S4E5 - JXL (Sex The Rapper): How Do You Be A BOSS?
When leading something of your own, be it a business, creative project, solo career, or volunteer group, you have to step up and take ownership. In this episode, we sit down with hip-hop artist JXL and discuss #BossLifeWe explore:+If you can do something well for something you don’t like, you can do it even better for something you do like+If you believe in what you’ve created, it’s your right to sell it.+Creatives need to view themselves as artrepreneurs, and not just artists+We expect to get paid for things we don’t enjoy, but think it’s wrong to get paid for what we do enjoy+Paying for what you value+Louis CK’s new model of business+We typically don’t use something if we get it for free+Focusing on creating memories for others+If you aren’t willing to spend money to help someone start, how can you expect them to keep going?+Distinguishing between hobbies and businesses+Using art as an entry point for commerce+Overcoming the Starving Artist mentality+Finding a balance between compassion and competition+Managing the delegation of work+Overcoming ego and pride+Busting the myth that you can make it without trying+You don’t accidentally get rich+Getting “hater’d” out of situations because of talent+Putting yourself on and building your own platform to get what you want+If you don’t own the stage, the audience moves wherever the stage goes+You own your work when you own the process+The Hoodie Allen Growth Method+Building a core group of people who love you, which builds a second tier who like you a lot, which builds a third tier who know who you are+Generating feedback loops to improve your progressFind JXL and download his new album, Document 37, at:www.JXLrap.comTwitter @JXLrap See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
