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Listen people. Its all well and good to have dreams. Dreams are important. Goals are important. If you have a passion and talent for it then you have a shot at achieving your dreams. But the fact of the matter is you are not the only one who have the same dream. You are not the only one with passion. And you are definitely not the best in the world at whatever it is you want to achieve. There is ALWAYS somebody better than you. Don't let nobody fool you into thinking your the best and don't fool yourself into thinking you are the best.
You are competing against thousands of people to get this dream. You will hear more no's than yes. You probably hear that a thousand times but some people just don't get it, Hearing a "no" is very discouraging, Hearing things like you are an extra in the show is discouraging or that you are only meant for an ensemble in a musical is discouraging. Expect A LOT of discouragement. Disney shows that push you to follow your dreams is just that. A show. It don't go so easy. It just don't. Big shows like X-factor and American Idol. These people who win the show seems to disappear just as fast as they appeared. Those singers were very talented but the talent get you recognized and that's it. If you want to make a career out of being a singer than your songs is what is important and your audience. Your talent takes a back seat as a singer in the music business. Your songs is what is most important. And lets say you have a big song then your following song has to be as good or better than the first. Otherwise you go right back to square one. A lot of people will have high expectations and the stress and pressure is high for the singer, Its very easy to get dropped. No one knows the perfect ingredient for a song. You live in your suitcase and barely see your family. Fame is the worst part. Celebrity culture is truly difficult. Being worldwide known is HARD. The expectations, the opinions, the criticisms, the haters, and the fans. The pressure and stress is at an all time high. You will never stop competing with people or with your own self. You have to constantly be better and the fact is you need to cater to the audience and what is trending. Your battle is if it is to old school, is it to modern, do you enjoy your own music, do the audience enjoy it. This anxiety and pressure will be the battle of your life. You can never settle to where you are. You can never be comfortable. You need to be better then what you was before which is also a pressure by itself. A ballerina needs to give her life to dance. You need to have an all consuming passion for dance to make it in that world. Your entire lifestyle changes to accommodate your passion. Dance is life. Cirque de Soleil is the same. The amount of mental preparation, the life risks they take, the amount of bodily harm they do to push themselves to be bigger, to be better. Life is hard. For whatever it is you want to achieve you truly need to have an all consuming passion for it. So you need to ask yourself these 3 questions. What are you willing to give up? What are you willing to risk? And do you truly love the dream or do you love it as a hobby
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