Many of my musician colleagues bristle at the suggestion that they should think of themselves as entrepreneurs. The fact remains that each of us is responsible for our own careers and the direction that it takes, and it can be a hard road at the best of times.
According to Nicole’s Everything You’ve Been Told About Success is a Lie addresses the challenge and promises of a life as an entrepreneur, and how success is often not what we’re told it is:
Success to an entrepreneur is simply the ability to keep doing whatever you’re doing. Every single day that i wake up and don’t have to look for another job, I am successful.…And I think this is especially true for anybody who works in a creative field like music, or photography, or filmmaking, or content creation, but really it applies to all business owners. Success is not being in a certain tax brecket. It’s being able to do whatever you want.
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