It's March in 'Merica thus no one escapes the NCAA B-ball Tournament known as March Madness. 

A lot of times we label ourselves as "jocks" or "musicians" or "you-name-it". But the reality is that we are more than our labels and a good game can be enjoyed by a good guitarist and vice versa. 

Take last night's game for instance. 

#2 seed UConn against #1 seed Duke.  

Most of the country had Duke winning that game in their bracket. And it made sense. Duke has some of the best talent they've seen in years and their season showed it. 

UConn on the other hand was still climbing back from a bad year last season and had had some significant losses heading into the tournament. 

And after 20 minutes of gametime, the halftime score was Duke ahead... by 15 points!

That's 8 two-pointers... without letting the other team score... or 5 three-pointers (which UConn wasn't hitting to save their lives). 

At that point it would be easy for the UConn team to have given up on the inside. 

"they were right." 

"our time is up."

"we won't get this one." 

And many more lies begin to interrupt your focus. 

But a crazy thing happened in the locker room at the half. 

The UConn team refused to believe that their time was up. They refused to believe that they couldn't come back. They refused to believe that they weren't good enough. 

And that belief inside launched them into the second half faster, stronger and better than they've played the whole tournament. Defensive stops, steals, fouls taken, rebounds, battling and they brought the lead down from 15 points to 2... with just 10 seconds on the clock. 

Duke inbounds the ball... two UConn players swarm the handler and tip the pass... right into a UConn player's hands... he passes to his captain, his captain is covered, 3 seconds on the clock, captain passes back to his teammate, 2 seconds on the clock, he throws up a Hail Mary three pointer, 1 second on the clock and

Swish! 

UConn had taken the lead by 1 point with 0.4 seconds remaining.

Duke hurled the ball down court, UConn blocked the pass, time up, game over. 

It's one of the best comebacks I've ever seen. 

And it teaches us something about playing the guitar after 60. 

Most guitar programs and methods are designed for kids. As you age playing gets more and more awkward and painful. And I've talked to many guys who have thrown in the towel on playing for these very reasons. 

But more than a physical barrier this is a mental barrier. It starts on the inside. And it doesn't stop at the guitar, but spreads to other areas of life too. 

But what if you had the self-belief of UConn?

What if you told yourself:

"It's never too late."

"I will make it happen."

"Today's the day!"

We could all learn a lot from the underdog resilience. 

Which is why I founded the Stupid Simple Guitar Method because we get guys over 60 playing full chords on day one and full songs in week one. We are interested in drills for drills sakes - we get results. 

And those small wins in your first week reinforce the self-belief that you can do this and you will do this and your 60s will be the best decade yet. 

So if you're ready to take that first step, REPLY to this email "comeback" and I'll send you a free training to get started. 

Today's the day!

Jam soon, 

JB