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Category: Music

  • Blog #73 – Hone your FOCUS

    Watching TV, Video Games, Social Media, Emails, Internet, Movies, Notifications

    There are a lot of things out there that is begging for our attention. Each one gives a small amount of short term satisfaction. Marketing professional are trained on how to get your attention and how to keep your attention. They are laying traps and ads everywhere for you to click. Each time you stray from your focus you have to practice returning to what really matters. The mind will always want to get distracted because work is hard and distractions are fun. Know that you only have so much self control and limit all your distractions.

  • Blog #72 – How HUNGRY are you?

    You may not have what you want because you don’t need it. Your life is probably great already and what you want is not a necessity but just a want. You don’t have to work because you are already comfortable with where you are at. The bills are paid for. Food is on the plate and there is nothing to worry about.

    You may want something else but are you willing to put in the work to get it?

    Are you happy with where you live? Where you work? Who your friends are? Your relationships? The money you make? Your health?

    If you want more then you have to be hungrier to give more and do more. Change your STRATEGY, STORY, and STATE. Make what you want a necessity.

  • Blog #70 – Make it EASY

    In any profession all of the greats make it look easy. In sports the game slows down for them and they make the right moves look effortless. In music the great players hit the right notes with ultimate precision and timing. In public speaking, the speaker is up there on stage relaxed. They make it look easy because it is easy for them.

    For the rest of us, we tend to over-complicate things. We stress and worry because we are in over our heads. We add levels of complexity that are unnecessary but we think will impress someone else. This does not do anyone any good and only makes it harder on ourselves.

    Take out the complexity and simplify it. The best work happens when you are playful and enjoying yourself. People will be able to see this and you will become the master.

  • Blog #69 – STAY CURIOUS

    If you are having problems focusing then you are probably not interested in what you are doing. If you are curious in what you are doing then you will automatically be drawn to it. You will want to find out more information and dive deeper into what you are working on.

    Being curious is a gift of endless energy. You will naturally be inquisitive and ask questions. You will want more information and all of this will make you better.

    As long as your curious the learning will never stop. You will go down many rabbit holes that ordinary people wouldn’t go down. You will try many different experiments just to see what happens. There is no failure on experiments and feedback.

  • Blog #68 – Remind me Why again.

    To start anything you need a reason why.

    Why are you on a diet?

    Why do you workout?

    Why do you goto work?

    Why do you practice music?

    Why do you blog?

    Why are you in a relationship with that person

    There is a reason why you are doing the things you are doing. Chances are that some time has passed and you are not the same person that you were when you started this journey to begin with. So is you why still relevant or valid? If it is not then why are you still doing it? If it is valid then it is even more motivation to work harder for what you want.

  • Blog #67 – Skill doesn’t matter but this does….

    Don’t even worry about skill or how good you are. You are not the best person to judge your own talent. You will always want to be better. You will always think that it could be better. You will never be completely happy with where you are at. This is what drives you to do more. This is the hunger that you must have to get better. Nothing else matters besides this drive to keep going no matter what.

  • Blog #66 – Creating Content. Quantity vs Quality?

    All business and artists are media companies. Listen to GaryVee and he will tell you that this is the best time to be alive because marketing and advertising is so cheap. The gate keepers have been knocked down and everyone is on a level playing field. Social media has become the great equalizer giving even the smallest of people a voice in a crowded world. To take advantage of this opportunity you must create content. And lots of it!

    The debate between quantity and quality is easy on the surface but not on the inside. Everyone can agree that the more you do something the better you will be at it. So why not do as much as you can? Why not release as many posts, songs, videos and blogs as you can? The answer is because you’re selfish. You’re thinking about how people are going to judge YOU because YOUR work is not good enough. You’re thinking about how YOU can do better and YOU will wait. Whatever it is you’re thinking about it’s all about yourself.

    Be more selfless. Think about others and what they need. Think about how the content will help what they are going through. Think about others more because you are willing to do more things for other people than you are yourself.

  • Blog #65 – The Fear of Professional

    Definition of PROFESSION:

    – the act of taking the vows of a religious community

    Merriam Webster

    Going from amateur to professional can be very intimidating . Even the definition of Profession sounds like you are signing up for a cult. There are tons of amateurs and very few professionals. To cross this threshold you must prove yourself worthy. You must get a professional to vouch for you and let you in the circle. You will never get there unless you put your work on the line and take chances. You will never get there unless you fail over and over. It is intimidated because you are doing something you’ve never done. You are escaping the comfort of your own circle and going into uncharted territory. Be confident. Be Comfortable with Discomfort. Keep going.

  • Blog #45 – Are you in the know?

    How do you know?

    If you do not know then uncertainty and chaos will take over. The world is in a state of entropy where disorder is the norm. There is always dishes to do, clothes to wash, things to clean because clean is not the norm. The universe is in complete disarray where nothing is perfect.

    So why make your bed if you are just going to get it messy again?

    Why clean your house if it’s going to get dirty again?

    Why create a symphony out of noises?

    We do these things because we know what we want. We know we want a clean house so we will do what it takes to keep our house clean. We know we want a made bed so we will take the time after we wake up to make our beds. We know we want to create a beautiful masterpiece so we will do what it takes to make it happen. We know we want money so we will goto a job or collect assets that will give us money. We know we want to be healthy so we will exercise and eat right to be healthy.

    How do you know what you want?

  • Blog #44 – Take the Pain Out

    Often times the most painful thing is to start.

    To start playing an instrument. To start speaking a different language. To start writing a blog. To start working out. To start cooking at home more. To start being more vulnerable. To start saving money. To start your creative process.

    There is an unbelievable amount of motivation that one must have to start anything. If you are like me and most people then this motivation comes and goes. I’ll be good for a day or a week or a month and then I’ve fallen off the motivation wagon. Usually I fall off because progress is too slow or I get bored. Then I do not get back on until I am motivated again. This could take weeks, months, or even years. There is a better way to start than to rely on this invisible motivation meter.

    Think of what you want to start and how you can make it a habit. Once something is a habit it becomes natural and does not require any motivation.

    To create a habit you need a trigger, the action and then a reward.

    For example if you want to start working out then the trigger could be once you get off work or set an alarm on your phone or right after you wake up. Once the trigger happens you know its time to do the work but once you do it then reward yourself. And make the reward big enough to get you excited to take the action.

    What is your trigger? What is your action? What is your reward?

    To learn more about habits I suggest reading.