Travel Light Into The New Year
When artists and treps prepare for the new year it’s like packing for a trip; we take a look at what adventures and challenges may lie ahead, and we pack accordingly. Here are three essential things you’ll need in 2024, and three things you should definitely leave behind: What to Leave Behind: Your Wining Formula: You were in a different place when your winning formula was an original plan, and now it’s the success story of the past you keep telling yourself over and over. An
Happy Holidays Genius Readers!
This week would not be complete if I didn’t revisit John Lennon’s most profound holiday greeting: "There are two basic motivating forces: Fear and Love.When we are afraid, we pull back from life.When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer.I want to wish everyone happy holidays and a happy new year! Let’s hope it’s a good one without any fear." —John Lennon If you were thinking about making a contribution this year but you're not sure where to give, please cons
The High Cost of Arrogance
Knowledge provides not only answers, but also a bigger picture, a wide angle lens to determine how to get to where we’re going. Experience validates that the knowledge is true…or not. Wisdom is there to make all the critical choices and decisions when knowledge and experience flinch. Commitment takes knowledge, experience and wisdom and turns them into a game worth playing. Important because for the pro artist & trep, the biggest block to knowledge, experience and wisdom is
The Scuttlebutt Epidemic!
Due to a combination of factors driven by social media, dogmatic opinions, and a blatant disregard for data-driven decision making, the exponential spread of gossip, rumors, and scuttlebutt have become an industry-wide epidemic, especially in our creative careers (and personal life). The entertainment industry has a decades long history of customs and protocols, and much of the gossip we spread and rumors we assume to be true are perpetuated by those ancient, worn out traditi
Not Like a Hippie
Back in my hippie days, it was all about tuning in & dropping out. Today it's all about catching up & fitting in. Catching up with those we assume are miles ahead, and fitting in with those we assume have arrived. Important because if catching up and fitting in hasn’t worked for you, perhaps you should try "tuning in & dropping out." Tuning in to that which moves us closer to what we say matters most to us. And dropping out of those distracting activities (and people) that sl
How to Tame Your Ducks
— The more you feed them the more they quack.— If you try to force them to be still they will quack louder.— If you attempt to treat them like a friend they will quack even louder. Important because the purpose of your ducks is to question, doubt, and quack about everything you say, think or do. Allow them to do their job, as you continue to focus on your job, and the constant quacking will subside.
Fear less
— We want our ideas and dreams to manifest; however, we fear that the brass ring is becoming too elusive and slippery to grab. — When ideas and opportunities do show up, we pursue them to a point, but then, out of fear, we flinch. — We want to promote, market, and sell our art and commerce, but when fear creeps in, it clouds our choices and decisions. — We want peace of mind; however, we fear that our minds are too wild to tame. Important because we simply need to give more a