I don’t feel at ease unless I’m creating something. It doesn’t really matter what it is, I just have to be active. The thing could even be failing from start to finish and I’ll still continue working on it. People need to create and things need to be created. That’s one of the great things about music and animation. An artist can keep creating in the same vein of the same creature for years. With the good, there are some obstacles that get in the way of creating your own thing. The first obstacle is a job. Devoting your time and attention to a 9 – 5 robs you of your two most precious assets, your time and attention. When you are creating something of your own, you have to spend these two assets wisely.

Now, don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with having a job. Having a job can help you to decide what it’s important to you and what isn’t. Let’s say you start on a project that requires at least 3 hours of work per day for you to meet your deadline. However, you use an hour preparing for work, an hour driving to get there, 8 hours working, plus 2 hours of overtime. Then, when you get home you’ve got to clean and do chores, maybe run to the store and by the time all of that is done you have a limited amount of time left before you have to get some sleep so you can do it all again. Well, this is where you begin to prioritize things. Do you watch a couple episodes of Netflix or do you write a few pages of music? Do you eat the food that you’ve been daydreaming about or do you get a good workout.

Follow A Leader

One of the best problems that an entrepreneur can encounter is not knowing what to do next. Deciding on the next move is the entire purpose of our role. We lead entire groups of people on different levels. From brand new members of our team to those who have been around since the beginning, we lead. It’s an ever revolving responsibility that never ends. Sometimes we forget that we are the sole proprietors of our incorporations. The rest of our company works on our behalf but they aren’t us. They are hired to carry out tasks and make decisions in lieu of our presence but no matter how capable and responsible they may or may not be, the responsibility is still ours. It is always ours.

Study Other Leaders

When you take on the capacity of the leader, it’s ok to cheat from those who have done what you are doing. Once again, you will always find yourself in the position of having to decide what to do next. You are the master navigator for the vessel that is your company. In this same analogy, other navigators have taken the same route. Do what they did. Learn from their successes and study their mistakes. This is what you must do forever when you create your own thing.

Read books. Read different texts that tell how a person overcame an obstacle and arrived at their destination. I’ve always preferred non-fiction books that tell me about real people with real life circumstances who really lived. After years of studying other people and their problems, I have learned that finding the answer to your question is not the only necessary benefit of this study. You can also attain new ideas and inspiration. As a result, fiction can offer inspiration.