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5 Secrets to Continued Music Business Success
by David Hooper
Published on this site: September 30th, 2005 - See
more articles from this month
Develop these 5 attributes of a successful music business
person, and you will find yourself moving quickly toward your
music business goals (and other goals in life)!
- Thick Skin: you cannot be easily offended or hurt
if you want to be successful. There will always be people
who are jealous or envious or out to bring someone else
down-you must develop a way to see past that and let it
roll off your back, like “water off a duck’s back.”
Ducks have feathers that are tight and their density act
like oil -it keeps the duck dry and warm. So when water
(cold or otherwise) lands on the back of a duck, it simply
rolls off. Let criticism roll off your back in a similar
manner - because if you are going to be successful, you
will have your share of criticism. Count on it.
- Obedience: although this might seem strange to
talk about to adults and not children, it is important to
consider that in order to be a leader, you must first learn
how to obey a leader. You must learn the principle of loyalty
to a leader if you want to lead others.
Once you have learned how to obey and to follow directions,
you can lead others and understand what commands and orders
do for an organization and an individual. Consider this:
175 of the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are former US Marines,
and 27 US Presidents served in the military.
- Courage: bravery is not courage, but you cannot
have courage without being brave. Courage is the moral fortitude
to stand up for your character (touched on in the last article)
and to do the right thing - even in the face of adversity.
When you have courage, you follow through on your vision.
It’s on display every day and only the courageous have
the ability to get the most out of life. When you have the
strength of your conviction, find the courage to put it
in to action. You won’t be sorry you did.
- Intolerance: not exactly what you might expect
to find in an article about success, but each of us must
be intolerant of any number of things: intolerant of abuse,
of injustice, of the things that you know are immoral, unethical,
or illegal. If there’s anything in this world you should
be intolerant of, those are some of them. I hope you are
an intolerant person-in the right way.
- Sense of Humor: if you don’t have a sense
of humor, you will fall flat on your face and never be someone
who succeeds. A good portion of the road we walk to success
is filled with blockades and potholes. If you come up against
one and go down, you must have the ability to laugh at the
situation and yourself. If you don’t, you will be angry
and bitter about your misfortune and never move past it.
Laugh at yourself and what you run up against and you’ll
find your climb to the top is quicker and more enjoyable
than you thought it would be.
For more free-reprint articles by David Hooper
please visit:
http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=David+Hooper
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