The Ready Trap

The thing, the project, the album, the campaign you’re thinking about tackling next has much less to do with readiness and much more to do with willingness.

Don’t wait to be ready. The question is, are you willing?

***Ready and Prepared are different. Ready is an emotion blowing in the wind…while you can become prepared by doing the daily work, thereby building the confidence to become willing to do the next thing even when you don’t feel ready.

***I’ve written about this before.

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Your Reach

Remember, for all the people who like your post or share or comment there are others who love you in their hearts but simply aren’t the type of people who like and share and comment.

The internet has given us lots of numbers to keep checking and to keep track of. And they can be helpful.

But the range and depth of connection can’t be charted or graphed.

As an artist, your job is for your music to connect enough that you have no idea how far and deep and meaningful your reach.


***All you see is the clicks and the views and the number of streams. You have no idea what that stream meant to the person or people listening to it. Maybe it was on in the background. Maybe someone was excitedly showing their friends. Maybe someone was listening in their headphones with their eyes closed so tight. Maybe the group was singing along. Maybe someone was learning the chords. Maybe someone was trying to impress their crush. Maybe someone was remembering something wonderful or sad or meaningful. Maybe the family was dancing in the dining room.

There’s great serenity in the unknown…connecting enough to where you have no idea the difference you’re making.

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Guts And Reputation

Guts lead you to your pinnacle and then reputation takes over and keeps the mortgage paid.

Once you have reputation it’s hard to have guts because it could cause you to lose your reputation. And you’d rather pay the note on your Ferrari than have guts.

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The Power Of Normal

Most of what you accomplish will be as a result of what you do normally.

So what do you do normally? And how does normally need to change?

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Cooler Options

Everyone wants just enough going on so that they have something to talk about but not enough going on to where they would miss out on the cool thing of the day.

We always want the freedom and availability to say yes to a better, cooler, shinier option. And in doing so we only half way commit to the current option we’re putting our action behind…therefore never realizing the full potential of the work we’re actually engaged in.

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Pecking Order

Last year The Rolling Stones were the highest grossing band. The top prize.

To be a part of that organization you are at the top of the pecking order.

But if you’re somehow lucky enough to be a part, you quickly realize that within the organization there is a pecking order. And you’re not at the top.

And then there’s probably another one within that one too…which you’re also not at the top of.


The music business is famous for flexing what you have and being terrified and painfully insecure about what you don’t. Of knowing and paying way too much attention to the pecking orders you deem important and where you perceive yourself on that scale.

Pick your pecking order. What does it cost to be at the top of it? Is it worth it once you get there if you know there will be another pecking order waiting for you?

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