Success Without Joy Is Dead
Friday, the 16th of October 2026. And um, Success with our joy is dead. It's definitely something that has crossed my mind at least once today.
And I'm just gonna effectively keep it simple by saying this, right? I believe that the very muscle or the very behavioural trait that um, opens the door for enjoyment when uh, success is obtained. Is the very, very same muscle or behavioural pattern that needs to be exercised even when that success hasn't been obtained.
So what I mean by that is the fact that If I don't know, unless, I mean, I think the best way to really celebrate it is like or to explain it is by talking about money in a sense. If I can't be happy, yeah, that I've got a pound, for example. Then, by the time I get £100 or £1000 or £10,000 or £100,000, right?
Like the mindset and the mentality and the attitudes that I have is still going to be the same. Don't get me wrong, like, I can, you know, I'd be a lot happier if I got £10 over getting £one.
But I feel like in essence, like the practice, like it's important to practice, um, you know, gratitude and practice, enjoyment, if that makes sense, because, um, in the context of music, like, um, You know, you know, in order for me to effectively like enjoy the journey, I need to learn how to appreciate it, even when the glitz and the glam aren't, you know, present.
You know, the let's just like off the top of my head, the Grammy awards, the mobile awards, the recognition, the 1000s of messages, the fame, the wealth or whatever it is. All of those things become difficult to enjoy when I don't have gratitude. Like, I can work my way all the way up to that moment and then still not be happy.
And there's a couple of people in the industry who have experienced this. So yeah. In essence, uh, success with our joy is that success with our joy is arguably not even success at all.
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