hello it's Bob Baker here with the first
in a series of videos called how to
become an empowered artist. that's right,
for 30 days in a row i'm going to post a
short video showing you ways that you
can step into your power as a musician,
as a visual artist, a writer or some
other type of creative entrepreneur, no
matter when you watch this video series,
i know you'll get a lot out of it, but if
you happen to be watching before july
2, 2014, this series is actually a
month-long promotion to spread the word
about my first-ever fan funding or
crowdfunding campaign for a new book
called the Empowered Artist, and while it
might be about a book launch, it's
actually so much more than that. it's
really a movement, it's a mission that I've
been on most of my life to remind
creative people, to remind artistic
people around the world of the value
that they deliver to the world, so if
you're watching before July 2, click
the link below or somewhere on this page
to find out how you can support that
movement and that crowdfunding campaign.
even after the fact click there to find
out how you can get involved in this
movement because it's not going to stop
just after july second. okay so here's
the first one
it's actually a phrase that i've been
using, a message that I've been spreading
for decades really, and here it is:
give yourself permission to succeed. i'll
repeat that: give yourself permission to
succeed. you see a lot of creative people
they're looking for some sort of
external validation they want someone to
tell them that they're worthy and it
really does stem from a sense of
self-worth or lack thereof
so people look outside of themselves to
deem themselves worthy and so they
either need a no-good review or they
need someone to give them praise which
is fine we all need praise and
encouragement we want to get feedback
from our fans and our customers that
we're doing a good job that's cool but
when you rely on those things for your
own feeling of self-worth that's when it
can get a little dangerous also a lot of
people think that well nobody's gonna
take me seriously unless I have a degree
here i have a certification or I have
schooling or what have I done to be
worthy of being a writer being a painter
musician etc so to become empowered
artist you almost have to have a feeling
of self appointment you choose yourself
you give yourself permission
to pursue this creative endeavor that
you are attracted to
so don't be waiting for green light or a
knight in shining armor to come along
and help rescue you give yourself the
go-ahead hire yourself give yourself the
certification sometimes people think
that they have to have some kind of
letters behind their name md or dr.
something to be taken seriously I think
that's nonsense
I can't help but think of my friend Greg
Tamlin is a musician and a speaker from
Kansas City and quite often he lists his
name is Greg Tamlin NCW you know the
stand far no credentials whatsoever i
love that and so should you let me be
clear there are certain things that you
legally required to have a license or
something you know you can't be a lawyer
count or whatever some fields where you
do need some sort of a certification can
just wake up someday and go i proclaim
that I'm a brain surgeon and then start
performing brain surgery on people
obviously i'm not talking about things
like that but just to be a writer to be
a position to be a visual artist you
don't need anyone's ok you are worthy of
pursuing it because you have said so you
feel that way you feel an inclination to
do it so step into your power now there
are some people that can take this too
far and they start being boastful and
start announcing that they're the best
thing since the Beatles and whatever
that seemed to have worked for cassius
clay or Muhammad Ali decades ago for
most people that's really not what I'm
talking about here okay i'm talking
about an inner sense of confidence and
ownership that you are an artist so
that's the first important step here
becoming empowered artist is giving
yourself permission to succeed
ok can you do that again this is just
the first of 30 daily videos and audio
programs and i'm going to be posting
throughout my networks and on you to be
a playlist for it
click the link somewhere below or on the
page wherever you're watching this and
if it's before july second 2014 please i
encourage you to check out this campaign
this movement this mission that I'm on
to empower artists if you can contribute
to that that would be wonderful
after that date are still ways that you
can get involved so feel free to leave a
comment here
here on what you think about this whole
idea of giving yourself permission to
succeed
let's interact here I just not just a
one-way conversation I want to hear from
you too
so thanks for watching and stay tuned
for 29 moreover the coming month about
Baker saying so long for now