Working with What You’ve Got

It's easy to get wrapped up in the material things.

People in audio engineering pine for the most expensive, industry-standard microphones. But, there are plenty of people creating entire albums with a $50 microphone. 

Or maybe not using a microphone at all.

People in video recording want that latest, greatest camera or editing/effects software. Then they'll be ready to create great things!

Meanwhile, there are plenty of people creating, editing, and publishing videos on their phones. Every day.

In college, I was broke. So I worked 40 hours a week bartending and practiced until 2am many nights. Not as ideal as having all my bills and rent taken care of for me.

But, it worked. And I learned lots of things about resilience.

It's a well-known statistic that 80% of businesses go bankrupt within the first five years.

Most of the time, it's because they didn't work with what they had. Instead, they went into debt to get what they wanted before they were making any money.

And when you can't pay your debt back, that's when you file bankruptcy.

You can always work with what you've got. Whether you're limited in supplies, money, manpower, or even people who believe in you. 

With enough creativity, you can make it work.