#6. Find Your Arena for Your Best Results
For 45 minutes, a violinist played his heart out in a subway station.
During that time, thousands of people walked by.
No applause.
No recognition.
Two days earlier, that same violinist, Joshua Bell, one of the world’s best musicians, sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats average $100.
In the one arena, nobody appreciated his performance.
Nobody expected the world’s best musician to be performing right there in front of them in a subway station.
Change the arena, and suddenly Bell’s world-class performance is recognized and rewarded.
As my one mentor put it to me, “You can’t be a preacher in your home town.”
Sometimes you have to change your container.
You might be the world’s worst boxer, but the bar’s best bouncer.
Maybe you’re a lousy novelist, but the word’s best children’s author.
Maybe you’re a second-rate teacher, but one of the world’s best entrepreneurs.
The ugly duckling wasn’t so ugly when he found out he was actually a Swan.
Don’t be a fish out of water.
When you’re in your element, it’s night and day.
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