How much attention would you like for the work that you do?

Would you like only your family to know that you do music, or would you rather your whole country?

I know which one I want. You see, the ‘problem’ is that as with everything, as an entity becomes bigger - the bigger its ‘problems’ become.

Would you agree? That the bigger a business becomes, the more problems it has to face. Makes sense right?

You see I think me and you are looking at this whole ‘problem’ thing the wrong way round though. Because the fact is, no matter what your position in life is, you’re still going to have problems. For example Kim Kardashian, despite her fame and success in her life still has problems. Drake, despite the huge success he’s seen within the music industry, still has problems.

People that live the normal life of a 9-5 and retiring at 60, still have problems…

Who else is keeping faithful?

Baylor University investigated the connection between faith and the propensity to start a business, by examining data from a survey that queried 1,714 U.S. adults about their religious habits, it found that business owners just like me and you are far more likely to have a connection to god and be certain that he exists.

Is this a defining factor from those who become successful and those who are not?

Another study found that those of religion are less likely to commit suicide or become depressed because with god they feel they have a life of purpose and meaning, not just a mere existence.

Let me ask you this question, how many times have you prayed in the last week?

And even more importantly, how many MEANINGFUL prayers have you had within the last week?

Tai Lopez was the first person to open my eyes to this concept, it’s such a powerful statement that really opened my eyes the billions of people on this planet that walk through life in the complete wrong direction to where they wanted to go.

As Matt Soltys says, most people “sleep walk through life” completely unaware of the difference they could have made to the planet.

Let's imagine that you and I set out to head north. We are in New York, and we're aiming to head towards Boston.

We're sitting in a brand new, 2019 Ferrari 458. It has a beautiful cream coloured interior and a gleaming cherry red exterior. This is a super car that represents a legacy of true Italian craftsmanship, and has been for the past two centuries.

With such a powerful car, and a bit of speeding, we should be there in no more than three hours, right?

Well, let's imagine for the moment that the compass, and sat-nav that we're using is programmed 'upside down' for that one day that we're travelling.

We set off, confused by the signs that are telling us we're heading towards Virginia. We keep driving, tired of not seeing Boston, and all of a sudden 17 hours later we end up in fucking Miami! 

"The biggest killer of dreams is a subconscious mind that is programmed in the opposite direction of where your conscious mind wants to go." - David Sinclair-Black (DSBBeats)

If you’re down, in today's article, I would love to show you how you can reprogram your mind to head in the right direction, and with some work, can help you go where you want to be…

How To Communicate Effectively

As we walk through life, we come across lots of different type of folk.

Some have stuck with us for the entirety of out existence (sometimes for the worse), and others are ‘floaters’ that keep popping up every now and again when they feel like it, and then we have our enemies. People that we know we don’t like, and we know they don’t like us - and that’s fine. At least you know who your enemies are. 

Then we have our real friends, people that we’ve met that support and show real genuine love for what we do, and vice versa. Growing up, it was actually very difficult to understand what a true friend looked like. It was only as of 2018, at 18 years old I realised what real friends are! The reason it was so difficult to identify friends early on was because I’d never really been surrounded by them. Or at least, my definition of what a ‘friend’ is has changed since then.

Having to think about what to do in a day when you’re not sure what needs to be done can be extremely difficult. Working ‘off purpose’, without any goal to change your music business for the better is energy consuming…

Slaving away at making new tracks, producing new beats, and marketing your work to the best of your efforts every single day can get boring. And even more detrimental, remove any sense of direction about your future and destroy your vision.

We all started in music for one reason, it’s fun and we love making it. I remember a motivation for me in the begging was believing that I have so much potential, and it is my duty to become the next biggest thing. That means I’ll do whatever it takes to get to my desired destination.

Visual marketing tool Tailwind studied more than 100,000 Instagram profiles in 2017 to understand how posting frequency affects follower growth and engagement rate too.

They found that the more often you post, the more likes and followers you get.

According to the study, profiles that posted seven or more times a week (or at least once a day) get more likes and gain more followers faster than those that post less frequently.

There is one thing all highly successful business people do to stay organized and focused throughout the day: They all follow a work routine.

When you have a lot of tasks on your to-do list, you may feel overwhelmed, and find it a struggle even to get started. But having a routine provides structure to your day and allows you to get more done in less time.

Everyone has problems, everyone needs solutions - on every level of life. Whether you’re the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, or a small business owner like we are, problems occur on every level.

Maybe you’re lacking vision right now for what you want your ideal life to look like? Maybe you’re trying to get way more people than you currently do listening to your music, maybe you’re trying to change what was a life time of bad habits? I’ve had all of these problems, and I can tell you there is always a solution. It’s just sometimes, we stop ourselves from finding it because we blind ourselves with what we have to do to get there.

The alarm goes off, its 6 AM, you hit the snooze button - you’ve already submitted to the lazy part of you by doing something that made you feel comfortable. 

You get up at 06:15, slowly get into the shower, and turn on the warm water immediately so you don’t feel cold. You could of had a cold shower, and woken yourself up, but you didn’t.

You get dressed, go into the kitchen, and make a large, fat & carb heavy breakfast - instead of drinking a green smoothie and eating something much healthier.

It’s only 06:45, and you’ve already submitted to your inner laziness three times within half an hour. And you wonder why life isn’t as exciting as it could be?

I’ve had these problems in the past, in fact, there are times still up to this date that I prioritise my comfort over better results, and I want this article to show you how I stopped and how you can too.