When you know what the outcome is, the roller coaster of emotions seems a little silly.
ESPN Classic is one of the most relaxing channels to watch. You get all of the greatness with none of the stress!
It’s interesting watching players and coaches in those games. I already know who’s going to win, but they don’t.
They get fired up, tons of yelling and cussing people out, heart rates in the stratosphere, sky high positivity one moment, and the next, near debilitating negativity.
If you and your past situations were on ESPN Classic (or maybe for musicians it’d be called Band Life Classic…horrible name) and you could re-watch them knowing what the outcome was going to be, what over reactions, under reactions, decisions, headaches, sleepless nights seem a little silly?
Breathe. It’s a long game.
p.s. I’ve been in some real doozey situations in this wild music business…and I’ve done the equivalent of Bob Knight throwing the folding chair across the basketball court. (Indiana was going to lose that game, but Bob didn’t know it yet.)
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