You don’t go on Jimmy Fallon for therapy.
You go on Jimmy to be funny.
You don’t buy food from the Shell station for nutritional value.
You go to Shell because it’s convenient and gets you out of a pinch.
You don’t watch the NBA for the defense.
You watch the NBA for the offense.
You don’t listen to Adele’s When We Were Young to get pumped up for the weekend.
You listen to When We Were Young to get Adele’s permission to cry your eyes out.
You don’t need a new iPhone for it’s technical capabilities.
You need a new iPhone to feel better about what you already do on your iPhone.
Everything has the power to fulfill a desire…for the specific type of person looking to have that desire fulfilled.
Artists are so bent on either trying to please everyone, or saying they just make the music for themselves and don’t care about anyone else at all.
It’s not all or nothing.
It is some and it is not others.
Here’s the fill-it-in word puzzle for you.
You don’t go to (insert your band/artist name) for __________.
You go to (insert your band/artist name) for __________.
**The above examples are so clear, extreme, obvious, true, and are a large reason for the level of success of each example. Don’t be afraid.
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