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person sweating. But right now, it'd be good if - oh we should have grabbed Monica because
then we have another camera showing how bad you're sweating right now.
Hey it's number one best-selling author and motivational speaker Erik Qualman.
Most of you know me as Equalman. Welcome to our 7 Super Tips where today we're
joined by Beyonce and Jay-Z. They're gonna give us 7 Super Tips that help
unlock and unleash our inner superpower.
Well, trust yourself. Know who you are. Well, I was so young when I first started.
It took a couple of years because I didn't know who I was. I was still the
teenager, but we always wrote our own songs and we always - you know - had
creative control. For one, because the label didn't really believe in us so
they were like, "oh let them do whatever they wanted to." And it worked out in my
advantage because we proved ourselves at a young age. But, I think the biggest
thing is to - I would say - rehearse practice and you know it doesn't matter
if you're in front of Target, a daycare, wherever you say.
[HOST] They say it takes 10,000 - 10,000 - hours to master.
[BEYONCE] Exactly
[HOST] You would agree with that?
[BEYONCE] Absolutely, and I put the same amount of effort into whatever I did, and so did
the other girls. It didn't matter what it was and eventually it prepares
you for greatness. So work work work work work.
My advice is just do things that are true to you - you know...you know - Most things that I'm involved with are
extension of being creative, you know. Rocawear is a clothing company, you know
It's part of who you are and hip-hop is your attitude and what you're trying to
express how you dress. You know, I love sports growing up I grew up
in a household where sports was on 24 you know 7. So these are things that are
you know are comfortable for me, you know. These are things that I like so I would
just say get involved in things that you love and also have, you
know, have a standard for yourself and have some sort of integrity and try to,
you know, find some sort of truth in what you're doing.
I love to perform. I love music. I love what I do. I love singing in the studio and writing songs and coming
up with video treatments to the point that, during that year, I do not count the
72 songs I recorded as work because it's what I was born to do.
I started a little later. My first album didn't come out 'till I was 26 so I had like a bit more maturity
where I was at. My first album had all these you know emotions and complexities
and layers to them that a typical hip-hop album didn't have because you
know we were making it at 16, 17 years old. It wasn't enough wealth of
experience to share with the world. So at 26, I had been through so many different
things. I had so much wealth to share you know with the world at that time and
from that starting point I've never forgotten those things like you say. I
mean you never forget those true things that you stick through - your basic things
that that you know make you successful.
I'm not - I'm competitive really with myself. Honestly. Like, I - every time I start an album, I go and watch all
of my performances and I try to figure out, okay, what is it that I could have
done better or what worked? And really my references - I go back to myself and
try to better myself. So I'm really tough on me more so than than anyone
else. I'm not a competitive person that walks in thinking about other people and
and how I can compete with them more, especially not my husband. Not at all.
You know, and again, he just affirmed to me that instincts is really important
in business. You know, I didn't go to any proper business school or any - read any
super - follow any manuals like the record business 101 or anything like that. I
just pretty much followed my instincts and he just reaffirmed that for me that
you know your instincts are very important to you.
I would say to continue to work hard and don't give up on your goals. And I know, for me, like I said I
grew up watching my family struggle and I grew up with a family that was
successful but not born successful. And I believe with hard work and with a goal
and love and positivity, then eventually we're gonna be fine.
That's it for today. My hope is that those 7 Super Tips help unlock and unleash your inner superpower.
We want to thank Beyonce and Jay-Z for providing those to us today. To ensure you get the next episode
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the world it's what we leave behind.
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