I woke up last week Sunday and the whole social media was buzzing with pop culture news that Queen B originally known as Beyoncé had performed a feat ‘not common’ to mere mortals.
She had captivated audiences around the globe with her riveting 90 minutes performance. Many sang her praises for giving such an A-grade performance just ten months after giving birth to twins.
Even media outlets who has criticized her 2016 Super Bowl performance as being mediocre had suddenly turned around and were singing her praises for setting the platinum standard for performance and retaining her place as one of the greatest performers in this age! ( Awon Aye-in my Yoruba parlance :-)).
The buzz rang through last week with several people making memes and renaming Coachella; Beychella.
I am not one to be carried away by buzz because I know that you don’t create anything great without a lot of dedication, resilience and even setbacks.
I decided to dig deep to understand what went on behind the scenes of her epic performance and I found out a few things….
One year in waiting
The 90-minute performance that made Queen B receive all those accolades was actually one year in waiting!
Beyonce set her eyes on performing at Coachella 2017 and had begun to mentally prepare for it before she received the good news that she was expecting twins.
Although she was happy about the twins, she was sad that Coachella was not going to happen. However, she believed that another opportunity would present itself and it did one year later.
Lesson: sometimes life can take an unexpected turn, but you have to keep you eye on the ball of what you desire.
It takes time to create overnight success
Once she was confirmed to perform at Coachella, Beyoncé and her crew booked and closed down a practice venue for 4 MONTHS! Who does that?
It has to be someone that understands that a great performance required a lot of practice and that to be excellent at your act(business) you need to INVEST your time and resources.
Lesson: If you want to be at the top of your industry and scale your business, be ready to invest time and resources to make it happen.
You need an A-team
People lauded Beyonce for the surprise reunion of Destiny’s Child during one of the performances on that day.
She also did a dance duet with her sister Solange and a song/rap duet with her husband Jay-Z. She knew if she wanted to win, she needed her best people and she assembled them.
Lesson: Don’t think you can do it on your own. You can’t build a successful business or scale your business on your own, you need an A-team of advisers, staff, experts and maybe coaches.
My respect for Queen B grew some more as I studied her process and method because I realized once again that success leaves clues.
If you have not registered for the ready to scale workshop and you know that you are ‘ready to scale’. LEARN from Beyonce….You cannot create a Coachella standard performance by guess work, you need to make an investment!
I want to be on your ‘A’ team at this workshop, so register HERE.
If you live out of Lagos in cities like Ibadan, Abuja and Portharcourt, you can also indicate your interest in attending the workshop on the registration page and we will come to your city if we get the minimum required participants.
Please also share the e-flier with your friends in Lagos and those cities so that YOU can also be on their ‘A’ team 🙂
Tale
P.S: I did not record a podcast this week because I want to be sure it is adding value to you.
Have you been listening? If not, click the podcast link HERE and leave a like or comment to let me know it is adding value (And I am not wasting my time o!)
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