Create a product. Shift. Create art.
Compete. Shift. Dominate.
Manage. Shift. Lead.
Read the news. Shift. Be the news.
Wish. Shift. Will.
Sell. Shift. Serve.
Make noise. Shift. Make music.
The fortune, fun, and fulfillment is found in the shift.
For some reason we don’t always see these as they are, but as we want to see them.
Change this and you change everything.
Have a problem? No, you have a challenge. Big difference.
Have a job? What if you saw your job as a calling? If you don’t have a calling, then yes – you have a job.
Checking email or wasting time? Probably the latter.
See how things are and magically you start seeing how things can be.
This type of vision is one of the true marks of leadership.
Leadership sees the unseen and calls it out for everyone to notice.
Simple question, really – What are your intentions today?
What call(s) must be made?
What line item must be removed/added?
What deal must get done?
What idea must have its corporate docs drawn up?
What chapter must be finished?
What discussion must happen?
What song needs to be written?
Soon it will be Friday.
Soon it will be December 31.
Soon it will be January 1.
Soon it will be April 15.
Soon it will be a new market.
Soon it will be time for you to retire.
And soon your tomorrow’s will reflect the intentions of your today’s.
Intention is the birthplace of all great legacies, great moments, and great stories.
Happy Monday. #LTMP
75 days ago my life changed.
I wrote down my Definite Chief Aim as Napoleon Hill encourages us to do.
Meaningful Specific > Wandering Generality.
I now read this allowed twice a day and carry it with me wherever I go.
I also met a guy named Grant Cardone who encouraged me to write out my goals and dreams twice a day at morning and night. It should be noted he encouraged me to write them in the present – as if they had already happened. This is action is full of power.
In the last 75 days I’ve seen more focus, more productivity, more fulfillment than I ever thought possible. Across all lines – family, life, business – everything has become richer and grown deeper roots.
When the dream leaves your mind and hits the paper it becomes physical. You no longer have to picture it – you can actually see it.
Now I’m finally getting clarity on where this train is headed.
I hope these steps can help you in the same way.
Godspeed in your music making.
“Through all the lines and things that are put in place to divide us, all like-minded people gather together, we’re more curious than ever.
We create music to express ourselves and when the world relates, that’s a beautiful thing.
We’re all trading off each other’s culture, so no matter what lines you put–country, indie rock, rap, we’re all somehow gonna find a way to come together.
That’s it. That’s what it’s all about. We are finally we living out our creed.”
Jay Z
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