 Oh, what's up everybody once again is brand man Sean and this video is brought to you by brandmannetwork.com because I signed myself. Now I want to say that clarity is everything right clarity is so meaningful and I want to talk about why it's so meaningful for artists but first I want to say even for myself right since about probably about October September of 2018 I've been hashtagging 2020 vision because I didn't even want to just focus on the rest of 2018 or even 2019 but where do I want to be what do I want to do in 2020 right so it's like 2020 the year but also playing off of that because of the clarity aspect of it what 2020 vision means and I think one of the most valuable things for artists is the same thing that I've experienced myself again and again and again like when I'm lost right when I have all these ideas and so many directions that I can go then things don't really happen for me the way I want them to do or it's hard to move forward right there's procrastination going on but once I get clarity it's easier to move forward it's easier to get direction I know exactly what the next steps are all the ideas get filtered out and I could make the best decision possible to move forward that's what clarity does for you right like for me it was one thing to just do a YouTube channel because these are the things that I love to talk about and I just love helping for people but it was another thing when I got clarity on what impact do I want to make because then that allowed me to reverse engineer and start to make true steps to get to that goal and for an artist the way clarity really comes oftentimes is through your brand so take more time to figure out not only what your brand is going to be but what do you truly want your music to sound like because one thing they oftentimes like leads that is the sound of the music kind of informs the brand the content and substance of the music and the things you want to do there kind of helps inform the brand and I know for some people y'all are like hey man this is fluff man I don't I don't you're not really saying nothing but I'm not too worried about those people because those people keep hearing the same thing over and over again because they're not executing on it cliches exists why because you know they keep getting said again and again and again why are they cliches because they're conventional wisdom they should be done but most people do not act on them and so many things aren't that deep it's not that deep it's highly practical but they have to be done to really realize no that was actually the answer so one of the things that I'm saying truly is an answer for you guys as artists is brand clarity why because so much of your content starts to make sense once you have brand clarity you'll know what to create and you'll know what not to create right you have all these different sides of you but once you have that clarity it's like oh okay I should be putting this out this out this doesn't match or I should put this in my story because it doesn't match at all but I still want to express it for whatever reason so let people get a little you know peek into that side of me but those things are the benefits of having that clarity it allows you to prioritize right what things matter most what things should I not do at all and what things should I only do sometimes and realize that a lot of that clarity is internal you take in as many much information as possible right see what other people are doing get a gist of some of these directions and what could be done but you have to at some point go internally and figure out alright which one of these directions are in line with where I want to go right now and if I'm not even able to go away over there right now is there a second option that's a little bit more feasible in the short term and I'll just do this and then eventually get to that other option and that's exactly what's happening a lot of workshops I've done so when you can commit to a direction right because you have that clarity you'll start seeing that progress a lot of that like discouragement that you are going through that's because you aren't making progress nobody likes to keep trying trying forever without any progress being filled and a lot of this lack of action to where your procrastination is just because you don't have clarity right that's where procrastination comes from you don't know what to do so I'm gonna sit here thinking thinking thinking thinking next thing you know I've been thinking for like five weeks on one problem haven't acted on it because I still don't know which one I want to do so that's my message that I really wanted to share not just because I think it's valuable for artists but really because I'm going through that right now or I have been going through that that period for a long time of lack of clarity in certain areas but I'm starting to experience so much peace when it comes to certain things I have clarity when it comes to certain things that now I can create a long-term vision I didn't have long-term visions in some things because I didn't even know what I wanted at all right it's hard to build a long-term vision around something that you don't even know will be lasting for two months right I wish the best for all y'all hope you all experienced that clarity if y'all have some of those experiences let's talk about that you know in the comment section below get a good little thing going but other than that once again this video is brought to you by brandmannetword.com because I saw myself you like this video go ahead and like button if you like you might as well share and if you're not subscribed you know what to do hit that subscribe