STAYING FRESH & RELEVANT IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. - By Emmanuel Okolie

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience, or gives pleasure and delight.

How do I stay Fresh and Relevant in the Entertainment Industry?

    1. Let your personality suit your chosen career.

    2. Be continuously creative

    3. Learn about the business of the show i.e being in the business is not just for the show,

       understand  the industry you’re in, know it in and out.

     4.Get several mentors... Let the good aspects of their career shape yours. Not all they do must be

     emulated

     5.Be unique

     6. Review your career and growth dynamics every now and then for the better

     7.Invest i.e show biz funds when not properly invested go with the wind. Invest on properties,
 
        businesses, your brand and in other people.

     8.Don’t fight those who use your stuff to shine. It shows you are better. Be more creative and stay

        ahead Invest in things that will help your career grow.

      9. Never Ever Settle with a Jealous Partner

      10.Learn to do and understand other career related Fields better

      11. Don’t Employ a Manager that needs You. Employ one whose Services you actually need

      12.Aspire to be like “The People” that have made it instead of trying to live like them

      13.Draw up a Road Map to the Top... Follow the Journey Religiously

      14.Understand the industry you are in, in and out.

       15. If you can’t do it, get someone who can If you are good, Get Better.

       16.Know that Once you Become Popular it Would Be Hard to Know Who Love You Or Love

            the Celebrity in You.  Know the Difference.

       17.Know that you are not Indispensable

       18.When you are paid for an event, Deliver the Deliverables you were paid for.

       19.Learn to Swim with Sharks like Product Managers, Agencies, Event Planners, Corporate

       Affairs Peeps. Sometimes cutting a deal with them could be your ticket to greatness.

       20. Learn about what worked and what did not work for people before you

        21.Learn Money Management, its compulsory. Embrace New Technology or better ways to do

             things.

        22. Observe the Competition and do better

        23.Be Visible

        24.Carve a niche for yourself

        25.Network with successful people and learn the trade from professionals.

        26. Let part of your income go to charity, help the needy and those under you

IN CONCLUSION,

Be a lover of God.

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