I’m going to give you what I believe to be the top 3 reasons why artists people please, maybe you’ll hear something familiar in one of them and then I'm going to talk about my tips and ways that you can stop people pleasing from today onwards.

And also my 2 step cardinal rule for people pleasers when it comes to making any decision.

1. You Are Following Someone Else’s Idea Of Success
2. You Are Hyper Worried About What Everyone Else Thinks
3. You Think You Won’t Have Any Other Opportunities

How do we as Artists stop doing this?

1. Watch and Listen to your decisions, is there any element of people pleasing? 

2. Get Specific about who and why you are pleasing mostly

3. Does this fit your vision?

"Your clear vision of success is where the head meets the heart." - Jo 

3 Step - Cardinal Rule for People Pleasers

1. If you think you might be people pleasing a lot, I have a rule where I tell my clients “do not to make any decision on the spot.” Take the next 24-48 hrs to decide....HOWEVER
2. In that 24-48 hours lay it out in a way that FEAR doesn’t come into it. "I don’t have enough money, I don’t have enough time & What if it doesn’t work"...those are all FEAR based. I want this decision to come from a place of abundance not lack.
3. Is this part of my vision? - Yes or No!?!

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Your clear vision of success is not the same as any one else, I can assure you that after having coached dozens of artists, songwriters and musicians through this process, no two visions are exactly the same and for that reason your plan shouldn't be the same as the next person. Your path to success certainly won't be.

In my program, we first discover what you REALLY want from life and from your music career, and what you want to GIVE BACK!

We do this without worrying about what you THINK you can achieve.

Once you have a really clear vision (minus the noise) of what you want, you can then map out a clear direction, a focus, and a plan.
You can then make decisions easily and effectively using that direction and that plan as guideposts.

Nothing is a mystery from then on.

Stop chasing the latest greatest trend, thing or idea, unless it fits squarely into your picture of what you really want.

If you don't have a picture of what you really want, book a discovery call with me today to figure it out.

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I love the fact that my human brain can consciously accept or reject any idea that I want to and this is something that I now try to practice daily.

Even my own ideas that I’ve held onto for a while.

Particularly ideas about myself, my place in the world, my industry, my career, my voice, my music and my self-worth.

Particularly those ideas is where it becomes most powerful.

Many people go along in life arbitrarily accepting what is given to them, feed to them, and told to them as if it’s all truth.

I want you to ask yourself when is the last time that you had a chance to consciously decide whether or not to accept or reject an idea about yourself?

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Karissa Hoffart is a Saskatchewan born and raised country music artist, with huge talent and a huge heart.

We talk about how daily habits have become one of her most important mindset routines and how they have help to set her up for success and staying positive.

Karissa is also a Registered Nurse and talks about her experiences in this field during the pandemic.

Balancing a great mindset is so important in her busy and sometimes stressful life. Checking in yourself, having mind, body and soul routines and habits is what has changed her world tremendously.

We also chat about her Saskatchewan Virtual School Tour which is still ongoing and how I helped her to go from idea to execution quickly and to push past some of the fears surrounding it. It has turned out to be a super successful project and so valuable to her as a person and what she brings to the table with her self-written EP - Life of Mine.

Her latest single "I do" is out in a few days!

Check her out online now:

Web: www.karissahoffart.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/karissahoffart/
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Kevin Breuner is the SVP of Marketing at CD Baby and has been with CD Baby for 15 years. In that time he's seen a mountain of change, with technologies, platforms, and marketing strategies that Indie Artists can leverage to become sustainable in the industry. 

I recently had the chance to sit down with him to discuss how his own super successful indie band "Small Town Poets" have navigated their way through the years and how they grew their following by using grass roots marketing methods and connecting with fans but also integrating with the newest technologies along the way. Interestingly even with all of these new technologies much of the foundations of these methods are still relevant today.

He also talks about understanding and educating yourself on how today's platforms that provide a stage for indie artists actually work.

• Youtube still being the #1 streaming platform.
• A consistent pattern of release on Spotify.
  • radio versions, live versions, acoustic versions, and covers all factor into the picture.
  • I learned that even the Beatles did cover, lots of covers!
• Having a goal to be Tik Tok famous is great but also understand how the platform works and where your demographic is located in the social world.
• How failing is inevitable and necessary, and those who get where they want to go just need to take failure on board as a part of the landscape.

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In all the interviews I've done I don't think I have encountered a more upbeat, energetic and soul connected person in the industry. 

Sheree started Global Songwriters Connection back in 2013 and has been helping songwriters (& artist/writers) polish their songs, connect with people who will raise the bar and land publishing deals ever since then.

Located in the hub of it all, in Nashville, Sheree has long been connected to the writing and music world, raised by two successful songwriters and holding her own successful career in music, she turned her knowledge, passion and connection into an incredibly valuable organization for writers, and artist/writers to be involved with. The success of many of her members speaks for itself.

Grab your coffee, pen and paper and take notes.

Head on over to www.globalsongwriters.com to grab a membership now! 

Every great athlete has had a number of coaches along the way.

We in the music business are just starting to understand the value of having a great coach or many coaches along the way also.

Creating income in the music business isn't as difficult as you may think, the challenges are everything that comes along with it.

The mental game, the ability to persevere, fall, fail, be judged, be strong, be authentic, believe in yourself. 

These are the skills that I help my client build that get them to success in a balanced and healthy way.

Everyone needs someone to believe in them and hold that belief on the days when things are difficult.

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Over thinking and Under Acting go together like two old friends!

Did you know that it takes so much more physical energy to be in a constant state of thinking and stressing about things and totally over thinking it?

Because I talk about thoughts and thinking A LOT I thought it was time to talk about DOING and not over thinking and the balance between.

Something that I hear myself and others saying a lot is “I totally know that I”m over thinking this…”

And sometimes it’s a struggle because it might be a BIG decision, and it might feel like you must make the correct decision like moving or a new company or a new job.

You feel like if you make the wrong decision it will be really bad, but you get stuck thinking on it and after a while it starts to feel like you don’t know what even a good decision is because you are totally now in a stress cycle of over thinking.

I see people bounce back and forth between decisions a lot, they make one and then they hear one piece of feedback and it changes their decision and they start to over think it again.

So under doing goes hand in hand with over thinking because if you are over thinking something you’re definitely not doing or acting on it. So it makes sense that these two things work together to keep you stuck.

I walk you through how to move past over thinking by taking action in this podcast.

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Perfectionism is not about being perfect at all.

At its core perfectionism is about the fear of just ONE thing and one thing alone, and that is...

"The Fear of Not Being Good Enough"

The good news is that you can rid yourself of perfectionism and its destructive force in your life and career.

Perfectionism and anxiety and depression are highly connected and I'm committed to helping you move past it and overcome it.

Perfectionism and progress don't go together!

Are you wearing your perfectionism on your sleeve almost like a badge of honour and can you be brave enough to let go of it?

I walk you through some powerful questions for your own awareness when it comes to overcoming your perfectionism.

Who do you want to become?

Can you learn to fail well?

You can HAVE a failure and not BE a failure!

A failure is just an event, not a personality trait.

Those are 2 different things.

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In an industry where no one is looking over your shoulder most days to see what you're working on and how you're working on it there is nothing more important than being highly accountable, to yourself!

Coaching and communities work because of many reasons, awareness, motivation and also accountability is high on that list of reasons.

But the real magic is when you start showing up for yourself!

That's when progress is made, results roll in and confidence soars!

In this podcast I talk through the process of creating and accountability at first with others and then moving that accountability to yourself and how empowering that moment is.

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