What Do You Want?

And what are you going to do about it?

If your answer to the second question is nothing, then change your focus of the first one.

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More Audience Than Artists

Five thousand people show up to the venue to hear five people.

And then the next night a different group of five thousand show up to hear a few other people.

There are more people who want to see a good show than people who are good at putting on a show.

It’s been that way for a long time. And it’s not changing anytime soon.

Keep playing.

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You Don't Need To Be Everywhere

You just need to know where you need to be…where the people who are looking for you can find you.

When an artist doesn’t know where they need to be, they think they need to be everywhere.

And that’s a tough place to be.

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Home Run

When you hit a home run you still have to run the bases.

Which is a good metaphor to say…

Even when things go the best they possibly can there is going to be work to do. The key is, of course, to pick the right game.

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Talented vs. Serious

It’s fun to be talented. It’s that extra head start someone has (for whatever reason) that makes it easy when they first get into something.

The 6 year old piano wizard.

The 12 year old who plays varsity.

The 18 year old who invents a helpful widget.

And then at some point in the near future a decision is made, consciously or unconsciously, about what to do with the talent.

Because if nothing changes, the playing field is going to level out.

Getting serious about the talent will help breed maturity…which will help to sustain both high level performance and resilience.

Leaning solely on talent will be a thrill ride of ever decreasing thrills.

»» The companion to serious in this equation is enjoyment. 

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Hungry When You Have

It’s hard to be hungry when you have a buffet.

But the hunger is what made you great enough to achieve the buffet status.

And it’s hard to simulate that hunger. You have to really go through the pain that goes along with hunger.

The pain is the unknown. The wilderness. The abyss. The scary part. The challenging risky thing. Fully committing to stepping off a new ledge.

You spent so much time there before and it was hard. Now the thought of going back is disheartening…perfect.

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