Will Someone Just Pick Me

We all know to just go to work. To not bank on the money truck randomly backing into our driveway. To not wait for someone to pick us.

But somewhere in the back of our minds, probably every day, probably secretly, for a moment…we just want to be picked.

We hope our phone rings with that big life fulfilling opportunity on the other end of the line.

The desire to be picked isn’t going away, but we can choose which desires we grow and develop…and to which ones we give the cold shoulder.

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Music For Your Audience

Way too many artists write their songs and make their records and only then hope they can find an audience for it.

Somehow making the music in a vacuum seems like a more noble cause. As though making music with an audience already in mind is not as truly artistic.

Why not find an audience and then make some music for them?

It’s a much better and more likely way to build a career.

And making music for your audience is much more fun than finding an audience for your music.

***The good news is you get to pick your audience. The bad news is you can’t pick everyone.

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Five Hundred Dollar Bills

I can flip on my phone or the tv and get an expert opinion on almost anything.

BUT

When my dryer breaks and I call service technicians in town, there is no chance under the sun they will give me any sort of opinion, advice, ball park, best guess, best case, worst case, nothing.

The phone number is not for help. The phone number is for booking house calls for a hundred dollars.

The rest of us know if there was a number to get a professional opinion on our broken dryer (or washer, vehicle, computer), we would all call that company and hire that company and tell our neighbors to do the same.

Building trust might require you to step over one hundred dollar bills so you can pick up five hundred dollar bills…now everyone is happy.

***It’s the same reason why pictures with the artist are always free at the merch table…and why you should have a $500 item at your merch table.

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Juxtaposition

We love a good juxtaposition…

The conservative one wearing an outlandish outfit.

The guy with a soft voice singing in a rock band.

Alice Cooper golfing.

Kanye giving life advice.

Nirvana doing MTV unplugged.

The punk band wearing preppy clothes.

Lil Nas X putting out a country song.

The funny one being serious.

The serious one being funny.


It’s a great tool. It has a solid track record especially in the music business.

How do you want to use it?

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The Ringing Phone

Your phone will ring a lot if people can see opportunity for themselves in what you do.

If you don’t make it visible for them to see, they won’t call.

If you you’re faking it, they’ll only call once and tell others to never call.

If you’re not doing something where it opens opportunity for others, your phone won’t ring.

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The Size Of The Deal

No one has ever won an argument or made things better by telling the other person…

‘It’s not a big deal’

I’ve tried. You’ve tried. We’ve all tried.

Only to find that expressing the size of the deal doesn’t matter.

If someone brings up an issue, it probably matters to them. It’s probably a big deal to them and trying to convince them otherwise isn’t helpful.

We need to be willing to listen past what we think is the size of the deal and respond in a way that is more caring and thoughtful.

It’s a big deal.

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