One important factor for the success in the entertainment industry is the mindset a person has when practicing his or her trade whether it is an artist, producer, designer, etc. In the industry, hardships must be endured if one is to become successful because of its competitive environment; one must be resilient, un-willing to give up and motivated to do their best every time.
Tony Robbins, a life coach who specializes in behavior and reasoning, had the chance to participate as a speaker in Ted where he made his presentation on “Why we do what we do.” In his presentation, Robbins discussed his theory on why people do what they do. One of the points he made in which I could relate the most was that our destiny and destination is mapped by what he calls the “internal drive;” our decisions are based on rationality, but mostly influenced by emotions.
Most artists have come from nothing and worked their way to the top. They were not brought up with luxurious lives, but with financial struggles, family and mental problems. Their most important accomplishment was not reaching their artistic accomplishments, but to grow as a person and overcome their adversities.
In Robbins’ presentation, he identifies two key aspects in order to be successful and most importantly filled and those are to find one’s target and create a map. In order to attain ones dream or vision, one must first identify what that is whether it is money, pleasure or family. Once the target is identified, the mapping begins by planning how it will be achieved whether it is by attaining a degree, getting an instructor or any other manner of achieving it.
The most important factor in a person’s life is the completion of a person’s pursuit of happiness. In the entertainment industry, emotions and mindset are necessary to accomplish it because it is rare when an opportunity is given, almost every time it is earned through hard work and dedication.
“I believe that the invisible force of internal drive, activated, is the most important thing. I'm here because I believe emotion is the force of life. All of us here have great minds. . . We all know how to think. With our minds we can rationalize anything. We can make anything happen.”- Tony Robbins
