Put These 5 Procedures To Work For You:

1. Action cures fear. Isolate your fear and then take constructive action. Inaction — doing nothing about a situation — strengthens fear and destroys confidence.

2. Make a supreme effort to put only positive thoughts in your memory bank. Don’t let negative, self-deprecatory thoughts grow into mental monsters. Simply refuse to recall unpleasant events or situations.

3. Put people in proper perspective. Remember, people are more alike, much more alike, than they are different. Get a balanced view of the other fellow. He is just another human being. And develop an understandable attitude. Many people will bark, but it’s a rare one who bites.

4. Practice doing what your conscience tells you is right. This prevents a poisonous guilt complex from developing. Doing what’s right is a very practical rule for success.

5. Make everything about you say, “I’m confident, really confident.” Practice these little techniques in your day-to-day activities: a) Be a front seater. b) Make eye contact. c) Walk 25 percent faster. d) Speak up. e) Smile big. 

- from The Magic Of Thinking Big by David Schwartz, Ph.D

I grew up in the church since I was born. My relationship with God plays a HUGE role in my music. Ironically, I got saved when I was 16, around the same time I really started to bloom in my love for the music and making beats. Every day since, God is teaching me how to use my music as a tool for my purpose in life, which I feel is to inspire. I’m excited with where God is going to take me with music and hopefully I’ll be able to inspire others not only with music, but in their lives as well.

- from an interview I did with 14KT in March ‘09. 

Sometimes what is most important is that you stop and change the way people think about marketing and promotion - do it differently, get people talking, and then let the word of mouth/mouse takeover. With a tribe as big as Jay-Z has, it’s certainly worthwhile to trust that the fans will do their part. Especially when fans are easily convinced they are playing an important role in the process lol. Let’s be honest though, with the use of mobile marketing / collab with Samsung (1m copies x $5 pre-ordered?), he’s already good to go — well played, sir! Did someone mention something about Yeezus leaking? … & what’s Kickstarter? lol 

1. Sit alone; sit quietly.

2. Learn something new without any apparent practical benefit.

3. Ask individuals for bold feedback; ignore what you hear from the crowd.

4. Spend time encouraging other artists.

5. Teach, with the intent of making change.

6. Ship something that you created. 

- via Icarus Deception.