How many times have you heard the phrase “Just don’t take it personal!” it’s business not personal, you need to have a thick skin!

And you’re left feeling pretty gutted and like all of what was just said was very personal and maybe even hurtful.

What if I told you that I have a different way of breaking the idea of not taking anything personal down so that it emotionally makes sense to you and it’s something that you can actually constructively use to move on quickly past the moments in our careers where things hurt and feel pretty personal.

Music is one of those chosen career paths where everything is highly personal. People are judging your looks, your voice, your skills, your personality, how can it not get personal.

Sorry but we’re not playing your song because well, it’s just not good enough! Ugh! Personal right. 

So a lot of well meaning mentors, industry people will simply tell you - ahhhh, shake it off, not everyone is going to like you, you’ve gotta have  thick skin if you want to be in this business. But they offer nothing extra on how to actually shake it off, and how to build emotional IQ and emotional skills to be resilient to that. So what ends up happening and you may be here and feeling this right now, if so stay tuned...

http://jojanzen.com/episode-124-how-to-not-take-it-personal