What clogs up our creativity and causes us to stop being creative. Bob Dylan once wrote
"... there is no success like failure and failure is no success at all...". I think he means that to fail is to have tried only once and once is never enough.
Fear of failure is the biggest killer of creativity. There is no excuse for not trying. You have to be willing to fail. So if you fail don’t let your passion fade. Realize that failure is a step toward success. Trust yourself and your intuition.
To be able to attain your larger goal you first have to accomplish your smaller goals. The worst thing that can happen to you is that you will have to do it again.
We all have plenty of reasons in life to be afraid of things but we overcome them. Do you remember your first day of school? Scary, wasn’t it? The first school dance? Also scary! There are plenty of issues that you have conquered in your life and music is no different.
Be Realistic.
Know your dream and your large goals but work on small goals. Learn your instrument and try to write a short two chord or two note songs before you try to write a ground breaking album. Be consistent, work hard at practice and play hard in performance.
Pressure is another creativity killer.
We talked about passion and how it can drive us. Well it can also drive us away. Pressure can be self induced or come from outside sources. If you are putting unnecessary pressure on yourself you are walking a pathway to unhappiness.
I am sure that there are many benefits to being a famous musician, painter or businessman for that matter. But having a fame or bust attitude is crazy. There are also many benefits to having no fame and the future is a difficult thing to predict. If you stay in the here and now, work hard and take time to enjoy your life you will be happier and in the long term be more successful.
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