{"id":1265,"date":"2020-07-25T20:43:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T03:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2020-07-27T06:35:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T13:35:37","slug":"not-livin-the-dream-of-showbiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/not-livin-the-dream-of-showbiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Livin&#8217; the Dream of Showbiz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"633\" data-attachment-id=\"1302\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/not-livin-the-dream-of-showbiz\/herd-of-sheep-on-field-4321311\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/herd-of-sheep-on-field-4321311.jpg?fit=2000%2C1236&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1236\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;IQ3 50MP&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1568869513&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"herd-of-sheep-on-field-4321311\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/herd-of-sheep-on-field-4321311.jpg?fit=1024%2C633&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/herd-of-sheep-on-field-4321311.jpg?resize=1024%2C633&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/herd-of-sheep-on-field-4321311.jpg?resize=1024%2C633&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/herd-of-sheep-on-field-4321311.jpg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/herd-of-sheep-on-field-4321311.jpg?resize=1536%2C949&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/herd-of-sheep-on-field-4321311.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re chasing a dream, I&#8217;d like for you to consider something different. Consider a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/is-your-entertainment-mission-small-enough\/\">mission<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Dreams are meant to be fictional, etherial, nonsensical even. Missions are practical, modest, and concrete. The former sounds way more fun. With a dream&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You don&#8217;t have to succeed<\/li><li>Failure can&#8217;t really be measured<\/li><li>If you get part of your dream, it&#8217;s magical<\/li><li>What a wonderful story it is to pursue the heartbreak and triumph of a dream<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Missions are mightier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"1304\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/not-livin-the-dream-of-showbiz\/green-plastic-toy-soldiers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/action-aim-armed-army-231012-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Rewat Wannasuk&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;E-300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;green plastic toy soldiers&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1161666419&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;green plastic toy soldiers&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"green plastic toy soldiers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;green plastic toy soldiers&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/action-aim-armed-army-231012-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/action-aim-armed-army-231012.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/action-aim-armed-army-231012-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/action-aim-armed-army-231012-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/action-aim-armed-army-231012-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/action-aim-armed-army-231012-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>green plastic toy soldiers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While a dream has huge ups and downs, a mission is a force. A mission is a reason to wake up early, to exercise, to make difficult phone calls, to look at things in a mundanely straightforward way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you communicate your mission to others, you can fuel them on the same mission. While collaborating, the mission gives everyone autonomy and prevents conflict. Nobody shares the same dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Entertainment peeps get caught in the dream trap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The light-weight creative dreams that they can make something with their heart, the people like it and somehow it spreads because it&#8217;s good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hard-working creative dreams that they make a lot of things and eventually something catches on in the same way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hard-working mission would be make a lot of things with the intention of having maximum impact. Figure out which thing works best, keep improving it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We want validation and no accountability<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>How wonderful would it be for the world to tell me that the thing from my heart is awesome, and therefore my heart is awesome, therefore I&#8217;m a worthwhile individual. At the same time, most of our creative role models are not this at all. They are very focussed on serving a specific audience and they are prolific as fuck. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are responsible for setting up our own mission. We&#8217;re responsible for sticking with it especially when it&#8217;s hard. We&#8217;re responsible for validating ourselves by reminding ourselves of the mission. I leave you with a few mission statements of companies so you can see how a mission is general enough to pivot, heartfelt, and empowering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/marketing\/inspiring-company-mission-statements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hubspot put some good ones together&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re chasing a dream, I&#8217;d like for you to consider something different. Consider a mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10158666434799935_26707174888":"","twitter_aToyMjM4MTQzMDs=_22381430":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/herd-of-sheep-on-field-4321311.jpg?fit=2000%2C1236&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc33gc-kp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4170,"url":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/personal-paradise\/","url_meta":{"origin":1265,"position":0},"title":"Personal paradise","author":"scot","date":"August 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"It can be surprising to find out that other people want different things from life. 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