When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.
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You're always going to be more judgmental about your own performance than anyone else.
You worry just as much about great performance as you do about underperformance.
You have got to have discipline and focus - on the customer and how you run the business.
Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations.
You have to empower your sales staff to use their judgment and go beyond the standards set down on paper and by the computer.
In my business, you should be very strong in mind. You have to be sure about yourself and about your work and your career, and you have to be strong inside because so many people come around and try to say bad things about you.
Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.
I've done well, I've been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course the labels are going to be the labels. It's the music business. You are a business. That's what they do. So you've got to protect yourself.
In print, people can do anything to you. Everything you do is picked apart. People love it; they're waiting for you to make a mistake.
If you can maintain your standards and your integrity and you fail, it's OK. It's when you sell out and you fail that you feel pretty sick inside.
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