Don't Over Stay The Thrill

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It’s a small amount…the difference between just enough and too much. To go from loving it to, ehh this isn’t that great.

Don’t play an encore unless it’s really good.

The scene in Aladdin where the genie sings Friend Like Me and by the end he’s whipped up a huge parade of characters and excitement…and then on the last beat everything cuts out and they’re just sitting the empty cave. That vacuum. The joy and the greatness of the thrill and the sweet sadness and emptiness when it’s over. That’s the feeling people don’t know they long for.

But in order to make it happen you’ve got to be great and you have to know how to not over stay the thrill.

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We Remember The Words

When we’re singing along.

As long as the music is playing, we know all the words.

But if we had to sit in a quiet room and write down the lyrics to even some of our favorite songs…it would be tough.

The context of the music, the breath of the singer, the way the hook drops into the verse…it all reminds us. And the biggest one…the way we can hear a nano-second of a lyric and then jump on it as though we knew it all along.

The hard thing about writing new material is there’s no music. No one to sing along with. No hook guiding us back into a verse. No lyrics to remember. None of it is there…yet.

Once it’s all there it will be powerful enough to let the audience think they have it memorized even when they don’t.

»» Which might even be a greater super power than actual memorization.

»» I’m a day behind on the Hum Love playlist. Comin at you tomorrow.

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Cabins And Skyscrapers

If you want a skyscraper but have the design plans for a log cabin…it’s unlikely you’ll stumble your way into a sky scraper.

Similarly, if you have the design plans for a skyscraper but have the parts for a log cabin…you won’t end up with a skyscraper.

Your design plan needs to match the parts.

If they don’t match, change them.

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You Max You Out

You can only be so efficient.

You can only perform so well.

You can only work so hard.

The real leap is being the person who can get others to be efficient, perform well and work hard.

If you only focus on you, you will max you out.

If you focus on others, there will always be more.

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No One Complained

A big major car dealership in downtown Nashville closed a few months ago and will be replace with condos and retail space.

No one complained.

It turns out being around for decades doesn’t always equate to much of a connection with the customer…and I don’t think connection with the customer was ever what the car dealership was really going for.

We want to be missed. We want people to complain or be sad or upset or wistful when we have to close the shop. If that’s really what we want, we have to start building it now. And if we build it good enough maybe we’ll never have to close the shop.

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Running Its Course

Things don’t run their course. The band, the relationship, the project.

We simply decide to stop putting the necessary energy into it to keep them going.

Things don’t have an inherent course of their own. And things don’t have an opinion or get tired or burnt out or lazy or lose interest or get a new dream or desire.

People do.

So when the thing is over let’s be honest about why it’s over. It isn’t the thing’s or the course’s decision.

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