There’s a rapper out there who doesn’t know that I’m thinking about them right now. I’m thinking about them right now because there’s something that he once told me that stuck ever since: “Once you find confidence in yourself, you start depending less on the opinions of others, and more on the facts of your process”.
I’m currently in the process of developing my ability to separate the true from the false, the useful from the useless, and the real from the fake across all the conversations I’m having with people both experts and non experts in the music business. Does anybody have any idea how easy it is for emotions to interfere with one’s ability to master this discernment?
I had a conversation with an extremely good friend of mine the other day, and I found myself indirectly seeking council on the implementation of AI in music business. He effectively told me there’s no point in pursuing it because even if we were to start now we would effectively be too late to the party…
The funny and unnatural thing about being an entrepreneur is having to constantly rely on your own judgement in order to forge ahead in whatever direction you want your business to head in. Considering the fact that most people are followers, and that most people’s begin their lives by learning how to follow first, it can be really unnatural to lean on your own judgement, especially when it comes to making big decisions.
Despite all of this though, when I found myself listening to my friend I couldn’t help but realise that for one thing I was going to the wrong person for advice (something that I can hold myself accountable for), and for another thing even if my friend was the right person to talk to, his mindset and mine were on two completely different sides of the spectrum.
It’s hard and it’s scary, but over time I have to learn how to listen to my inner voice. It can be dangerously easy to become so obsessed with it that I forget to listen to others when I need to, but not listening to my inner voice enough is also equally as dangerous.
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