natwantstoknow’s Reviews > Sing Your Name Out Loud: 15 Rules for Living Your Dream—The Inspiring Story of Jason Derulo > Status Update

Here's the truth: I was wrong. My gut is usually right about my songs, but I admit wholeheartedly that I had the wrong perspective on "Want to Want Me." (This is another example of why it's so im- portant to have the right bees in your hive.)

Tik Tok is now a big source ofbusiness for me, but I'm still mindful of never letting it cannibalize my music career. In order to meet my goals, these two things have to support each other instead of ever taking away from each other... I always try to focus my time and energy on the area where they're most needed at that moment. Sometimes it's time to conceive and post a new tt video, and sometimes it's music time

I spend every day asking myself how I can best myself.

I give my self small goals that I make sure to accomplish.
This way, I get used to the feeling of winning, which wires my mind to achieve.
If you don't program your own mindset like this, your mind will program it for you. Most likely, you'll get stuck in default mode, thinking, "Aight, we chilling today"

Derulo vs his peers:

"This is a waste of time," they whined. "'I just want to get out there and start auditioning and start my career.'
Honestly, I didn't understand this mindset at all. How in the world could it be a waste to spend your time improving your craft? Time is only wasted if you're not using it to get better" --absolutely clocked me!

The concept of Addison Rae encouraging Derulo to post 6x/day on tikok

"Experiment, succeed, fail, fall on your damn face, get back up ... and who knows? Maybe that video of you falling on your face will be the one that ends up cutting through."

This chapter is called, "reveal yourself in your best light". And he took it very literally because he went three pages talking about how actual lighting is everything haha

He did not like the music video for " if it ain't love" because the lighting was off. I didn't realize the song was just okay, it went platinum in my house!!!

The relationship he has with Luke Bryan and florida georgia line is really sweet to read about. I didn't even know they were super close like that. And I didn't even hear their collab LOL. I love when artists test out new genres. Also what happened to florida georgia line????

When you stop seeing other people as competition and instead start seeing them as people who can either learn something from you or teach you something- or both-- a whole new-world of success and inspiration will open up for you.

The only way to have a lasting career is to stay on that cutting edge. You have to take any and all opportunities, no matter where they come from. I may have great ideas, but other people do, too, and I want all them ideas on the table

So, on your way up, don't forget to reach back out and help some- one along the way. It'll be rewarding from a humanistic standpoint and could help drive your ship closer