How to learn guitar
How I did it: I've been lucky enough to have had my mother pay my lessons for me. So there's really not much I can say about this.
A hard thing might be going to your lessons when you don't really feel like it, or practising when you'd rather do something else. Although you don't need a lot of practice to play a simple song, to be really good at this you have to be dedicated. I practice between 1 and 2 hours a day, which is actually not nearly enough now that I've been accepted to a conservatory.
Lessons & tips: Always have your guitar in the room where you are the most, and have it clearly visible on a standard.
Even if you don't feel like practising, just pick up your guitar and try it for 5 or 10 minutes, often you'll want to keep going once you've started. And if you don't, try again after an hour.
Keep yourself motivated by listening to other great players.
Focus a lot on technique, not just playing songs. Technique is very important and will help you play the songs much better. Practising technique doesn't have to be boring, because if you do it right you'll notice yourself improving. It's easier to notice this with technique than with songs/pieces.
Resources: I have had a few guitar teachers, all really great. For classical guitarists (which is what I am) there's a great book on technique called 'Pumping Nylon' by Scott Tenant. Giuliani's 120 arpeggio's are also really useful for right-hand technique.
The book 'The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance' may motivate you, because the studies quoted in it prove that it's not so much about talent, but more about practising a lot.
