Even if you’re not known as the one who brings the energy…sometimes you have to be the one who brings the energy. The ring leader. The hub. The rally point.
And…
If you can do it for two minutes, you can learn to do it for three.
If you can do it for a small group, you can learn to do it for a bigger one.
If you can do it when the pressure is on, you can learn to do it without pressure.
When listening to a song it’s impossible to know which other snare drums were considered for the track.
Experiencing someone else’s finished work doesn’t necessarily make us good at making finished work ourselves.
Because in order to make finished work you have to pick the snare sound…the crowning achievement isn’t that the snare sounds good…it’s the guts it takes to choose it, therefore disregarding the millions of other options.
If the word gets out that you love chocolate donuts, it’s easy and cheap for others to make you happy…and in return they get a good feeling from doing something special by having a box waiting for you in the green room, or at the hotel, or at the interview, or at the breakfast table.
On the other hand…if the word gets out that you love Italian cashmere sweaters, you’re never going to find one waiting for you in the green room. No sweater for you, no special feeling for them.
When the word gets out about you, how easily can others become a part of it?
First Monday of the month, new Hum Love playlist on Spotify and Apple
When it’s time for the high dive competition, no one jumps off the lower diving boards claiming, ‘the low dive is plenty high for me’.
If you’re going to be a high diver you’ve got to be willing to go all the way up. That’s the deal. That’s what the high dive is all about. Otherwise don’t get into it.
We look silly when we claim to be a high diver but then when it comes down to it we only jump off the low dive.
The best of. The all stars. The super team. The dream team.
It’s fun and romantic to think that by getting all of the talented people onto the same team that the path will be easy. When the expectation is ‘easy’ but it still turns out to be a rough road, the frustration is exponential.
Talent must be mixed with connection.
Technique must be mixed with presence.
Tenacity must be mixed with shared vision.
»» And when you get the mix right, it’s magical.