A few days ago, the Grammy’s happened. One of my new favorite bands, Imagine Dragons, performed their crazy hit Radioactive from the debut album. If you watched, you know how epic it was. But as it’s all going down, I look over at Jen and say, “Man. I really hope their next album doesn’t suck. How will they ever top this album?” Her response: “It’s kinda like our work. How will we top what we did last year?”
I remember thinking this same thing last year. Looking at the year behind me and the year ahead of me, what can I do to top that? How can I make something better than that this year? The key to not flopping is to keep standing up. To continue to make the stuff only you can make. Don’t worry about ‘topping’ your work from last year. That was last year, this is now. Having that looming over your head, “Gotta beat last year. Gotta beat last year.” It will only lead to a sucky, sub-par new record. Hold yourself to a standard, sure, but don’t make it about winning. Make it about making. Make it about growing. If you want to top last year don’t look back to last year, look forward and grow this year.
So if you had a hit record last year guess what? You still have a hit record. It still exists. You did that. Now keep playing and keep making.
Happy Tuesday!
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