Vacuum Of Excitement

This happens when things don’t turn out the way you’d hoped.

You didn’t get the gig

The song didn’t connect

The producer is too expensive

The musician is unavailable

The company passes on you

The people didn’t show up

The vacuum of excitement and the sadness in the creative adventure is also a gift. It shows you that you’ve found something that unlocks a deeper part of you…the part that is willing to get sad.

Of course it hurts. But there’s a lot of people walking around not doing anything they care enough about to be sad and frustrated when it doesn’t go to plan.

 

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Jackets, Songs, and M&M's

A great jacket doesn’t keep you warm, it improves your mood.

A great song doesn’t boost the vibe, it reorganizes your priorities.

And of course the bowl of green M&M’s in the green room don’t taste better, it tells you everything else is taken care of.

There’s what’s going on, and then there’s what’s really going on.

 

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Playing The Short Game

Should you do the big high note in the song if you might not be able to hit it in a few years?

Should you invest in the friendship when you know the other person is moving out of town?

Should you clean up the house today when it’s going to get destroyed again tomorrow?

Sometimes playing the short game is the best way to put our best foot forward. Which is probably what we want in the long run.

 

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Studio Lunch

You get to the studio in the morning to work on a song.

You get stuck.

You go to lunch.

You come back and all at once you get it figured out.

There was definitely something going on during lunch.

There are things getting worked on even when you’re not working on them. Choose them carefully.

 

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Relevant Boring Details

It’s tempting to want to share all the details of your great story. After all, they all matter. Every single little detail was a relevant part of making it happen.

But all the detail gets boring.

Consider this…every great story you love to hear, watch, or read has its own endless amount of details that the storyteller left out. That’s what makes it a great story. They tell you a lot but leave out even more.

So in order for you to tell a great story you’re going to need to leave out the relevant yet boring details too. More details don’t create connection…a great story creates connection.

»» This is a lot harder to do than it sounds.

 

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