Balanced Artist

Are you frustrated because your stuff isn’t popping off. Nobody is engaging with the masterpieces that you’re creating out of your genius skull. Are you creating stuff that is different or are you just trying meet the bench mark?

Rik Rubin quoted in his latest book: "Rules direct us to average behaviors. If we’re aiming to create works that are exceptional, most rules don’t apply. Average is nothing to aspire to. "

Ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship.  When you’re going through a struggle, it’s going to propel you to want to go to a better place, faster.

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Today we break down a quote from comedian Bill Burr. It wasn’t a quote, as much as it was a 2 min story on why you can’t lose chasing your dream. 
It was well spoken, but I want to unpack it, because while things sound dreamy at first, reality kicks in, and that's where everyone jumps ship.

Steven Pressfield calls that “resistance” in the War of Art. Ryan Holiday calls that “the obstacle” in Obstacle is the Way.

In this episode we'll share the audio clip where Bill talks about getting paid $8 for a gig, and being over the moon, and his girlfriend says: “I wish I had a job that I got paid $8 and came home and did a silly dance in the kitchen”.

What would you do for $8 and come home and do a happy dance?
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What if you try to succeed your whole life and never make it?
Will you have wasted your life?
Any old billionaire ever profiled has said they would trade all their wealth to be in their 20’s again. If time is more valuable than all the things you perceive celebrity status will bring you(money, love, validation), then why are we trying to change things outside of your control?
Let's discuss how to optimize the things you can control right now.
The goal here is to integrate art into your life to amplify your well being.
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In this episode we're joined by Hip-Pop group Zupa Nova.
This multilateral fusion originally unified in 2012 with Rawcel (Songwriter for The Black Eyed Peas) and Davy Brown (Multi-Genre Producer/Recording Artist/Multi-Instrumentalist).

We discuss:
-Collaboration vs Solo artist
-Surrounding  yourself with people with similar mindset
-Giving purpose to your art, through charitable organizations like Ambition
-Settings 2-3 year goals, and 5-10 year plans

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Do you need to be qualified to play the game? Do you need an education in creative work? Does studying for 7 years make you a Dr of creativity? 

In her book “big magic”, Elizabeth Gilbert uses the term “Creative Entitlement”. This is the belief that you’re allowed to be here, have a voice and allowed to share your unique vision.

In Steven Pressfield’s book “Get your ass where your heart wants to be”, he discusses the need to be exposed. You need to put yourself in uncomfortable positions, and the universe will come to your rescue.

Have you heard the expression “impossible has a skill set”? Creating from purpose rather than ego allows us to go outside ourselves into a flow state. In this episode we look at how Chris Rock leveraged this to create his HBO special "Bring the Pain", which is considered one of the top 5 comedy specials of all time.
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Alex Hormozi has a great quote “you don’t become confident by shouting affirmations in the mirror, but by having a stack of undeniable proof that you are who you say you are. Outwork your self doubt.”

Affirmations are great, but they are only step one. You actually need to implement a strategy that is going to actively bring those things into your life. To outwork your self-doubt, you just need disprove your natural instinct to give up on a consistent basis. It’s our human nature to be comfortable, so it takes a special kind of character to voluntarily be uncomfortable. 

In this episode we’ll find out unique ways in which we can outwork our self-doubt, by disproving our imposter syndrome over and over again until self-confidence takes over.
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Most of the content we discuss in these episodes is with the intention of applying some of the tactics to your creative career.
The feedback I’ve been getting lately is that listeners aren’t necessarily trying to have a career in the arts, but rather include creativity in their lifestyle, to balance the some of the linear parts of their lives.
This episode is a bit of a shift from “career artist” to “lifestyle artist”.
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I can't believe we have made it to episode 100!
I have to thank 'consistency' for this milestone.
That being said, I thought it would be a perfect episode to breakdown how Seth Godin discusses consistency in his book "The Practice".
It is one of the main principals, if not the most important principal of become a professional creator. Some studies have even shown consistency or persistence a more valuable quality than talent.
Let's have a closer look in this episode with my friend and co-host on the Celebrity Self Help Podcast, Heather Parody.
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When I have a creative block or busy with a bigger project, it's hard to stay consistent with releasing content, so I use this as an excuse to re-release  old work.
"But my audience has seen or heard this stuff". Maybe not...
Your audience is growing every day, so perhaps the new members are not familiar with your old content. For the people that have seen it, it’s a chance to dazzle them again with some of your best work.
When you watch a movie the first time, it may be enjoyable, but you miss some things. Watch it again 2 years later and your perspective is different.
One of my biggest TikTok videos ever, is one that I re-released a year later and got 200x the amount of views and engagement it did upon first release.
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Convergent thinking is the process of finding concrete and familiar solutions to problems. Artists swim in Divergent thinking pool, generating original ideas and new possibilities.

Divergent thinking has a major drawback: it can lead to a lack of organization. While our brains are hardwired to make connections between ideas and explore multiple possibilities within the same thought process, this creative thinking requires a little more organization to be effective.

Fortunately, convergent thinking can help us take what we learn from divergent thinking and turn loose ideas into structured, feasible plans.
That’s what makes you as a balanced artist a lethal weapon!
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