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One of the most important things that I’ve learned from writing my own songs is how to find “good enough.”
There is a set point that a song needs to reach in which it feels good to sing it, the music and lyrics flow in a way that makes intuitive sense as a player and a listener, and it tells the story I intended for it to tell. Then, it’s complete. Put your pencil down.
Read MoreI am doing everything wrong on social media.
As a creator, I’m supposed to have a niche. As a business owner, I’m supposed to have a clear offer.
I’m supposed to post in three different categories: one third education, one third inspiration, and one third promotion.
Read MoreOne morning, I woke up thinking something I’ve never thought before.
Remember that old cliché about the definition of insanity? Supposedly Einstein said it, but in reality, he probably didn’t. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”
Before I even got out of bed, it occurred to me that it’s this “insanity” that we must confront when we’re learning a new skill or trying to create something new.
Read MoreThe most liberating thing happened when I told everyone I knew on Facebook about my new website.
Nothing. (Cue the sound of the lonesome wind howling across the frozen tundra.)
I had been writing and publishing on a blog every weekday for five months. You’d think that this collection of over a thousand friends, family, clients, former clients, students, former students, and random acquaintances would be interested in what I was writing, right?
Read MoreI wouldn’t have started this blog if I didn’t find it intrinsically valuable to spend the time writing.
That said, I’m not sure if I would have continued the blog if nobody read it.
But I want to be clear: I’m defining “nobody” as nobody. Not a single person.
Not like the teenager saying “nobody likes me” when they really mean that nobody popular pays attention to them.
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