10% Physical, 90% Mental
In baseball they always say its 10% physical and 90% mental. I feel majority of the time, the equation for success is 10% skill, 90% mental strategy. How many times have you been on a roll and then completely sabotaged yourself!! Choked. Feared failure and given up. Or just never tried at all for fear of being wrong or falling on your face… I feel I’ve started to notice a trend that some of the most influencial, successful people, have their mental game under control. Its not that they necessarily excel at some skills, its their uncanny ability to go for it and not worry about failure.
Today I started thinking about the future, how am I going to succeed as a singer. How am I going to pay my bills? Survive? How can I build a following of fans? How can I tour around the world? As I started to ask these questions I started to feel weight on my words. The more I thought about it, the deeper I dug myself into a hole of worries, fears, and anxiety.
I guess I’ve decided not to over think things. The minute I stop worrying and thinking about all the ways something could go wrong, and just DO IT. I realize that things are a lot easier to obtain than I thought. You just have to act. 75% of success is just showing up. So many people are astonished that Shani and I booked our own tour by ourselves. But really, its just about calling enough places. We called each venue about ten times, over the span of four months, and eventually we got the gigs booked! Its easy to sit and doubt yourself, worry about failure and rejection. But if you can feed off of that challenge and use it as a drive for inspiration and determination-you have won the war.
So whatever it is that you’re wishing you’d done, or want to do… Stop thinking. Stop waiting. Stop day dreaming. Let your body do the actions, your mind will follow. You can be completely self conscious, with no faith in yourself, but you show up and go after what you want…. You’ll make it. If you keep at it for enough time, you’ll make it. Takes rejection, time, and an unwavering concentration on the goal.
My epiphany of the day 
