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❤️ Four Tools to Rebuild Your Self-Belief 🧠 mindset

One of the most difficult questions I’ve ever been asked came from a 30-year old composer back in 2023.

Here’s what he wrote to me:

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🗓️ How I Start Every Week to Avoid Overwhelm 🧠 mindset

As you may have discovered yesterday…

Mondays can make or break your energy and motivation for the rest of the week:

I used to feel like...

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📖 How to Build a Brand, Not Just a Business (feat. Chris Do) 🧠 mindset

Some of you may know that I’m a huge Chris Do fan.

Chris is an artist, educator, and co-founder of The Futur, a channel with career advice...

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❤️‍🩹 How I Overcame a 6-Month Content Block 🧠 mindset

Throughout the last 365 days, my YouTube channel has been climbing rapidly to nearly 100,000 subscribers.

But for the past few months, I'd been...

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😫 How to Overcome "Composer's Block" 🧠 mindset

A student composer I’ve worked with in the past reached out to me a few weeks ago asking how I go about dealing with “composer’s...

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🤔 How to Decide if Composing Full-Time is Worth It 🧠 mindset

A few weeks back, an old friend and colleague of mine reached out in response to my newsletter to ask about a career pivot he’s been...

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❗ Introduce Jeopardy Into Your Goals 🧠 mindset

I watched an incredible interview with chef, entrepreneur, and TV celebrity Gordon Ramsay last month.

The interview is packed with little gems from...

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💪 Transform Your “Nervous Energy” 🧠 mindset

To reframe anxiety related to your art or career, think about it like a rollercoaster.

On the way up, you feel nervous, anticipating the steep drop...

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🧠 The Hidden Cost of “Success” 🧠 mindset

This is a subject I’ve thought about for years.

Throughout history, we’ve idolized the tortured artist.

When we hear stories of music...

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🖕 F*ck This, F*ck Me, F*ck You 🧠 mindset

Venus Theory released a video I think every artist should watch.

So many of us hold ourselves back from our artistic potential simply because we...

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