Today's Topic: Dealing with Setbacks as a Music Artist

Before we begin, we ask you to be completely honest with yourself. No one will know the truth, but you.

Here we go! You must find out your emotional state of mind and understand what triggers your emotional reactions to various circumstances. Next, take the information that you have learned about yourself and work toward building a positive environment around you. This discovery stage is extremely important in order to remove the obstacle that is preventing you from becoming successful.

Try to immediately separate yourself from negative influences in your live as much as possible. We understand this may be very hard to do, but do your best. The benefits in the long-run will be worth it. Rid yourself of those people who are really bad for you. People with ulterior motives only damage your career.

Motivation: Activation to action starts here. Your level of motivation to do what is required of you is reflected by the choices that you make and in the intensity and persistence of your own efforts. If you continue brooding over your setbacks, instead of looking at them as “temporary” hardships, your setbacks will become permanent fixtures in your personal and professional life.

You will achieve what you believe. People's beliefs about their capabilities to produce affect everything in their life. If you feel that you’re stuck in gear and not willing to change, ultimately your current state of mind will be your reality. Nothing will seem like it’s going right for you! Lack of prosperity sometimes is attributed to lack of action. Do not allow your fears to take advantage of you.

Exercise influence over your own mind: thought processes, emotional state and behavior. A strong sense of self-worth will enhance your ability to want to achieve and be successful, thereby enhancing your life.

People with high assurance in their capabilities approach difficult tasks as challenges to be mastered rather than as threats to be avoided. They view failure as additional skills which are to be acquired. People who doubt their capabilities shy away from difficult tasks which they view as personal threats.

Maybe you need to change the method in which you are doing things. If you’ve been doing the same thing for years and still you’re not getting anywhere, maybe you should look at creating a different route, a different way in which you present yourself, product and etc. that will give you better results. People hear what they see. If what they hear does not appeal to them, they will not listen. If what they see attracts their eyes, they will want to listen even more. It is said that "people remember things better when they see it instead of hear it."

So, get out there and let the world see your true essence (the core) of you! Only you can define the phenomenon in you. And, only you can stop you! Don’t let your problems stop you. Do not accept anything less.

Big G Artists Agency’s recommendation to every single client, no matter their industry:

1.   Stop worrying

2.   Stop making excuses

3.   Set your goals high and don’t stop until you get there.

A man dies when he stops working. Creating success is tough. Keeping it is tougher. Keep producing, you can’t ever stop. (If you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end. Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing every day, you will overcome 99 % of your competition.)  

“When you stop having dreams and ideals — well, you might as well stop altogether.” ~ Marian Anderson

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” ~ Jon Kabat Zinn

J. DuCre, Head Writer
Rico deLeon, Staff Writer
Big G Artists Agency, LLC