How to Navigate Your Thumb-Indexed Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

October 31, 2014 by Eric Beaty 2

^{(Click here to see the story of how I lost and found my original Thompson Chain Reference Bible)}

Right on the heels of my video on my King James Study Bible, Second Edition Comparison, I’m very excited to be doing a video on how to navigate thumb-indexed Bibles (Thompson Chain Reference Bible or otherwise)!

In this video, I’ll be showing you some great tips I’ve learned over the last 15+ years of owning a Thompson Chain Reference Bible (Original Edition)* for knowing exactly where to find the best features in this bible using a standard thumb-indexed system of navigation.

Tending to the Forest of Entrepreneurship

October 24, 2014 by Eric Beaty 2

It’s 11:50pm here as I sit at my desk with a turkey sandwich (mayo only), a slice of cheese (on the side), and a mug of milk (2%). I just finished watching a couple of great interviews on the subject of being an author and an entrepreneur by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant with Joanna Penn as the host.

After watching these interviews, I couldn’t help but think about what I would like to be doing in the coming months and well into next year. This year has been a year mainly focused on and dedicated to my Bluegrass Guitar Essentials course (soon to be completed and released in a DVD version), with little room for much else besides running the many aspects of my business (website admin., YouTube videos, marketing, Social Media, bookkeeping etc.).

As a result, major burnout and overwhelm has occurred for me, and I plan on taking a totally different direction for myself in 2015.

King James Study Bible, Second Edition Comparison

October 10, 2014 by Eric Beaty 2

A New Classic After 25 Years!

Recently I bought a King James Study Bible, Second Edition and decided to compare it with my older, original edition of the same Bible. So just one day after receiving it, I decided to do a Google+ Hangout comparing the two.

In the video above I’ll be comparing the more recent King James Study Bible, Second Edition with my original edition of the same Bible and show you the similarities and differences of both. I’ll also be covering why I originally wanted to purchase a new Bible in the first place, since I already have various other Bibles with different study features.

The One Book I Try to Read EVERY Year

September 29, 2014 by Eric Beaty 2

F.O.C.U.S.

Follow One Course Until Successful.

It’s the one thing that seems to elude me as well as most of the world, especially in the technologically advanced age in which we live. There are plenty of distractions to tickle our never satiated appetites:

The latest new gadget that hits the shelves only weeks after we purchased its predecessor.
The constant barrage of the many “To-Do” lists we keep on a daily basis.
The never-ending search for so-called “balance” in life between career, family, faith, and personal time.
And do you really need all those notifications chirping in your ear or catching your eye to let you know you’ve yet another (unimportant) message from the latest social media time-sucking mini-game?

And this isn’t even the tip of the iceberg.

Now more than ever the one commodity that people are in short supply of in faminous proportions is FOCUS.

Writing Can Be Great Therapy

September 23, 2014 by Eric Beaty 2

Tools of the Trade

Writing can be great therapy, you know. All you really need is paper and pen. I prefer using a specific notebook that’s dedicated to writing your thoughts and ideas—yes, a journal, but a special one; not just any old notebook.

The pen should be special as well; something that will allow you to write fast and not stick to the page or drag along. You need to be able to write as fast as you can; as fas as you can think, preferably. I recommend Uniball Signo 207 pens as well as Pilot Precise V5 pens. If you’re looking for something a bit more stylish, you could try Space Pens.

“Why not just use my computer (tablet, etc.) to write,” you may ask. Well, you can, but there’s just something about using a pen to physically pull you in and get you involved in the whole process.

Content That Should Have Been Posted Here First

September 22, 2014 by Eric Beaty 2

Some of the best articles I’ve created should have in fact been posted here first. But since I only recently created this website, the only other outlet I had was my Texas Blues Guitar site.

On that site I’ve posted some great articles relating to guitar, but there were other articles as well that weren’t very guitar related only I didn’t have anywhere else to post them other than the Texas Blues Guitar site. Well now, that’s changed with the introduction of EricBeaty.com.

The First Post

September 22, 2014 by Eric Beaty 2

Well, here I am creating the first post for my brand new website dedicated to finally being me again. With all the stress of creating products and videos, marketing, social media, maintenance, website management, and much, much more, I decided it was time to escape to a place of utter freedom…

That’s where this site comes in.

At EricBeaty.com I have the freedom to express myself without worrying about what other people think. I can be free to focus on being creative once again without needing to attach the worries of marketing or monetary value to everything I do.