Article on Jamie Foxx
I have to admit that there was a time that I did not like Jamie Foxx. I think it was during his personal building stage where he was just a brash comedian that poked fun at everything. I love a good laugh, I just did not care for his humor.
Jamie Foxx has been building his career, and during that time I have grown to like him. His performance in Ray was outstanding, his stint as host of the ESPY’s has been nothing short of outstanding. If you can find a video of him playing piano and singing the song about Sarina Williams send it to me, it is a keeper.
Men’s Health has a great article on him, along with some great success tips that we can all follow. I especially like his success strategy #2
Success Strategy #2 Return to ground level.
This is a partner of the wave,
but it targets a more dangerous area–the ego. After he won an Oscar for Ray,
Foxx was careful not to believe his own clippings. He even wrote a joke about it
in his stand-up act: “When I’m with a lady, she can’t just scream ‘Jaaamie‘
anymore. She has to scream ‘Academy Award-winner Jaaamie Foxx!’” Bottom line,
when the success comes, know how good you are, and leave it at that. “Exposed
ego is a weakness,” says Foxx. “You become lofty and it feels so good, it’s all
meringue, it tastes great. But to maintain that would burn you out. Every day
you have to go back to ground level. People want to see you back at ground level
anyway. You know how we get if someone’s flexing too much: ‘Look at this, man.
He thinks he’s the shit.’ You can’t just sit there and beat on your chest.
Sometimes you have to turn the juice off.”
For the whole article go here:
Jamie Foxx C.E.O., Success Inc.
Conceive It, Believe It, Achieve It
Coach Kip
