Quartet #38: I have definitely fallen for this trap
The trap laid out in #2 is something I have fallen for and so have many of my TEM Coaching clients over the years.
And I will use the tool shared in #4 pretty regularly moving forward.
And now on to this week's ideas...
Quartet of the Week
1. Nine Sources of Frustration for an Entrepreneurial Musician (5-min read)
The title of this article by the wonderful Noa Kagayema (who I interviewed for TEM101) is actually "Nine Sources of Frustration in the Practice Room" but it works perfectly if read as for an entrepreneurial musician instead.
I find #4 and #9 are the biggest hurdles for me, at least at times and in specific aspects of my career.)
2. Build a Business, Not an Audience (4-min read)
I am feeling called out by this one and that's good! Building an audience is important but how about this for a potential trap:
"I see so many people falling into the exact same trap.
Their goal is to become entrepreneurs. But instead of building products, they create content. Or even worse, they do research and take courses on how to create content.
But this doesn’t bring them one inch closer to their goal. It’s just a form of procrastination."
3. Emma Seppälä on The Happiness Track (52-min watch)
This video is a nice long-form chat with a scientist about happiness. My main takeaway is that the notion that we have to sacrifice happiness now (via hard work) for happiness later is not supported by science.
This is a good one to listen to while doing work around the house or on a long drive. It got me thinking about how I approach a lot of things.
Alright this is cool! This AI tool summarizes any long video almost instantly. For example, here is the summary for the video I just posted in #3.
(If you click "See More" it will give you time stamps so you can search the summary and then go right to a spot in the video that covers something you are interested in.)
Using AI for something like this is really exciting. It makes a lot of long-form content more accessible and searchable which is empowering.
What's New With TEM
The latest from TEM Blog is about the key to having good ideas and includes a hilarious anecdote about one doozy of a bad idea I had over 10 years ago. And for the record I initially thought that bad idea was really, really good!
My Final Thought of the Week
Here's a quote to send you on your way:
"The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing."
—James Brown
Nothing too profound. Or maybe this is the most profound quote I've shared yet?
All I know is this quote really spoke to me.
When in doubt, dance!
Here's to having a creative week!
Cheers,
Andrew
The Entrepreneurial Musician
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