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Start off every day with a smile and get it over with.
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Staying motivated and on top of things everyday, can be tough at times… Especially if you are in the music biz. In addition to that, we have all sorts of temtations that lurk all around us…you have to battle the urge to stay away from the TV, play with the kids, hang out with your peers and so on.

 
Luckily, for you there is a simple, quick and very effective fix. There are three highly effective tactics that I use on a daily basis in order to keep myself motivated. Doing these 3 things everyday, helps me to stay “On Point” even though I own several business, consult with a ton of clients in the music industry and have very little free time.

 
First of all, the most important thing of all is that you must remember to…..Do Something EVERY Day!.

 
Now that may sound like a “Given”, but it’s so easy to work for 4-6 hours on a project, like a song or a piece of production work one day, then forget about it for a few days, which in this business is a SIN! If you let something go for more than 24 hours, you will have difficulty getting that momentum up to full speed again, trust me. Personally, I work every day and most times, I even work on the weekends — including Sunday — even if it’s only for 30 to 40 minutes.

 
Chances are, if you force yourself to build up your business or career, even for five minutes, you might have fun and end up working for 30 to 60 hours, simply because the things that we love doing almost Never seem like work. There are certain things that I work on that don’t feel like work, simply because I love doing them, but working on these things first may not always be the wisest thing to do.

 
I personally make it my goal to first work on the things that are going to:
A- Either bring me closer to my goal the quickest
or
B- Make me the most money in the shortest period of time.

 
My second tip is that…. You also need to HATE your present situation. Let me explain. You should not be miserable and hate your life, but you need to have a reason or two, or three to motivate you to change your current reality. Do you want to be on the cover of BillBoard magazine in 5 years? Do you want to sell 50,000 CDs this year (remember think BIG!) instead of just 800?

 
My motivation is to be able to live finacially free, living off of a stream of passive income sources… What is yours?

 
A really good and weird method is to set slightly unrealistic goals that to most would seem unreachable. If you always sell 300 CDs or downloads a month, tell yourself you want to sell 1500 this month. You’ll work harder and might just hit 1200 or 1000… which you will view as a failure, so you’ll try harder next month. Plus 1000 CDs at even a modest price of $6- each is still a wopping $6,000.00 right? (This is a VERY realistic goal, I personally know of several indie artist who sell 1000 CDs / Downloads a month or more… If the can do it, so can YOU!) You got into this business because you wanted more of something… more money, more fame, whatever.

 
Finally, you need to keep your material (and your mindset) in an “Already Sold” state! This is a practice that I teach to a lot of my clients, some of whom have done extremely well, just based of off this one step. If you create your material such as songs, productions, beats, etc with the assumption that it HAS to go out tomorrow, because someone in the industry really wants it, you’ll always have material handy and ready to go if such an occasion comes into play. Instead of having your material in a million pieces, have the bare minimum ready to go NOW, and add to it as needed.

 
Those are my three best motivational tools: #1 Do something every day, #2 Hate your present situation, and #3 keep your material in an “Already Sold!” state.

 
If you make it a HABIT to do something towards bringing you closer to your goal, Every Day.. You’ll be light years ahead of 99.9% of everyone else, because very few others have the self motivation to do this…. Other then those people who are ALREADY where you want to BE.. And the way they got there is by being Focused!

 
Stay Focused, Stay True to Your Dreams and You’ll Make It!
Talk back to me and leave your comment for this post, do you think it is a good idea to contribute to your goals on a daily basis? Why? Or simply let me know what you thnk of this concept…. Leave your comment now, Talk Back Baby!
 

 
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