Quartet #9: Five Questions to Ask Yourself When You Start a Project, A Powerful Tool for YouTube Creators and More!
Lots of major professional changes on the immediate horizon for me so I'm scrambling a little. All good and meant to be, but some major changes.
Glad I'm able to stick to a schedule like getting this newsletter out (which is progress for me when I start to get overwhelmed!)
And without further ado, here are this week's ideas...
Quartet of the Week
1. Five Questions to Ask Yourself When You Start a Project
Having a portfolio career usually means lots of projects. I sure wish I had seen this list before I started some of mine!
2. John Wooden and How to Practice
Learn why legendary basketball coach John Wooden kept practices short and why he was obsessed with small details. This 10-minute podcast episode has essentially nothing to do with basketball and everything to do with how we “practice” various skills in our life.
3. In-Depth YouTube Analytics
I use this tool at Pedal Note Media and it is invaluable. It uses data to identify things like the best hashtags to use on YouTube videos - which is something that's really important.
If you are at all serious about growing a YouTube channel (and you should be with so much of the world moving to video) you should check out this tool.
4. 9 Things Productive People Do Differently
There are some nugggets of wisdom in here including a concept that is new to me: priority dilution.
That is when the sheer number of obligations we’ve committed to keep us from the work that matters most.
I have experienced this myself countless times and seen it regularly in my TEM Coaching clients over the years and glad that I now have a name for it!
This Week's TEM Episode
In TEM278 I share a super cool YouTube trick that helps remind you that even the most polished creators of art started as beginners.
My Final Thought of the Week
Here's a quote to send you on your way:
“Man, sometimes it takes a long time to sound like yourself.”
—Miles Davis
So if you are new to songwriting or teaching or marketing or talking into a mic or new to anything, it is going to take a long time until you sound like yourself.
So just start and you'll get there faster!
Cheers,
Andrew
The Entrepreneurial Musician
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