
start from my self-education. I borrowed “Conducting”
by the master Max Rudolf, and studied the book
cover-to-cover.
In my junior year, I finally received formal training
in conducting. I excelled in class when it was my turn
to conduct the ensemble because I had been “practicing”
for years. Since eighht grade, I VISUALIZED conducting
an ensemble in concert – that somehow, someday an
opportunity would present itself whereupon I would do
it. I had to be prepared for that day.
The day came in May of my junior year. Three weeks
before our spring concert, one of our two music
teachers, the choral director, suddenly developed an
aneurism in his leg requiring emergency surgery.
The student leaders who had seen me in action in class
spoke with the other teacher, insisting that I – not
some substitute teacher – conduct the remaining
rehearsals and the concert. I was stunned when the
teacher approached me about it, but accepted the
challenge.
I visited the hospital where my mentor was recovering
from the surgery, and he gave me his confidence and
encouragement.
I spent all weekend studying the music to prepare for
the rehearsals. The highlight of the concert was to be
a performance by the combined choirs and symphony
orchestra of the Brahms’ German Requiem – not typical
high school repertoire, but ours was not a typical
school.
With the cooperation of my other teachers, I was
excused from all classes so I could rehearse the
separate ensembles and the combined forces in the final
days before the concert .
The evening of the concert, with the support and love
of my fellow students, we performed brilliantly – and I
REALIZED my DREAM for the first time.
In my senior year, I studied orchestration and
conducted an arrangement for string orchestra I wrote
based on a tune I composed at age 6. How cool was that?
At that year’s spring concert, my healed mentor
conducted an original arrangement of mine for chorus
and orchestra.
Throughout college and my adult life I enjoyed many
other musical opportunities, including participating in
a Grammy Award-winning recording on RCA.
But the Realization of my Dream frightened me – I
thought I had somehow caused my teacher’s aneurism. I
suppressed use of the POWER many times in my life.
Now that I am immersed in deep study of the Law of
Attraction, I believe differently.
Your Friend and Servant,
Ken Klemm – Florida, USA
P.S. The Laws of Success work whether You’re aware of
them or not.
Originally published at 30DayMentalCleanse.info
Ken Klemm
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