Say Something Into The Camera

That last step on to the stage is a mind warp. Once you’re on stage it’s different.

Knowing what to do once you’re on stage is infinitely more difficult than when you’re one step off.


(A metaphor we’ve all experienced…we have plenty to say but then Uncle Bob says ‘say something into the camera’ and we freeze.)

It’s that slight twist. That subtle shift. And all of a sudden it’s something completely different.

And because that slight twist is so important…it’s important to become familiar with it.

Pay attention to that last step on stage. The more you take it, see it, understand it…the better able you’ll be to use the stage for what it was meant for.

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Pt 2: Anxiety Of An Artist

Something I should have mentioned with yesterdays post is that after meeting with hundreds of artists over the years it’s very plain to see that not everyone wants to move on from being the anxiety ridden artist.

There are a lot of artists (good successful ones too) who would rather dream big, act small and fuel their anxiety with the space in between.

Why? you might ask. Simply put…

It’s fun. Where there’s anxiety there’s something riveting to talk about right now. And in talking about it you get the badge of talking about ‘real stuff’ so there’s lots of consoling and pats on the back.

So what type of artist do truly you seek to become?

Each element you are anxious about has importance. But don’t stop there.

The anxiety clouds the identity of what makes it important.

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Anxiety Of An Artist

The anxiety of an artist…

reliance on any one certain element to satisfy your desperation. (and then turning to the next element, and the next and the next)

Integrated anxiety of an artist…

understanding the power and importance of each element to satisfy what you clearly seek.  

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Making Failure An Option

If failure isn’t an option, you’re not risking deep enough.

(What you probably mean when to say yourself or out loud “Failure is not an option”, the underlying meaning is “Failure is most definitely an option but I’m choosing to fly in the face of it with everything I have”.)

Because if you only take risks that you know are going to work out, well then those aren’t really risks are they?

If there’s no chance to fail, if failure is truly not an option, then it’s boring.

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Two Part Job

Part of your job is to do your job.

But the other main part of your job is to help others feel good about you doing that job.

A good and safe daycare is great…but even better when the parents feel good about dropping of their kid there.

A plumber comes and fixes your sink…but even better when you feel like you called the right plumber.

A counselor shows you the core emotions chart…but even better when it’s presented in a way that it makes a difference.

A great hair cut is great…but even better when you leave having just cracked a little bit more of the earth’s code via a 30min conversation.

A record producer makes the song come together…but even better when you leave the studio with full heart AND the song.


If you can cause others to be glad that you do what you do, they’ll want you to do it again and they’ll tell their friends.

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Putting It On Offer

Let me know what I can do / Let me know what you need

vs.

Here’s what I want to do for you, would you like that


Both often come from a caring and thoughtful place.

But one gently hands off responsibility for action while the other grabs responsibility for action.


***The great mastery of the equation is developing the intuitive sense for what the other person may need and if it’s something you’re able and willing to give, putting it on offer.

And I think it’s often our awareness that we haven’t mastered that intuitive sense which causes us to shy away from from putting anything on offer all together. So we gently, kindly and often without realizing it pass responsibility.

But to develop intuition you must follow it rather than standing there second guessing it.

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