You thought you were going to write an uptempo song, but now you have to write a ballad.
You were grocery shopping but now you have to go sing a last minute vocal.
You’re tired from working out but now you have to get on the phone with your agent.
You had to hurry but now you have to wait.
You were on vacation but then a huge co-write came through and vacation is over.
Changes like these can be jarring.
It’s hard to change your mind when you don’t want to change your mind, when you’re not in the mood to change your mind
But having practice changing your mind makes you better at changing your mind…and once you change your mind into doing the new thing you’ll probably be better at the new thing.
You were in one mindset but you have to switch mindsets.
So there’s three elements here: the first mindset, the switching, the second mindset.
Most of us are good at more than one thing, we have no shortage of mindsets…it’s the switching that’s hard. Or at least hard to do quickly.
If you get better at switching when switching is necessary, you’ll have a lot more value to offer in any given situation.
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