What motivates you?

No, not when things are great.

Not when you have momentum and you're feeling good, but what motivates you on your down days?

When things are a little off, not going the way you want them to. You took an L, angry with your progress,

maybe even having a hard time remembering why you got into the game to begin with.

What acts is your rope to latch onto and pull yourself back up to a good place?

Because after all, that's what it's all about, right? The difference between a good day and a bad day, it's nothing more than the thoughts in your head.

You're walking down the street.

Something comes to mind that, you know, we've all been there.

You're happy about it.

You're excited about it.

It kind of lifts you up for a second.

You know, your day didn't change.

Nothing around you changed.

Your mindset did.

And that particular moment, that feeling is worth diving into because it's incredibly relevant

when we're talking about big picture pursuits, working towards

something that is a long way away. I was just talking to a friend of mine, lives in Nashville,

incredibly talented guy, and he's working like crazy to get his music out there. We were talking

about our similarities as creators.

You know, and the idea that, no matter how much time you put into something, how hard you work,

you never really know how the next song, video, speech, or whatever piece of content,

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