I was catching up with a former client (and now friend) the other day.
I was (as I often do) expressing my regret about not applying the tenacity I applied in my business to my first (and still #1) love… music.
Because knowing what I know now… if I would have been as persistent in my music career as I’ve been in my entrepreneurial career, I could have made a living as a working musician.
Not gotten rich or famous. That was never the goal.
But make a living doing what I loved.
Woulda, shoulda, coulda.
I didn’t learn the power of persistence until AFTER I had let that dream die and decided to follow the entrepreneurial dream.
And it was then that my persistence was tested BIG TIME.
Anyhoo, Julie’s response made me stop and think.
She said…
“I was always drawn to copywriting, think I could have been good at it, and I admire you and others of your caliber who do what you do. It’s a powerful skill to have the ability to boost anyone’s business. That’s Godlike. Which is about as high praise as I can give, since I’m a devout atheist.
“A guy I dated a hundred years ago told me he had more respect for baseball players than ballet dancers because every boy wanted to be a baseball player, so there was stiffer competition to the top.
“You could say the same for guitar players. How many duffers and how many Springsteens? OTOH, you could have been a pretty nifty guitar player and never made a living. Copywriters are a special breed. You have to be good to be one.
“If I got to choose, I’d rather be a top copywriter than almost any other professional I can think of. Better than a doctor, lawyer, Indian chief.
“I admire pure artists, such as Bowie and Warhol, but in real life I value people who do something practical very well. I have Warhols, I admire him, I collect him, but I don’t ‘need’ a Warhol. I need good copy to make my businesses provide for me and the people I take care of.”
Well said, Julie.
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Even a hack copywriter can do really well. (I know from experience.)
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