Embrace Your Inner Elvis
Today is the birthday of Elvis Presley - he was born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1935. He learned to play the guitar when he was 12, and he quickly learned to play almost anything by ear. He finished high school, started studying to be an electrician, and got a job as a truck driver for an electric company. It was his love for his mother that launched his recording career.
The Sun Record Company had a special recording studio where anyone could come in and pay a small fee to record personal records for themselves. In the summer of 1953, Elvis scraped together four dollars to record two songs, “My Happiness” and “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin,” as a present for his mother.
The recording engineer that day liked Elvis’s voice, and somehow those recordings made their way into the hands of producer Sam Phillips, and that was the beginning of Presley’s career. Elvis recorded 30 #1 hits.
The message is that we need to embrace our strengths. I expect Elvis would have made a fine electrician. What would the musical world have been like then, and today, without his contributions and influence? We need to follow some of those voices, in our heads and from our friends and peers, that guide us to our innate strengths. Take some time to explore today!
Stumble it!
Joe Raasch :: Jan.08.2007 :: Personal ::