Quartet #18: The Best Parts of a Must-Read Business Book, the Four Types of Luck and More!
This is my first "normal" week in quite some time.
I am sleeping in my own bed every single night this week. My son has five days of school. I haven't traveled farther than about seven miles from my house. And it has been so incredibly productive!
Momentum feels good and I hope you are experiencing some yourself.
And without further ado, here are this week's ideas...
Quartet of the Week
1. How to Design the Perfect Day
There is a lot to digest in this post. At the least I would recommend skimming it and bookmarking it to return to later. It's worth it I promise!
Two things jumped off the page at me. One is the busyness is a lack of priorities section and the other is the quote that I include below in my final thought of the week.
2. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing Summary: Top 10 Lessons
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing is a really great book! Probably a third of it doesn't apply at all to a musician with a portfolio career but the rest of the book is vital to anyone on this path!
I highly recommend that you check out the book but in the meantime, this blog post is a really good summary of some of the key points.
If you are thinking about starting anything from a band to a teaching studio, you are making a mistake by not checking this out first. It will affect not just how you approach the venture but even what you try to do in the first place.
3. The Four Types of Luck
This twitter thread describes the four different kinds of luck as laid out in a 1978 book by neurologist Dr. James Austin.
The fascinating thing about this is that only the first of four is out of your control. We can play a direct role in increasing the chances of the other three types of luck showing up in our life simply through intentional actions.
I find that empowering!
4. 2022 TEM Year in Review
This one isn't an idea but it's always fun for me to go over the stats for the show at the end of each year. This short post includes my five most popular episodes of the year and the Top 10 countries by download.
Some of those are awfully far away from where I'm sitting right now which is kind of crazy!
If you are reading this then you are a big reason for the continued success of TEM and I appreciate you!
This Week's TEM Episode
TEM285: Follow the Green Lights is about why you need to be following the green lights in your portfolio career rather than stopping to fixate on the stop signs.
You're probably brighter than I am but I have to re-learn this lesson over and over again! So keep reminding me if you notice that I need to hear it again!
My Final Thought of the Week
Here's a quote to send you on your way:
"You don't have eight creative, problem-solving hours in the day - you have two. Use them wisely."
—Naval Ravikant
These two sentences made me reframe how I structure my days and what important work needs to go where in the day.
I certainly have more than two productive hours a day in me. But truly peak effort where I'm doing my best and most creative problem solving?
I bet it's right around two hours.
Love simple concepts that help solidify so much so quickly in my mind.
Have a great week!
Cheers,
Andrew
The Entrepreneurial Musician
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