One More Song

I was doing my last cardio session, on the 75th day of #75Hard,

and as I was listening to music,

a message popped up on YouTube that said

“One More Song?”

And I said to myself sure,

why not,

which led me to doing a couple more minutes of cardio..

Maybe I was in an emotional state, being that I was just very proud of who I’ve become over 75 days,

and I was thinking of ways to contextualize my feelings,

And the phrase “One More Song”

brought up an emotion in me that reminded me of things to remember in my daily life moving forward..

The idea of “ 1 more”

Ed Mylett’s idea is

By doing 1 more,

always setting the bar and crossing the line with 1 more

1 more rep

1 more minute on the treadmill

1 more phone call

1 more email

1 more DM

Builds confidence in a way that is all your own.

You begin to believe you deserve more,

you do more, therefore you’re worth more,

that every single 1 more you add to your life,

gets you that much more ahead than everybody else,

and that those accumulated over time create that much more distance between you and the other girl or guy..

An extremely valuable lesson that is applicable right this second, anywhere, and for a long long time..

I have something to add..

I’ve had many ideas

many ventures I’ve wanted to see cross the finish line..

I was a DJ..

I resold vintage clothes, with a brand named Dads Classic..

I prepared a 10 page business plan for a Technology company that would reduce and solve textile waste in the US by 2035..

At least 5 different YouTube pages with valuable content in specific niches..

Each of these, I saw the finish line, the end result..

DJ’ing I saw and was sure, I could DJ the major music festivals, going on tour, and producing award winning music.. and had 0 doubt I could’ve been the best DJ on the planet..

The Textile Waste business, would have for sure solved the problem, and have been profitable with the goal of a billion dollar exit..

All of them never crossed the finish line or took the exponential jump needed to go from idea, to plan, to on track towards the end goal..

I got to a point where I had an excuse to all of them.

it was always somebody else

it was always my situation

it was always my circumstance

it was always not enough money or resources

until I broke down all of them, and came to the realization it was just me and the lack of effort and work ethic

the missing part, even if it included somebody else, was still me

I stopped reaching out after reaching 3 investors.. that all said no..

I stopped making DJ Mixes that off the top of my head 5 people loved.. and I mean loved..

I had accounts and was involved in the vintage clothing community here in Los Angeles.. until I wasn’t..

But think about this..

What if I was one more email away..

What if the next email I sent, would’ve been the investor waiting for a business to invest in..

What if the next investor was a 100% yes,

with just the amount of money I was looking for?..

What if a club recruiter was a listener of my DJ mixes and was wanting just 1 more mix before booking me to their club..

What if I stopped writing blogs on my last one and you never got to read this one?

What if?

It was a tough pill to swallow, but a gratifying one as well to sit there and tell myself the truth, which was that even though yes you would’ve and could’ve been that thing

I simply quit too early..

I say gratifying because the sooner you can realize, that the thing didn’t work because of this or that, and being in conflict with yourself, is all false..

And realize that it was that you quit too early, and that you can also work on it..

The sooner you can get to working on yourself, and the conversations you have with yourself, and start moving toward the next goal, the next move, the next project.

Anyway, I can confidently say, each thing I took away a skill, or a piece of one, an observation, a realization of some parts of each venture, I was good at, and could apply to the next thing, or just overall in life..

I was good at invoking emotion..

I was good at reading a room for what’s missing and what do the people want in an environment..

I can look at a problem and the direct solution and fill in the middle..

The list goes on and on and I’ve learned plenty of diving right in wholeheartedly..

Older I get it seems life is like that for plenty of people out there..

So..

before you quit that thing you started..

Ask yourself this

What if the formula to having a fulfilling product, or service, or business, or podcast..

Was to simply,

Keep getting started

over and over again?

Just keep providing one more,

and then one more,

and then just another one,

and then again..

Produce like it’s the first one you’ve ever made.

Treat your customer or clients like it was their first purchase.

What if you had someone watching?

(and I’m assuring you, there is someone watching)

who’s just waiting for one more out of you,

before they buy,

before the become a die hard fan,

before they subscribe..

The thing is, you won’t know, and you’ll never know..

But that should be enough evidence for you to just keep going..

Because you’ll never know which one would be “THE” one

that gets you where you want to go.

*Side Story:

If you don’t know, I work at Bedros Keuilian’s HQ in Chino Hills directly with him for his social media.

Now on a Tuesday, he sends me a text with a blog post, asking me to get in touch with our Web Developer Trevor, to see if I can fit in my schedule the time to post a blog for him twice a week.

I said sure.

He then hits me with,

“You have a blog don’t you?”

(I had previously brought it up in our interview),

I said “Yes I do, I wrote a blog about our interview the other week”

Then he goes,

“Send it to me..”

I replied “Done!”

Texted it to him,

Later on in the day I check my analytics,

and of course see,

•Mobile User (Chino Hills, CA)

(Speak The Language -Blog-)

It was him, BEDROS FUCKING KEUILIAN,

READING THE BLOG..

Now, I came to a sudden realization..

This all connects and I’m about to get to the point right here..

What if when I sent him my blog..

I had nothing but 2 posts up..

How would his opinion of my blog change?

How would I feel about him seeing my blog?

But due to me continually writing these damn things,

Without knowing who’s about to see them, or with no promise that one of the great entrepreneurs of our time, will see them..

I kept writing..

And because of that, I presented a decent blog to him, and it was only presentable, because I didn’t stop writing when I felt it had no views, or wasn’t seeing any attention, or any of that..

Like I said,

Just keep creating, because you never know who’s going to ask to see your work..

I really appreciate you for making it to the end, if this served any value to you, in any way,

Id love to hear about it!
It helps me, and helps me help you by writing better blogs.

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