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The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Listener Favorites: George Ko | Why it Takes 1000 Small Breaks to Get One Big One

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

George Ko, known for his dazzling sound and eloquence at the piano, is a pianist and composer who has played on stages around the world. George highlights the importance of dedication, grit and consistency when pursuing a creative path. Here's why being able to get 1000 small breaks instead of one big one will be what defines your ability to hit it big in the future.

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0:00.0

As you probably notice, this month, we're bringing you our Life of Purpose series and revisiting

0:04.6

some of our most transformative episodes. Tune in to explore expert insights and practical

0:09.4

strategies on help, performance, and community well-being, all aimed at helping you achieve

0:14.4

personal and professional fulfillment. If you sign up for the newsletter, you'll not only get

0:18.5

recaps of the key ideas in each interview, but at the end of the series, you'll receive our free Life of Purpose ebook.

0:24.5

What you have to do is go to UnmistakableCreative.com slash LifePurpose.

0:28.1

Again, that's UnmistakableCreative.com slash Life Purpose.

0:32.8

I used to think you needed that one big break to make it.

0:36.4

Now I believe you need 1,000 mini breaks. And

0:40.2

that still may not be enough. You still need the big cocoon. And in my life as a musician, I haven't

0:46.3

had the big cocoon yet. Mind you, I've only been doing this for 16 months. So I have to be a little

0:51.5

bit modest here. But, you know, like, I was going to get this really big Netflix show.

0:56.5

Didn't happen.

0:57.4

I was going to get this really big movie to compose for it.

1:01.1

It didn't happen.

1:02.3

I was going to get this really big gig that involves a certain kind of ball being hiked up and thrown across a 50-yard line.

1:10.4

That didn't happen.

1:11.5

And so you just kind of have to be persistent and kind of,

1:17.0

you kind of have to be kind of dumb about it.

1:18.8

You know,

1:19.1

you have to be kind of an idiot.

1:21.3

And, and,

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