If you don’t have time to talk, don’t answer.
So then…
If you pick up, don’t act like you don’t have time.
Both answering and not answering can be the friendly thing to do.
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At the beginning, you’re on the road with just the band. No crew. Just four or five people in a van.
When there’s only a handful of people on the road a few things happen…
-you talk about everything there is to talk about
-you get bored
-there’s still no new people in the van
-boredom is no fun
-you start wondering and (hopefully) asking why you’re doing this at all
And that is a great place to be. That is the glory of paying your dues on the road.
(Teenage superstars never get bored long enough to ask that last question.)
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If you’re going to take the time and money to hire the good players, don’t forget about finding and hiring the good front of house engineer.
Having the good players is essential and gives you lots of confidence in the music while you’re on stage…but having the good front of house means you know the audience is hearing what you want them to hear.
It needs to sound good in the audience.
And if it does they’ll never even notice it.
But if it sounds bad in the audience, they’ll notice. Even if they don’t notice it, they’ll know.
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Why are you playing this show?
So we get more famous.
How are you going to get more famous?
By the people who come to the show telling all their friends.
Why are the people at the show going to tell their friends?
Because they’re going to really like the show.
Why are they going to really like the show?
They just will.
The arrogant response to the last question goes hand in hand with the immature response to the first question.
If you know your answer to the last question, the answer to the first one will quickly transform.
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How much more to do your best work?
It’s worth considering making that your regular price and always doing your best work.
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I dust the top of the TV only if I feel like it.
I go play basketball only if I feel like it.
I call my friends from high school only if I feel like it.
On the other hand…
I write the blog everyday even if I don’t feel like it.
I brush my teeth even if I don’t feel like it.
I connect people with opportunities even when I don’t feel like it.
We need to decide which things we’re going to do regardless of feeling like it.
Even more…Feeling like it is a horrible prerequisite for being a professional, maintaining consistency, or making dreams come true.
If you have to feel like it before you’ll do it, then you’re going to end up with a dusty TV.
What are you going to do even when you don’t feel like it?
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