You work hardest when it’s your project.
When you have skin in the game.
So leading a project, a business, a band, you can either work against that i.e. trying to get people to work hardest on a project that isn’t theirs…Or you can work on trying to let your project be their project too.
Because then you don’t need to try so hard to get them to work their hardest.
If more than one person believes it’s their own project, that means there is more than one person giving their absolute best for the project. And that’s better than it just being MY project (and discovering the loneliness that lies there).
But we forget that.
We often expect people to do things FOR us because ‘its their job to do this for me’: book a show, promote a record, play a session, etc.
But what if instead of trying to get someone to DO something for you out of duty, you could entice them to BELIEVE and thereby do something WITH you out of that belief?
Duty and obligation vs belief and community.
Yes, there is probably a time for all of those, but you get to decide what you spend your time building upon.
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I’m always interested in your perspective, whether affirming or dissenting. Continue the conversation anytime: gabethebassplayer@gmail.com