“What If”can be a big question. Often, it’s framed in the negative, like “what if I fail the test?” or “what if I never get any better at this instrument?” But something powerful can happen inside us when we frame it in the positive, like “what if I nail that test?” or “what if I’m destined for greatness?”

A simple change in mindset can give us a whole new attitude and, thus, influence the results in our favor.

Now for the third installment in the Five series: 5 “WHAT IFS” EVERY MUSICIAN SHOULD CONSIDER.

1. What if you couldn’t fail—what if, in reality, you could either stick with it or choose not to, and success was totally up to how you chose?

2. What if other people’s opinions, criticisms or judgments had no bearing as to whether or not you succeeded?

3. What if you found out that success was not based on innate talent, but diligent effort?

4. What if you allowed yourself to play bad at times or record crap at times, knowing that you could always improve it later?

5. What if one day someone across the world, as a matter of life or death, desperately needed to hear your music?

Comments and more of your own “what ifs” are certainly welcome!

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