Creatives, please Stop Trying to Be Rich, Famous or #1!

Okay, I’m tired of seeing so many creatives and artists screwing themselves over with the counter-productive aims of trying to be rich, famous or #1. 

So today I made a throw-down video about it.

What’s the matter with trying to rich, famous or #1? (the big ugly 3).

Almost everything!

For starters it’s an emotional hell, a self-imposed suffering because you’re never going to be rich enough, famous enough or #1 forever (if ever). 

– There is always someone richer.

– There is always someone more famous.

– There is always someone ranked higher.

Secondly, the big ugly 3, will never leave you feeling fulfilled. They are hollow goals.

Ask a rich person if they’re fulfilled by money?

Ask a famous person if fame fulfills them?

Ask whomever is currently #1 if they feel secure?

But worst of all, the big ugly 3, will leave you suffering at your desk daily as you try to achieve them. If they are your aim, you will carry constant feelings of disappointment in yourself that come in the form of, “not there yet,” “not good enough”, “failing my goals,” “still poor,” “still not famous”, “maybe I suck.”

Many a good creative/artist/entrepreneur has been K.O.’d at their desk by these underlying mal-aligned aims.

I learned long ago there was a better way. A better aim. And I’ve lived by it as I set out to follow my passion into speaking, into theatre, into writing and into software. 

My aim isn’t rich, famous or #1. My aim is Love of the Game. And my aim is a process not results. When you make the switch your career suddenly starts working, really working!

I hope what I’m saying on this video I made today help you up your game, and live your passion on a daily basis with far greater ease and fulfillment. Hey, leave a comment. I want to know you. Subscribe. Connect to me on Facebook. Tell me about you. Call me if you want, 858-759-6994.

Rock On,

Patrick Combs

San Diego, CA