NickVenturella.com 3-19-22 - Get Up Quickly

Get Up Quickly

March 19, 2022

Well, I survived sinus surgery over a week ago. I’m on the mend and should be 100% soon. No longer having a deviated septum is already changing my life with better breathing. I appreciate all your support, especially that of my wife and family.

I’m excited to bounce back because I have a lot going on. It feels counter intuitive for me, but being forced to slow down due to the surgery did provide some good, needed perspective. 

One of the things I thought about was forward progress on my goals for this year. I was worried the surgery would slow me down from making the strides I want to make this year, but in reality maintaining your health will help you move farther, faster.Now, I think the surgery will actually allow me to move more easily through other aspects of my day-to-day, which will ultimately help me accomplish things more easily, and likely more quickly.Do you ever feel like that?  Where you anticipate a setback that if simply carried out according to plan will actually accelerate your progress forward better than if you had fought against the perceived setback? Feel free to hit reply and tell me about it. Getting it off of your chest can simply help your forward progress.

Many other similar productivity thoughts were racing through my congested head while I was resting my body, such as the idea of failing fast. 

I have never really cared for that phrase: "Fail fast." The word "fail" simply has a negative connotation. When, in fact, that phrase is supposed to elicit something positive - improving on a skill or attempt that didn’t previously go as you had hoped.

If you run into setbacks the best thing to do is assess the gap between what you thought would work, what didn’t work, and why so you can try again with an improved attempt or pivot to move in another direction based on your learnings from that experience. Those setbacks are not failures at all, but rather opportunities to rapidly succeed by bouncing back and moving forward with what you’ve learned.Don't fail fast, just get up quickly.

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UPDATES----------Root Cause Records is excited to announce a new EP album to be released in May 2022: Nick Venturella's "Midwest Heartache." The album is a 6-song batch of Lo-fi/Americana/folk/pop tunes that tells a story of relationship head games via social media, love lost, and eventually love gained for the right reasons - a love made to endure life's ups and downs.You're already signed up on Nick's email list so you will get early access to the album before it's official public release on May 11, 2022.Feel free to tell your friends to sign up for early access too: here (http://www.nickvmusic.net/sign-up.html). Watch Nick's video introducing the upcoming album----------More music performances booked:

The Cider FarmMadison, WI​Sat. May 14, 2022​6 - 8:30pmThe Lone Girl Brewing Co.Waunakee, WI​Sun. June 5, 2022​3 - 5pmSchuster's FarmDeerfield, WI​Fri. July 22, 2022​6 - 8:30pmThe Cider FarmMadison, WI​Sat. July 23, 2022​6 - 8:30pmThe Lone Girl Brewing Co.Waunakee, WI​Sun. August 7, 2022​3 - 5pm

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Stay positive. Stay healthy. Be kind.Sincerely,Nick VenturellaCreative Professional, andco-founder of Eleven Music Career CenterNickVenturella.comnickVmusic.netnickVguitars.comFacebookYouTube