You’re going to have days where you don’t like feel going to the studio, mixing vocals, or even sending out beats. Everyone needs a day off and sometimes your mind and body will tell you to ease off the gas. Especially when you’re approaching a vacation you’ve planned. It easy for you to keep pushing because you control you. However, what about your team who too would like to take sometime off and you’re not quite where you want to be? Here’s a couple of things I did with mine that’s helped me over the years.
Help Them Discover They’re Why: Have you ever asked your team members why then want to have a music career in the first place? You may discover who’s going to be around for the long run and who’s looking for a moment. Creating a business or even an opportunity in this business is a constant grind that’s unrelenting. The one thing that will get someone up in the morning and get back out there is their “why”’ Whether that’s to become a big time producer/songwriter/artist or make enough income for a living its the thing that they will use to push themselves. That’s sorta purpose of why they need to find their very own ‘why.’ Yours wont be enough even if they benefit from it because your “why” won’t be front of mind.
Make Them Accountable: If you’re constantly checking to make sure everyone is working toward the common goal it can become mirco managing. Micro managing is more time you’re spending away from the tasks that you should be completing which in turn means you’ll probably be running in the circles. To fix this, something that I did was setup a weekly meeting with my team to just go over what they’ve done for the week. How this was successful was that it kind of put a person on the spot if none of their tasks were completed. Once everyone listed what they had completed and what they were going to work on during the next week the person that didn’t complete their tasks usually felt the need to hustle up so they wouldn’t feel left out during the next meeting. Its tapping into FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) that’s getting that person to move their feet. This has had the negative of effect where the person felt isolated and later left. Didn’t say it’s 100% effective but it will motivate someone to either move forward with you or show that they probably aren’t a great fit.
At the end of the day, its trial and error but never let things sit. Always be pushing.
