STOP Starving!

“You should 100% pursue your passion, if and only if, your passion makes you full and abundant because no one has ever benefited from a starving artist.” - Jared Yellin

At least weekly, I am introduced to a very talented, wildly creative, deeply committed starving artist.

Their craft could be literal art like graphic design, painting, or creating music.

OR

Their craft could be chiropractic, financial services, engineering, or a myriad of other career paths.

Most don’t think of a dentist, health coach, or mortgage broker as a starving artist – but I do.

These are people who are so wildly passionate and romantic about their professional path that they have become completely blind to the fact that they are STARVING which in turn means – they are serving NO ONE, not even themselves.

The starving artist is actually a syndrome - a devastating one - because not only does the artist starve, but their children see someone who is unable to monetize their greatest gifts.

This sets a standard for the child that could proliferate for generations to come.

WHAT IF I told you it is your moral responsibility to pursue your passion AND become filthy rich?!?!

I get it. There is a portion of our population who is completely confused by the extraordinary ripple effect of becoming rich - but if we remove this subset - the only thing holding you back from starving are the 3 Bs…

The 3 Bs Will TRANSFORM Your Economic Existence…

Your BELIEFS.

Your BUSINESS MODEL.

Your BOLDNESS.

Let’s start with YOUR BELIEFS…

Whatever you believe becomes the baseline of what you can potentially achieve.  

Therefore, if you BELIEVE that money is the root of all evil OR that it’s hard to make money OR that your passion cannot be monetized in an abundant manner – then your BELIEFS become the baseline of possibility.

Change your beliefs – change your life! I have preached this for years and I am going to scream it from the rooftops right now…

The difference between the starving artist and the abundant artist are the 3 Bs but it all starts with the first one…

BELIEVE!

Believe you can make a boatload of money while pursuing your passion.

Believe you are worthy of extreme levels of success.

Believe that money will amplify who you are – not change who you are.

Believe that making money is easy.

Okay, now let’s move on to the second B which is YOUR BUSINESS MODEL.

Almost EVERY starving artist is trading TIME for MONEY!

This means the ONLY way to make more money is to CHARGE MORE (often the area of most resistance for an artist) or to WORK MORE (remember, there are only 24 hours in a day and I guarantee if you increase this metric you will begin to see your passion suffer). 

The business model of trading time for money is captivity…

You lose money when you are increasing your pleasure (aka vacationing)...

You lose money when you are taking care of your health (aka working out)...

You lose money when you are with your loved ones (aka playing with your kids)...

I would venture to say that trading for money is a surefire way to STARVE andddddddd begin to HATE your passion!

There are COUNTLESS graphic designers who usually would ONLY get paid when they were designing that found a BETTER business model by deploying their passion into building an infinitely scalable product which yielded billions of dollars for this once “starving artist…”

There are COUNTLESS health professionals who would usually ONLY get paid when they were cleaning teeth, giving a chiropractic adjustment, or performing a massage that found a BETTER business model by franchising their offer and building an entire ecosystem of service providers where they earned an override on the work of many.  

There are COUNTLESS sales professionals who would usually ONLY get paid when they closed a deal who found a BETTER business model and began selling a product/service which had a recurring revenue business model so that they were able to establish an annuity for themselves and their family.

Once your BELIEFS around success align with your dreams, then it’s critical - I mean CRITICAL - to ensure that your business model is PROFITABLE and that the way you make money is NOT correlated with trading TIME for DOLLARS!

Okay, now let’s move on to the third B which is YOUR BOLDNESS…

Your ability to make BOATLOADS of money while also pursuing your passion will be based on your beliefs, business model, and boldness.

What I mean by BOLDNESS is combining what you say and what you do.

It’s NOT enough to just be a chiropractor – you need to be the MOST MEMORABLE chiropractor.

It’s NOT enough to just be a graphic designer -–you need to be the MOST MEMORABLE graphic designer.

It’s NOT enough to just be a financial advisor – you need to be the MOST MEMORABLE financial advisor.

And the way you achieve this outcome is by SAYING bold and DOING bold.

Declare your moonshot AND execute until you realize your moonshot.

STARVING and being TIMID go hand in hand.

SO does the contrary…

ABUNDANT and being BOLD.

Take calculated risks…

Execute relentlessly…

Never settle…

Do what others don’t think to do…

Be a trailblazer…

Move mountains…

Transform the way your industry operates…

AND AND AND….

Follow these 5 ways…

5 Ways To Ensure Your Passion Makes An Enormous Amount Of Profit

1. You Must Feel Worthy Of Extreme Wealth

MOST starving artists STARVE because they don’t feel worthy of extreme wealth.

They get such joy and satisfaction from performing their craft that they feel that this feeling should suffice but I am here to tell you – YOU ARE WRONG!

It’s a complete cop out to use the excuse of “my work is so satisfying OR it’s not about the money OR I am content” as the reason you starve.

Let me be your example for a moment…

I guarantee my work is more satisfying than yours…

YES, I should make boatloads of money based on the value I create for others…

I will never be content…

Whoever convinced you that you are not worthy or need extreme wealth is an absolute fool. 

They have led you astray because of their own limiting beliefs and now their absurdity has become your excuse and your norm. 

So please allow me to shift your paradigm in service of YOU, but even more importantly in service of your kids, spouse, and anyone who comes in contact with you…

Get RICH while pursuing your passion!

2. Productize Your Passion

Like I mentioned above with the 3 Bs, your BUSINESS MODEL is essential to becoming financially abundant and the way to think about this is…

Turn your PASSION into an infinitely scalable product.

Think of it this way…

How can you get paid OVER and OVER again – recurring revenue is the shizzle!

How can you make money when you SLEEP – chaaa ching!

How can you get rich by the actions of others – the dream!

How can you make bank by helping people accomplish their financial goals – your responsibility!

This will require first principle thinking, which means take out a clean sheet of paper and forget everything you ever thought was possible about how to monetize your passion and NOW rewrite how you make money.

YES, this will require effort.

YES, this will make you uncomfortable.

YES, this will need to be tested and iterated.

YES, this will make you RICH as long as you don’t stop until you figure it out.

3. Sell As If It’s Life or Death

Your passion will NOT sell itself.

Let me say this again because someone told you otherwise and this someone was flat out wrong…

YOUR PASSION WILL NOT SELL ITSELF!

The only thing that will sell your passion is YOU…

It’s YOU becoming more visible and showcasing the benefits of your passion.

It’s YOU replicating yourself with an army of people who are as passionate as you are about your passion…

It’s YOU stepping into your BOLDNESS (remember the 3rd B) so that you are the most memorable person performing your craft.

I don’t care if you are a chiropractor, dentist, financial advisor, singer, gymnast, karate instructor, etc. – if you don’t SELL, your passion will DIE!

Because the ONLY way to ensure your passion LIVES is if your passion makes…MONEY and not just enough – an abundance of MONEY!

4. Partner With A Trusted Business Person

The greatest hack to becoming an abundant artist is to find someone you really trust that IS what you are NOT…

An unemotional business person committed to making money!

This is the ONLY way for you to focus on your craft solely - otherwise - you need to be the artist and the business person.

The benefit of having a business person is that they are detached from your passion – they truly don’t care, but what they focus on in a monomaniacal way is… 

MAKING TONS AND TONS AND TONS AND TONS OF MONEY!!!!

So if you want to remain the artist – get a complimentary business person to partner with you.

5. Scale = Freedom

I have NO IDEA why people think that scaling their passion will lead to complexity…

It’s the absolute opposite!

Complex is not being able to put food on the table…

Complex is not being able to purchase holiday presents…

Complex is not being able to take a vacation…

Complex is not being able to afford a solution to a disease…

Complex is not being able to fix your refrigerator…

Do you know what is NOT complex…

SCALING…

MAKING A TON OF MONEY…

HAVING FREEDOM!

I would prefer the “complexities” of success any day versus the complexities of being a starving artist. 

Now What?

STOP starving…

AND/OR

MAKE BOATLOADS of money!

Even if you are not starving but comfortable – make more!

MONEY is only an amplifier of who you already are…

If you are a terrible human – more money will simply amplify the fact that you are a creep.

If you are an extraordinary human – more money will amplify the fact that you are a changemaker.

So…

GO MAKE MORE MONEY!

But the key is the following…

“You should 100% pursue your passion, if and only if, your passion makes you full and abundant because no one has ever benefited from a starving artist.”

Please realize that remaining a starving artist is SELFISH!

You are putting your limiting beliefs and ignorance ahead of your spouse, kids, and the people watching.

You are not only your own baseline but have the potential to become the norm for others as well so make today the last day you starve and begin the journey to swim in all of the cash you are able to produce because of the value you create by pursuing your passion.

I am here for you always - we got this - TOGETHER!

Live with Intention,