Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Mindset (for the D.I.Y. Rock Star)

(This post accompanies Gab & Jam 80 Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Mindset:

video: http://bit.ly/Ep80BV2019vid6 and podcast: http://bit.ly/Ep80BV2019pod6 )

This episode is a part of our Blog-vember 2019 trifecta of three posts a day—a video, a podcast, and a blog post. This year the focus is tips for the D.I.Y. Rock Star. We developed these methods through our own decades worth of experiences.

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Take into account these tips for discovering and listening to new music:

The BIG Take-Aways:

As a musical artist, we have to often deal with more rejection than most professions are accustomed to. The question is, as people who have been involved in the music biz in some shape form or fashion for over 3 decades, what do we do to maintain a healthy mindset given all the intrinsic rejection? Our biggest tip is to make time each day to fill your mind with encouragement and strategies for success every single day. Just as you would take the time and effort to take care of your body, you should do the same with filling up your optimism and gratitude tank. Sometimes, it takes finding that quiet time to reflect on what you are grateful for, assess that misses do not define your future existence, and to set goals and strategies to put yourself out there again with an attitude of optimism that if you keep trying, what you are working at is bound to work. Learning something new every day that will help you move your enterprise forward is also a key to keeping a positive outlook. Because unless you can say you’ve truly tried EVERYTHING, you are not allowed to give up. Find some new avenues, search for new opportunities, and put yourself out there, so that you can find those experiences that are for you and so those opportunities can