In this BIT: Jazz singer Stacey Kent shares her top tips for getting your dream life, ways to not give up, and the best hack for not fearing failure.
Stacey Kent is a Grammy-nominated American jazz singer, with more than half a billion streams. She has sold over 2 million albums, and has multiple chart-topping hits. Now, Stacey is not the only one who loves music. This art is deeply personal, and impacts us all in very different ways. Certain music provokes certain emotions, brings up memories, and relates to our personality. Who doesn’t love music?! Some of us also feel an inclination towards creating music, and becoming artists. Be it in music or not, we all hold specific goals or ‘dreams’, that we incline to pursue. As such, we might face doubt in our ability to attain our dreams from our family, friends, or even ourselves. How can we follow our dreams, and reap the benefits associated with learning something new and exploring our area of passion? Recently, jazz singer Stacey Kent joined our podcast, Hack Your Happiness, to share her top tips on following your dreams. See these hacks below.
Stacey comments on how we live in a culture where success is deeply valued, but we often overlook the fact that the path to success is just as important as the achievement itself! Whenever someone famous starts, they do not know that one day they’ll be on a billboard, or record numerous albums, or sell records. You start small, like Stacey – singing in a coffee shop. You build and grow. You cannot picture yourself as a failure, Stacey says. Rather, see yourself as a person who has something to give, share, and help others through presenting or creating. “I think I learned it from a movie”, Stacey says,”If you build it, they will come”.
Our journey towards success is comparable to the uniqueness of a snowflake or fingerprint. If you feel good about your path, and as though you are following your passion and taking small but mighty strides towards its pursuit; that’s good! Just because someone else is doing something completely different, or experiencing ‘more’ success than you, is meaningless. Stacey shares that so long as you are happy, and fulfilled, your journey is sufficient. It is far too easy to get caught up in where other people are at in their lives, and ignore where we are, and where we want to go.
In the pursuit of your dreams, there will always be a variety of paths along which to travel. Stacey shares the vitality of going with the flow, and consistently having our taxi lights on, yearning for more opportunities! Everything happens for a reason, be it to learn, grow, or become our best selves. In order to pursue your genuine dreams, Stacey insists on the importance of trusting the process, and not being afraid of failure – as in the first hack. Shift your mindset from quantitative numbers, such as views and money, to constant growth. Oftentimes, in life, growth is exponential rather than linear.
We hope that these hacks from jazz singer, Stacey Kent help you not give up on your dream life, bringing you a Small Bit of Happiness.
Listen to Stacey’s full episode here.
*this interview has been edited for length and clarity
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Website: https://staceykent.com/
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