“ Tell me your company , and I will tell you what you are .”   🎤That’s some wisdom drop, Don Quixote ! (Cervantes wrote that little ditty four centuries ago!)   The idea that the company we keep is a reflection of who we are, is not new.   For artists who are working hard on becoming more of who they really are , the company you keep can make or break your efforts.   It takes a massive amount of courage to take the professional risks you, First name / my friend , want to take.  Right?   So...

I wait all year to stuff my face with miniature Snickers🍫 bars.   And by golly, I did it!   I spent $75 on premium minis— for the children , of course—and sat on the stoop to indulge my long-awaited sugar binge.😋   The next morning, deep in a candy hangover, I got invited to a screening of the new documentary America Is Burning by David Zmick.   Some might argue it’s not the best post-Halloween hangover activity—but I went anyway.   It sobered me up pretty quick. The film gives a grim...

✋ You can't enter.   This isn’t for you.   This is my territory, get lost.   You don’t belong here.   You’re not talented enough, well-known enough, cool enough, relevant enough.   You’re not serious enough.   You don’t know the right people.   There isn’t room for you.   Who are you, again?   AAAAAACK‼️   These are some of the real messages I’ve heard this week—from clients and from colleagues.   Some of those messages where spoken out loud, others insinuated, and the rest interpretations...