I used to be a musician who worked in the recording and live music industry as a drummer playing freelance for a number of artists and producers.
What about you? What’s your career, industry, field and job?
These are important questions because they open a world of opportunity you may not have seen before.
Here’s what I mean.
– I could have been a musician, in the education field working as a writer of instruction books for elementary school music publishers.
– Or a musician, in the recording and live performance industry, who played drums for the Air Force.
– Or a musician, in the film industry, who rented drums as props for movie producers.
If you’re stuggling in your career, it could very well be because you’ve looked at your options too simplistically. Without realizing it, you’ve said “I’m good at music, so I have to perform.”
I’m not suggesting that’s wrong, but I am suggesting that doesn’t really mean anything. Put some definition behind it by asking yourself these questions:
What do I want to be professionally speaking?
What industry do I want to do that in?
What specific function do I want to do within that industry?
Who, or what organizations do I want to work for within that industry?
Write out ALL the options you can think of and see which ones make your heart leap, which ones scare to death and which ones make you cringe at the thought. Throw out the cringers and explore the other two categories. My hope is you’ll pick the one that makes your heart leap AND scares you to death.
Success comes through a powerful mix of faith and daring,
