I'm messing with Texas...

Published: Thu, 03/31/22

I'm hanging out at the Values and Ventures competition this weekend at TCU in Ft. Worth, Texas.

"We meet again Texas," (he says as he peers from underneath the brim of his Stetson, his eyes narrowed to slits).

We had no idea when we got here but turns out...

This business plan competition is ranked No. 2 in the nation!

I leafed through their program with my team and can you believe there are participating schools from all over the U.S and from as far away as Bangladesh and Zimbabwe?!?

"Crazy cool kids!" (is what I would say to my students if I didn't think that would sound so incredibly lame to them...)

Me trying to be the cool mentor...

Seeing students succeed is one of the reasons I love mentoring and coaching.

Whether they are audio engineers and musicians running their studios and releasing music, or undergraduates pitching Shark-Tank-style in front of judges, there's a certain invigorating feeling you get from helping others succeed.

So if you're struggling to find success, think about who you can serve and how you can help them find success.

If you're a music producer/engineer, your job is to make your artists more successful.
If you're an entrepreneur or business owner, your job is to make you customers more successful.
If you're a freelancer of any sort, your job is to make your clients more successful.

It's simple...if you're trying to succeed with your career, helping other people reach their goals is a surefire way to get there.

However, it's crazy to see how many people simply don't get this concept.

Every time I log onto producer and engineer forums I see people argue about trivial crap, trying to tear each other down, and belittling other people's success.

This is the exact wrong way to make success happen for you.

This is a self-fulfilling prophecy of negative energy and you're allowing it to happen!

Success doesn't happen when you're blaming others, arguing in the comments sections of the internet, and making people feel "less than."

It also doesn't happen if you're constantly feeling sorry for yourself that things don't just magically happen to you.

It takes work!

Our students didn't get to the No. 2 ranked business competition in the nation because they were handed a golden ticket on a magic carpet. They worked for months to get to where they are now and all that hard work is paying off.

So if you're not seeing the results you'd like to see, you're either not doing enough, or focusing on the wrong things.

(Sidenote: I can help you focus on the right things to grow your career...all you gotta do is ask).

It's awful to feel like a failure but the truth is...it's just as hard to succeed.

So if it's just a choice to make and they're equally hard...wouldn't you rather choose to succeed?

I don't know if that resonates with you today, but that's my message and I'm sticking to it.

Cheers,

Björgvin

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