Over the past year and more, I've come to really understand what passion, hustle and resiliency are. If you don't have the passion for what you're doing, how on earth will you really be successful right?

On the other hand, when you really enjoy what you're doing, then what you're attracting into your life is absolutely fabulous, right? Do you remember a situation in your life when you really did something because you enjoyed it, and as you continued, your drive, energy and enthusiasm increased? How did it feel? Now, wouldn't you like to have that all the time, every single day, in every single thing that you do? I sure do...

Back around 2001, I was really frustrated that I couldn't get performances regularly. I probably got invited to play once in 3 months, and I didn't like that. I wanted to play every week. I spent some time really questioning myself, my abilities and all the rest, and sure it was really tough but I had so much leverage that I really wanted to change and so used my self-esteem to combat them! For me, my self-esteem builds up when I see professionals playing and so I went to so many concerts. I fought hard with my Self 1 and the inner voice telling me that I'm n the way that works for them, and rubbish. Then came the secret to my heart, I've got to tell people what I do iunfortunately, it's different for every single person. I had to work on getting my communication effective! (I'm sure we'll explore this at another date).

Having fought through, I saw powerful results for myself and with everyone I came into contact with. I attracted performances every week and soon enough, people just asked me to come along and perform. It was phenomenal, and I found that I was having an impact on other musicians as well themselves being recalled to play with me regularly. It was pure magic, and I was doing what I really enjoyed.

What I learnt from all that is that its just not enough to have the passion. If you're not dedicated to the cause, for example, getting performances, then how will you be able to strive towards and get there. The most effective way that I live my life is to really, and I mean really get clear on what I want and why I want it. Then, I analyse what I need to do, connect with the outcome, and just let it appear in my life, simply through attracting it. In simple, that's the "strategy" of my life, and it works magic with all my clients who want to live success.

The third key thing that I learnt at the same time is that you've got to hold yourself together when you get a "NO" to performing. Man did I have so many of those! But when you're resilient, you have the power within you to quickly dust yourself off and hit the next name on the list. What I've also found is that these three ingriedients of success are key to my business, either in getting marketing done, getting clients, and just seeking opportunities to work with musicians.

What you've got to realise is that no matter how much passion you've got, you need to stand firm in your position as being the best you can be, conveying that message and trusting that whatever decision the other person makes is right for both you and them.

I invite you to think about this for yourselves and see what you could ammend in your approach to making it much more successful for you. What in your music or personal life could you change a little? What would really get you going more? What approach could you take to getting that performance you want?

If you've got the hustle and resiliency to develop your passion, I invite you to take up one of our one-off PERSONAL COACHING SESSIONS. We'll work through a particular part of your music, see what your next step is and we guarantee you in achieving it! If not, we'll give you a full refund. It sure is something you can't miss.