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Musician and author John Tesh on how following his passion led him to shift careers to the music business.
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My next -- famous for his music usually popular -- out.
But just as well known for its twenty year marriage to actress -- Alec.
It is nonsense is new album is out of school big -- I don't remember distinctly retain the -- to break.
When you broke off to go full time to the music thing in every once and no we don't know we're.
He went somewhere -- to share.
We've had a great fund like bubble is a -- calendar for the broadcasting industry sort of by accident and I channel to run -- -- yeah I'm never gonna -- -- obstacles -- -- but -- -- -- label that.
Yeah yeah I mean who survived what was the follow your -- thing and we you know we did this radio show everyday and we talked about that we talk about finding your mission in your purpose in life and then and then the money will probably -- you know that you -- the stuff every day I would never leave the TV thing though because of the election -- fall -- professor pat you let you so I don't -- But I remember distinctly -- view that that it would see knots that's raising what about a big TV yeah right right there but obviously you proved them.
We proved reserves -- any advice in that regard to people who.
Look at the safety of -- confines of what they've got and the want to venture outside.
You and I and I read a book came from I think political life lessons or something like that and and we talk about the -- additional time is that it's what you wanna be one of the things -- Ask fine if people.
There are more important viewing your life what they see you doing and that does include your parents who should be like.
And -- -- uncle -- -- elementary school teacher or pastor or someone like that or a fraternity brother.
Call him up -- email and ask them what they see you doing if they all say it's not.
It -- -- -- is on television.
Then -- -- -- power and -- also a play piano and orchestra the maybe that's what you should be doing because you don't really see yourself and people really close my parents and seniors musician at all.
-- the -- -- -- -- doing both I don't you've noted aren't aren't -- but they'll tell you what your passionate I know what you could have gone on -- capacity is still doing music.
And and and and doing the broadcasting to you obviously an employee -- -- -- said it's it's one of the other.
You have it was a time thing we've just had a baby Connie and I -- it was just like I can't do all and that's of the -- focus you know I'll read -- -- read that book focus and also differentiator died.
So -- those are two books that I that I really I live by which -- find your brand.
What is it and you did that when you long launched Fox Business -- found the brand you don't again this is what we do we do business we will do celebrity -- this is what we do see you're known for that.
And we would integrated could call it does -- to my house but do you think -- John that a lot of this though in this environment due to tough job environment.
From -- beggars can't be choose so a lot of people -- -- -- gone to jobs who's ever higher.
Yeah oh for sure and -- -- Susan you know more I think more than more than ever before there more 2126.
-- living at home right now.
And part of the problem with Simon thanks -- yeah.
Are the most nice job part of the problem with the with the you know would have millennial right now is going to be is that -- -- minutes and you.
Did they don't wanna take a jobless they wanna take a -- let's -- -- -- it's exciting to them where when you -- review board we were growing up.
It was okay I'm -- -- cut the yard on the deliver the -- for Newsday and I'm going to.
What -- amen -- -- lemonade stand -- you know any any events.
But what.
You a little different breed the secretary is because you've been artists and -- for a couple of decades normally in your business.
People's -- -- spouses like tissue Paper they're -- on wife number of fine -- You haven't done that.
Well we've really sort of -- -- -- Hollywood plus if you had a good look at my wife and you have to look at me if you definitely consider -- part of my coverage absolutely yes so.
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I really recommend -- an Italian woman because they're armed.
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This is this -- yet you have to be afraid of making a mistake otherwise.
You'll make a mistake and little bit but we should -- under the bottom and you're saying we we should all get over this fear.
Of making a mistake -- it is.
Fear not -- -- -- -- here are doing something and usually so I wanna write a book I want to be hard work risk and prayer that would be the title of the of the book.
Because if it takes hard work you and I both the and you -- just dig it out right and and you have to risk you know there was a study that we -- -- on the radio show.
Neither of these they studied 93 year old tried this -- -- -- -- 150 -- -- asked them always questions that we want to be answers to.
The one question was the big question was if you had to do it all over again what would you change into a man and woman they -- said.
I would risk more so we are risk averse we -- afraid of it for some reason.
And when you figure out what you wanna do when you take a risk and yes god bless that and and you will be successful eventually to work both real real quickly if France they were afraid to risk change and doing things have to check which.
So lot of people interpreting that as we live in a world a burst of -- right.
Right to -- We do we -- we we live we do have an -- -- related France.
I have done -- -- I have I have announced that sort of France and recorded there.
Really him out of there are not first of falling off -- bicycles at high speeds in France success and that everybody that survived very that is going.
-- -- Musician author -- C conquered this industry than happily moved on.
As was providing a bit too much competition on best elected parents aren't I'm on the -- that's spoken one day market -- -- --
