Last updated on November 11, 2025

This page is updated every time I post a new video link on my Substack publication.
Most of the videos will be in my Action-Taking Editions.

(By the way, if you’re like me and enjoy the same song in your background while working,
right click on the video while it’s already playing, and left click on “Loop”!)

This page contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
I only recommend items I have personally used/enjoyed and loved.

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Changing of the Guard Ceremony
at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Added 11/11/25 from
Ceremony, Dignity, and Tradition

Veterans Day 2025

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Paul de Senneville
Mariage D’Amour

Added 11/4/25 from
Action-Taking Edition # 13

Suggested Use:

  • For relaxation or
  • For deep thinking

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Jonathan Okseniuk:
A childhood dream coming true

Added 10/14/25 from
Action-Taking Edition # 12

Suggested Use:

  • Spend some time thinking about one thing you’ve love to do in this life. Now consider: what steps could you take to start making that a reality? Give yourself permission to dream.

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at 3 years old

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at 9 years old

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in 2024

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Medieval Instrumental Music

Added 9/23/25 from
Action-Taking Edition # 11

Suggested Use:

  • Listen while working on your Quarter 4 Plan. You can get a lot mapped out in one hour of deep concentration.

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Andrea Bocelli
Con Te Partirò,
2016 Orchestra & Choir Version
and
2016 Children’s Choir

Added 9/9/25 from
Action-Taking Edition # 10

Suggested Use:

  • Watch the faces of the performers carefully. Note the intense concentration of their expressions, particularly in their eyes.
  • Choose an activity you enjoy, preferably that involves your hands, on which you will spend 10-15 minutes per day, to strengthen your ability to concentrate.
  • Bonus points if the activity involves a musical instrument!

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Chladni Figures

Added 8/26/25 from
More than a Thousand Words

If a picture is worth
a thousand words,
how many words
is a video worth?

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Franz Danzi
Wind Concerto,
Op. 56, No. 1

Added 8/12/25 from
Action-Taking Edition # 9

Suggested Use:

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Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto,
C Major, RV 466

Added 7/15/25 from
Action-Taking Edition # 8

Suggested Use:

  • Take some time to consider: is how you spend your time creating the life you want to lead?

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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G,
Op. 9, No. 3, 4th movement

Added 6/24/25 from
Action-Taking Edition # 7

Suggested Use:

  • Start – and finish – a task that requires you to move, small enough to complete, but big enough to feel that you’ve gotten something done.

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Or enjoy Hayden’s Complete String Quartets:

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François Couperin
Les Barricades Mystérieuses

Added 6/3/25 from
Action-Taking Edition # 6

Suggested Use:

  • Pick something new that you’re going to try

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Felix Mendelssohn
“Italian” Symphony, No.4
A Major, 3rd Movement

Added 5/13/25 from
Action-Taking Edition # 5

Suggested Use:

  • Tasks that require concentration, such as desk work

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Enrique Granados
Spanish Dance No. 5

Added 4/22/25 from
Action-Taking Edition # 4

Suggested Use:

  • Take a walk after dinner, and enjoy the sunset

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John Field
18 Nocturnes

Added 4/1/25 from
Action-Taking Edition # 3

Suggested Use:

  • Studying
  • Mental work
  • Evening/weekend relaxing

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Palestrina
Sicut Cervus

Added 3/18/25 from
The Key to Finding Joy
in Your Daily Life

Suggested Use:

  • Close your eyes, and just enjoy the beautiful harmonies.

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Beethoven
“The Tempest”

Added 3/11/25 from
Action-Taking Edition # 2

Suggested Use:

  • A physical project
    (not a thinking one) that you’ve been putting off

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Debussy, Claude
Arabesque, No.1

Added 2/18/25 from
Action-Taking Edition # 1

Suggested Uses:

  • Relaxing
  • Studying
  • Desk work

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