Nightcap 25

It wouldn’t be a construction site without a guy knowing all the words and missing all the pitches to the classic rock station.

It’s funny how something called trivial pursuit gained such a sophisticated reputation.

I’ve never thought: that’s a really cool leg tattoo.

I’ve forgotten my to-go box on the table more than I’ve remembered it.

Saying something is remarkable makes it true.

It will all work out as unplanned.

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How Does Success Happen?

Preparation aligned with opportunity

Willingness aligned with circumstance

Expertise aligned with timing

Desire aligned with luck

Focus aligned with culture

All that to say…Any way you slice it success comes from a mixture of internal and external.

We have some say with the external variables.

But we have a lot of say over the internal. Which, in the long term have a huge effect on the externals.

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Focus

Minimize the circumstances that can break your focus.

Your focus causes discipline.

Discipline leads to credibility.

Credibility to trust.

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Accentuate The Drama

When you’re working on putting your show your show together and you get stuck with how to perform a certain song: accentuate the drama.

Where is the drama in the song? What drama could you pull out of it? If the drama of the song were really ramped up what would it sound like and how would it be different from the recorded version?

More than playing your songs it’s about performing your songs and making a show. Great shows are dramatic and emotional. You need to accentuate those features within each of your songs.

Here’s a perfect example:

Bruno Mars: That’s What I Like- Recorded version

Bruno Mars: That’s What I Like- Live version

What a jump. The alternate intro. The hits. The stabs. The dancing. The weird second verse. Slight changes to the melody. Big changes to the melody. That bass playing. The outro. They squeeze every bit of drama they can out of the song for the sake of making it a better performance.

You don’t need any production budget or tricks to make the type of leap he does from the recorded version to the live. You just have to be willing to do the work.

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One Size Fits All

If it’s something worth looking for we’re never looking for a one size fits all.

And while we probably all agree with that in theory…as it pertains to our own thing it’s easy to believe ‘our size fits all’. Because everyone should love us.

And some swing the other way ‘we have all the sizes so we have something that will fit you too’.

It turns out the most stable, best long term way to look at it is ‘our size doesn’t fit most people but if it fits you, you’re going to love it and you won’t find it anywhere else’.

Doesn’t quite roll off the tongue but I think you get it.

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Seeing Options

You’re unlikely to go search for (and find) more/better options if you don’t believe there are any.

If you think you have options or that you don’t have options, you’re right.

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