HOW TO STAY FOCUSED AS AN ARTISTE

It's very easy for people to tell you you need to focus but what they don't seem to tell you is how difficult it can be  to focus. It can be very difficult especially when it seems like the entire universe is working against you. Just when it looked like you were about to start accomplishing your goals, your laptop crashed, your got a call from home about a bad news, your significant other left you for some other person who is everything you'd love to be but aren't. It can be really tough. It's at this point self-doubt creeps in and you begin to ask yourself if you didn't make a huge mistake in making your choice of career.

So, how do you focus when life seems to be on a mission to frustrate you? I'm simply going to share how I do it and it has worked extremely well for me.

Anyone who knows me will testify to the fact that I'm an extremely focused person. Sometimes it's difficult for people to believe that I struggle with self-doubt. It has become way better now and I haven't had doubts in months now but it hasn't always been so. So, here we go:

I ask myself the following questions:

1. WHAT IS THE BEST LIFE I COULD HAVE IF I WASN'T DOING WHAT I'M DOING

            WOULD I BE HAPPY?

2. WHAT IS THE WORST LIFE I COULD HAVE IF I WASN'T DOING WHAT I'M DOING?

             WOULD I BE HAPPY?

3. WHAT IS THE BEST LIFE I COULD HAVE DOING WHAT I'M DOING?

             WOULD I BE HAPPY?

4. WHAT IS THE WORST LIFE I COULD HAVE DOING WHAT I'M DOING?

             WOULD I BE HAPPY?

So, what I do is I focus on question 2 and 4 and choose the lesser evil which is usually question 4. I set it aside. Then I  focus on question 1 and 3 and choose the greater good, which is usually question 3.

So, I've set aside question 4 and question 3, right? Let me write them out.

4. WHAT IS THE WORST LIFE I COULD HAVE DOING WHAT I'M DOING?

             WOULD I BE HAPPY?

3. WHAT IS THE BEST LIFE I COULD HAVE DOING WHAT I'M DOING?

             WOULD I BE HAPPY?


Notice that both of my choices at my worst and best outcomes have to do with what I'm doing. That means at the worst in my life, I'll rather be doing what I'm doing and at the best in my life, I'll rather be doing what I'm doing.

You know what that means? I have no choice but to keep doing what I'm doing.

So I go ahead and focus on question 4. WHAT'S THE WORST LIFE I COULD HAVE DOING WHAT I'M DOING?  I usually can't think of something bad. At the worst I'd become a music distributor or something music related and I'd still make money and be happy which is better than what most people bargain for and I know it'll never get that bad because I just know.


So, this is the interesting part; I focus on question 3. WHAT'S THE BEST LIFE I COULD HAVE DOING WHAT I'M DOING? I let my imagination run wild and free. By the time I'm done, I would have fuelled the fire in me. When I think of all the possibilities, I get encouraged. Imagine that you're having a bad day and you just board your private jet and fly to Tahiti just so you can sit by the blue waters. Or you're having a writer's block and you decide to visit the Taj Mahal for some inspiration but you don't have to think of the money. Imagine how you could just see a small child hawking on the streets and how you could sponsor that child's education without blinking because, you know, MONEY NO BE PROBLEM. And most importantly, you'd be getting all that money doing what you love.


So, every time you are about lose focus, let your imagination run free and remember you can only get those things doing what you do, i.e Music. Tell yourself you have no other option but to succeed as an artiste. Go on instagram and look at Beyoncé's life. She's able to afford that life doing music. You too can.

You can also save this link and come back to read it anytime you feel discouraged and are about to lose focus.

You can also read  this post about focus. Click here. I hope it helps you.



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Best wishes
Jesam.