One day, I watched an interesting “Behind the Music” on VH-1 about Kid Rock. Anyway, I learned more about Kid Rock than I ever cared to know, but I learned A LOT of lessons from it. I won’t go through all of them, but by watching it, I started thinking that using Kid Rock as a role model or success is not such a crazy notion. .
I believe Kid Rock’s success had more to do with his mindset as it did with his music.
So, I present to you 3 important success lessons I learned from Kid Rock:
#1 If you want success, you have to proclaim your desire for success and belief in its inevitability
If you happen to own a copy of Kid Rock’s “Devil Without a Cause,” pop it in now and go to the title track. Kid Rocks exclaims,” I’m goin’ platinum”. When he wrote this, he was nowhere near platinum. In fact, he was lucky to have even gotten signed to a record contract, let alone go platinum.
But if you want to make it, you’ve got to say it and believe it. I don’t mean “fake it till you make it.” And I’m not talking about affirmations. I mean BELIEVING it.
By speaking it out loud, or better yet writing it down, you are proclaiming your success. Kid Rock said it on an album millions would listen to. Imagine how ridiculous that would have sounded had he only sold a few thousand copies?
The point, though, is Kid Rock didn’t care. He made his desires known and shared it with the world.
#2 Feel & Proclaim Your Own Value
If you’re afraid of tooting your own horn, then success will elude you. I’m all for being humble, but if you can’t convey to others your own worth, then how will you achieve what you want in life? You have to know your worth both inside and out.
When Kid Rock was negotiating with record companies, he noted that he wanted “Elvis money and Matchbox 20 money.” That means he felt like he was on par with the King and the top alternative group of the time.
That took a lot of guts, given the fact that he was a nobody outside
And guess what?
They treated him like he was the next big thing (and eventually, he was).
#3 Never give up
This is the #1 lesson I learned from Kid Rock. This guy’s career should have been over a long time ago. Signed and then dropped from his record label at 18. Told that he couldn’t make it as a white rapper (Vanilla Ice, anyone?).
So, what did he do? He went out, learned to play the guitar, and evolved as a musician.
He worked harder to make it happen. One story that stuck out to me was how he went out and drove 10 hours to mix tracks and worked for peanuts at a studio to record his music. Nothing fell into his lap.
Too many times, people give up at the first sign of hardship. Or they quit when the going gets tough. All I can say is that the music industry is probably the hardest industry to break into…and when you look at stories like Kid Rock’s one thing stands out…
…it’s not always the best that make it, but the ones who persevere through adversity.
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