One of the greats fears of a creator is playing to an empty room. One of the rights of passages for new creators is surviving having to play to an empty room. The room being empty doesn't get you out of putting in the work of doing a show.
Just because a person has a special gift that you have little use for, doesn't mean they didn't put a lot of effort into mastering their gift. You should give that person respect for what they needed to do to get their, even if 'their' is not a place you liked to be.
You may have heard this saying plenty of times before, but do you truly believe it? Do you let the comparisons between yourself and the work of others bring you to a state of depression?
We had to take a brief hiatus due to over scheduling and poor planning of other projects, where this one was the lower priority. But it was the right time to take a short pause to refocus and reflect.
People have the right to see themselves as the star of the show that is their life, even if they are horrible as a staff writer. Do what you can to assist them in shining in their own show, and the positive action may come to reflect in helping you shine as a star in your own show.
As good as you think you are, you can not operate for an infinite amount of time for an infinite distance. Once you run out of fuel, you will be forced to stop.
Apologies are not a meant to be bartered or traded like spiritual currency. Don't hold back apologies because you feel you are owed one prior.
Your body is built to survive for a set amount of time. It knows how to progress from progression to maturity, and then toward decline at the end of its intended usefulness. We may be able to slow down the process, but the process of eventual declaim cannot be stopped.
However you want to describe it, there is no inherent evil in the acquisition of cash. In fact, the more cash you have, the more freedom you can pay to have. There are downsides to chasing money, but the upside should be obvious.
The key to mastering any skill is to repeat it over and over again until it is perfected. Also, a key to success in producing daily podcasts is not being afraid to revisit past topics, both those that were hits and misses, regularly.
Wise people say this all the time and most who hear this will blow it off as crazy. But all the people you think are stupid or misguided know something about the situation that you do not. Even if you are on the right side of an argument.
Do you want it is a simple question to ask and answer for yourself. But it does not always lead you to a complete picture of what the effort to succeed is and whether the sacrifices to get there are personally worth it, or even possible.
Mastering discipline will get you closer to any goal you can image, but it takes being aware of the art and the science involved.
You may not have all the loopholes available to the one-percenters to get out of paying a larger percent of your income, but you did have income. That is a burden many in the world do not have the luxury of complaining about.
You have a need and you hire out for someone to fill that need. Remember that whatever process you used to choose your contractor, they had their own process to ‘choose’ to take on your contract. And it is never just about the money.
A ‘healthy’ dose of personal hatred goes a long way to keep you on track toward reaching a goal you desire.
The lessons taught to you by the people who've been where you currently are offering effective and efficient guidance through your struggles. Guidance they probably would have loved to have back when your problem was their problem.
The goal of personal development is to ultimately become a 'new' person. What we often fail to realize is that we become a new person many miles before we ever get to the ultimate picture that is our goal.
Yes, getting a no can be devastating. It can also be liberating, guiding, and motivating. It all depends on where the ‘no’ come from, and where you are ultimately trying to get to.
You don’t have all the time in the world to get to your destination, but expect the trip to take longer than you may initially think it should take.
Your task for today is to do something positive with not acceptance of a return favor. Give plenty of compliments, but don't wait for return complements to come your way.
There are lessons to learn from every project that you take on, even the most mundane. You should get into the habit of having some sort of after-action session to review the good and bad points of every project.
Nostalgia has a way of leading us to reflect on our past. Reflection is great, assuming you do it with the proper perspective and realize there may be a little fog and a lot of bias in your memories to seem more positive than they may have been when lived.
This is a question that many will ask you. Some want to hear your answer, some want to should you down regardless of your answer. But the only person whose answer to this question ultimately matters is you.
You have no birthright to just get stuff. Everything you receive must be earned, either by being personally acquired or 'gifted' from another.
Don't worry about it being pretend or make-believe. Make some time in your life to be something other than your normal self as a way to break some of the monotony of your life, and to just plain have a little fun that your friends and family may not expect or understand.
The magic of recreation does take effort and time. But the start of the process is as simple as deciding you want to change.
Asking offers no guarantees of having your request met, but not asking will ensure you will never get what you want from the source you don't ask.
You are not responsible for everything. Especially things that other people are supposedly responsible for.
Most people don't know that I am very good at and extremely enjoy entertaining. Most people assume that I am so busy because I don't enjoy downtime. Most people have problems reading the signals people project and the masks people wear to keep their protections.
