I have come to find out that all success starts with the mind. I never really noticed how important this was, until actually trying to find out why somethings were not working for me. Since birth I have been around a lot of negativity, but not being able to notice it because it was the norm. But once something is desired, a certain result, it seems that I am guided in the right direction. Fast forward to now I know how important a PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) is to have success at anything. My biggest advise to anyone is to know what you want, go for it in a positive way, and block out all negativity. Keep your goals to yourself if you have to.

I talk more about having a mindset for success in this article i previously made.

http://www.t-huztle.com/#!A-MindSET-for-Success/kiy9d/5713cdc50cf28d4bbf4bd710

Good luck and positivity you!

I'm not to sure about the whole "mind" thing tbh. I mean a positive attitude will benefit someone anywhere in life but if you sit there and wait until you find the "right" mental outlook on things before you get started then you'll never get things done. You'll sit there stuck trying to find the right "state of mind" and then when things go wrong you'll try to adjust your way of thinking to adapt.

I spent an entire year trying to find the right "mindset" until deciding that so much of that time would've been so much better spent just doing things because a perfect mindset is just impossible to find.

I understand your example but the only thing that I don't really get about "mindset" is what makes the "right" one in the first place.

I mean you got all these guys with different philosophies on what the proper mindset should be. I'm convinced that If I were to spend my time searching for the proper way of thinking about things I would end up dead before finding the true answer.

Hate me for taking it too far but this subject has had me doomed for a long time.

Let me put a twist on this. I believe THuztle is right. It all starts with your mindset. But it's definitely not so black and white.

Through last 6 years I kinda got used to having very little positivity in life. Got really numb. Nothing really mattered, because I knew if I continue to screw up everything, I'll stay moreless wherever I am now.

Lately though, few really cool musical things happened. Stuff that gets you lock yourself in car, smile like crazy, hit the wheel and almost scream "yessss". ...especially after so much "numb time".

...but then reality stroke back. Same as before. Grey, with not much to be happy about. But now it's different, because I know i CAN have better mindset. But it's not happenning. As always. But this time I care and it kills me. Daily. Which ironically ends with even worse mindset than the numb one...

Again, I don't mean to be overly depressing, but I think those who make happiness their goal end up miserable people. It's a feeling that comes and goes just like every other emotion out there. It can't last forever because it's a temporary experience caused by neuro-chemicals in your brain.

Learning to not give a crap whether I felt "happy" and just doing things has been much more productive than waiting for the perfect mindset to show up because as you've mentioned it's highly elusive. It'll be there one day and then the next day you end up numb again wondering what the hell happened.

If someone across the world can work 8 hours a day manufacturing dildos in a factory then why should I not be able to do the same with music regardless of whether I feel happy or not?

If someone across the world can work 8 hours a day manufacturing dildos in a factory then why should I not be able to do the same with music regardless of whether I feel happy or not?

There's no demand for your music.

That's the answer to that.

The mindset isn't about where you're getting paid to do something, it's the motivation to DO that something. You think that dildo maker was growing up and saying "one day i wanna make dildos until i die"?

Problem, is that the emotional state when doing things make it all the more difficult to actually do the things. The part that makes us human, is also the part that pretty much dictates our choices. We have words like obligation to describe that state.

So, once again, this is purely getting up and getting to work. What makes you actually get the fuck out of bed in the morning?

It's not a shared mindset, it's THEIR mindset because IT WORKS FOR THEM (caps for emphasis), they don't know you, they don't know what you do, they don't know how you really are.

Do you even know who/what you really are?

and then, because of your persistence, always goes back to a deeper state of understanding the self before you can really become accomplished in life.

or at least understanding it enough for you to learn to grow.

Attitude makes you get up from falling down, and make it up the hill. You can still crawl if you're not dead. You only stop when you're dead, and completely done. Other wise, you move as far as you can until you get to your goal. (just don't be a dick, because people will help you).

And if you're not doing that, then you're in the way or something is in the way. But you can still always crawl.