I have always been a massive fan of Michael Jackson, this is no secret. In my eyes the man was and still is a genius. I don't want to get into the whole Michael Jackson crazed fan thing, but what I do want to say is this, if you are writer, you can learn a lot from this man. I shall tell you why, Michael Jackson Believed in the power of hard work. Michael Jackson believed in perfecting his craft. He believed that anything you set your mind to, you can achieve it. If you don't believe these principles, you will never become a great writer. He also believed in the rehearsals before the showdown. What do I mean by this?
Rehearse, rehearse and rehearse some more!
Michael Jackson was a perfectionist. This is also something that was not a secret. He was such a perfectionist that some days he would dance for 18 hours straight. He wanted to get it right, he always used to say, if you are going to do something that you have to do it right. Therefore, if you are going to be a writer, if you want to be the best writer, you have to do the same thing. You have to do it right, keep on practicing. Never give up and never stop believing. I only realised that I wanted to make a living from writing a few years ago. Before then I was involved in PR and before that I was heavily involved in politics. I then got into Political copywriting, which is something I still do now as part of my business. I have been learning and learning and absorbing everything for a while now, that was the rehearsal, the dress rehearsal is now. I am always learning and growing and changing. The point I am making is, we are always rehearsing. Just keep on practicing your skill and don't stop.
Stay Positive
If you want to get to the top and reach the top of your game. You have to stay positive. What is the point of doing something and believing in your head that nothing is going to come of it? What is the point in struggling to achieve something and not having the right attitude? What is the point? I always say this, if you are not going to go hard then stop doing it. If you are not going to keep on working to the best of your ability then stop doing it. It actually really gets on my nerves when I talk to people who are so negative, people who don't seem to want to work hard to get what they want. People who just say oh well I am broke, I am always going to be broke. People who complain and moan about their situation and who are just not prepared to do anything to get themselves out of that situation. There is nothing that you cannot achieve. Nothing that human mind cannot do. If you can think of it, then you can without a shadow of a doubt make it happen. My positive attitude about things comes from my father. He gave me a book when I was just nine years old called "The power of Positive Thinking" by Norman Vincent Peale. I will never forget this book, because to this day, I still refer back to it. If you believe with all your hear that your life can change and that your dreams can come true then it is written in the stars. The only thing you have to do is work for it and believe at the same time. If you work for it but you don't believe, then chances are you will stumble and fall.
Plan Plan Plan
If you know what you want to achieve and you know where you want to go then you have to plan it. If you have no plan, then you have no direction. If you have no direction then you are aimlessly plodding along. If you are aimlessly plodding along then, you are going nowhere. What is the point of going nowhere? I think it is pointless so I am sure you do too. If you are going nowhere then there is nothing to strive for. If you want something then you have to strive for it. So what is your goal? What are your dreams? Do you want to be the next bestselling author? Do you want to have your name in lights? Do you want to get published in the New York Times? Well if that is what you want then, believe it and go for it. There are so many things that I still want. I have just scratched the surface. My vision board is still full of things that still have not been achieved. My list of life goals are still there, well some of them have been achieved but to be honest most of them have not been achieved yet. I don't want to die and wish I achieved. If you look at the Michael Jackson, he died but he had achieved all his professional goals. I am not sure what else he wanted to achieve. Maybe he wanted to top Thriller, but he didn't have to, he had nothing else to prove.
Make it your mission in life to die with nothing else left to prove. Keep striving for your goals every day and keep working hard because one day your dreams can and will come true.
Keep the faith.
Tomorrow our seeds will grow all we need is dedication.
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