How good does your career need to be going before you help someone elses’?
Kind of good?
Pretty good?
Really good?
The question highlights the fact that we tend to not help others’ careers because we’re focusing on our own.
We’re focusing on our own because we’re “not there yet”.
Which would lead to the idea that: once we’re there we’ll help someone else.
The funny thing is if you actually have an answer to the question, you’re already off the mark.
Not having an answer, or simply thinking about the question, is much better than having an answer for the actual question.
You’re already doing well enough to consider others.
p.s. Help looks different for everyone. How an artist helps a booking agent is different from how they’d help a PR rep…is different from how they’d help a fellow band, or the marketing person at the label.
p.p.s. Don’t get too down on yourself. You’re already helping people. If you’re actively participating in this business, chances are you are helping others whether you realize it or not. But realizing and amplifying will help realize and amplify.
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