Just remember…when you read that nasty show review…
You’ve already left town…with the money.
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I know it’s been passed around a ton, but I need to share it just in case this ends up being the email that causes you to watch it…
Paul McCartney on James Corden Carpool Karaoke
Paul is so famous. The most famous. So famous that James Corden (and anyone else who has ever interviewed him) has to let down his own cool factor. You can’t out famous Paul. You can’t out cool Paul.
And with that, James turns into me, he turns into you. James is all of us and Paul is Paul McCartney. So we’re basically watching ourselves do carpool karaoke with Paul. What a thrill. And it’s so joyful.
That’s what Paul trades on now: joy. He’s the master….and you can’t help but be changed by joy.
So this isn’t a lesson on how to give joy to your fans and make money and build a career and write the next Hey Jude (although I hope you do)…it’s a reminder to simply receive the joy.
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Clapping is a reminder, but not necessarily the sole indicator, that you gave something.
Clapping is one response to giving, but
Loud clapping doesn’t necessarily mean you gave more…as it could just be the amount of alcohol they consumed.
No clapping (or not-as-loud clapping) doesn’t necessarily mean you gave less…as I’ve never clapped while watching a sun set.
Stay focused on the giving. Walk off stage knowing you gave your message. Be relentless at refining your message to connect even better with your people.
Clapping or no clapping, loud clapping or finger snapping, they’re there. They’re in the room. They chose to be in the room.
Give.
They’ll probably say thank you by clapping.
And you can say you’re welcome by making sure you gave a good show.
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Pertaining to the interviews you do…
The question(s) opens the door.
Your answer isn’t meant to shut the door but to provoke people to want keep going to further in.
It ain’t the information business. It’s the entertainment business, baby.
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Put yourself in your fans’ shoes and finish this sentence…
“You help with my need to feel…”
***Usually the first answer that comes to artists minds is ‘understood’. I think you can do better than that, dig deeper and be more specific. But if ‘understood’ is all you come up with then here’s your follow up sentence to fill out as one of your fans…”Because you bring me closer to _______, I feel understood”.
Fill in the blank.
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“Once I actually sat down and started writing the term paper, I just knocked it out.”
Everyone has been through it. It may have been a while since you’ve written a term paper, but you and everyone you went to school with said this.
Once you start it takes on a momentum of it’s own.
Once you sit down and start, you’re buckled in and going and it’s often times more of a nuisance to stop than it is to finish.
It’s amazing what you can finish if you’ll simply start.
***Another main reason when you sit down and start the term paper you knock it out is that you’re highly aware of what you need to accomplish, of what you need to build. The paper doesn’t get finished due to mere (random) action, but due to specific action pertaining to the task.
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