It’s a lot easier to copy what someone did than copy someones attitude.
Anyone can copy the guitar feedback at the beginning of The Beatles I Feel Fine.
It’s a lot more difficult to copy the attitude, curiosity, excitement, diligence and creativity it took to make an intro like that come together.
There’s nothing wrong with copying what’s easy but it will only get you so far.
When I call in, why is it always ‘the menu items have recently changed’?
Who is pouring over these menu items day after day?
These meetings must be heated and held often…
Listen Marcus I’ve been wanting to break up Flooring and Tile for a long time. And you know that. Tile deserves it’s own number and if you ask me, which you could stand to do a little more often, it ought to be no lower than five or six.
Leslie I’ve always always always respected your views about Tile and it’s not that I’m totally against giving Tile its own number…but if we keep them together it means we can squeeze Seasonal onto the second page of menu options instead of the top of the third…and I’m sorry but Seasonal is the hill I’m willing to die on. I’ve built my whole career supporting Seasonal.
Okay here’s what we’re going to do Marc…Tile gets its own number. But it’s one day only. Trust me, we did it for a week back in the nineties and it was an absolute disaster. So after today it’s re-coupled with Flooring at least until we can navigate this Seasonal situation.
Sounds good. Great work today. I’ll see you right back here tomorrow to keep tweaking.
Tweaking menu items is a waste of time even though it’s easy to make an argument in the other direction.
Just make the decision and move on.
“Oh you gotta go to my chiropractor, he’s the best.”
Everyone says this. Everyones chiropractor is the best.
Of course he’s the best! Because it pays to think that the person crack-a-lackin your body is the best.
And even if it’s not true (which it probably isn’t), as long as the job is getting done properly it doesn’t do much harm to think you’ve got the best chiropractor in town.
But then the question is…what has to be true in order to get you to switch chiropractors…to switch to the new one in town?
Strengths don’t always line up with desires.
Pursing a path in reference to your strengths has a higher chance of success than only following the path of desires.
Sometimes strengths and desires do line up. Sometimes it takes a while. You develop a new strength. What you desire changes to meet your strengths.
But also, sometimes it means we need to let certain desires fade because our strengths didn’t end up being the right fit and it’s time to move on.
…than never. Here’s the new Hum Love playlist on Spotify and Apple.
Every once in a while something pops up and instantly jumps atop the priority list.
That priority list is a good thing and keeps us centered and moving forward in our day to day living. But when it’s interrupted by a new valid number one, it’s best to just let it be number one…while all the other stuff slips a spot.
Letting all the other stuff slip a spot is simply what’s needed at the moment.
It shows great character to keep to our priorities and also great character to know when to change them up…for a short time or for good.
I hear a lot of artists say they don’t like doing social media but they do it because they have to.
A Maybe and Two What Ifs…
Maybe you actually like playing the traditional social media game (wanting more of everything) but are embarrassed to say so…and would rather complain than come up with something better.
What if you used social media for something on purpose, something other than more likes and follows? That would probably cause you to like it more.
What if you didn’t do social media (and didn’t hire someone do it for you)? What if you just said screw it and found a different way to do interact with your online audience?
Doing something you don’t like because you have to isn’t a great way to put your best foot forward on a regular basis for people you hope will hop aboard (and stay on) your train.