We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Juston White a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Juston, thanks for sharing your insights with our community today. Part of your success, no doubt, is due to your work ethic and so we’d love if you could open up about where you got your work ethic from?
To be honest, the work ethic all comes from me not wanting to be regular. Not that being regular is a problem or anything like that, but I feel like I’ll never really want to live a non-creative life. Growing up I watched my parents tired and unhappy with where they worked and it made me realize that I can’t live life doing something that I don’t love. Since then I’ve really just been locked in trying to get there.
Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?
I’m a photographer, videographer, and music producer. What so special and what I love about it is the fact that everything is artistically in your hands from start to finish. Anything I put out is a direct form of my artistic vision because they were made from scratch by me. Any time I make a crazy beat or take some crazy pictures, it gives me a good feeling of satisfaction. Like, “Wow, I did this. This was made by me!”. It’s just fun. This year. I just want to expand on everything and build my brand bigger than ever.
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
Two qualities for sure were being more approachable as well as putting myself out there. I used to be really an introverted person and when I came to college people used to always tell me how quiet I was. Eventually, I phased out it for the most part and that’s what led to a lot of connections. The third quality or even area of knowledge was to know that comparing was pointless and that your work is always going to get better. What I mean by that is to basically never say that your work isn’t good because it isn’t at a certain level or isn’t doing as well as the next person’s. At the end of the day, you and what you put out is always going to get better.
The best advice I have for folks just starting out is to learn the business that you’re getting into. Learn the ins and outs and how you can best network yourself. Learn every single little thing you need to know to get a little better at it everyday. Also, keep an open mind and don’t put yourself in a box. Get into different things within your field and find out what you like and don’t.
Any advice for folks feeling overwhelmed?
When that overwhelming feelings comes, I really just hit a reset button. I’ll finish up anything that I have going on and just rest for a while. Then, when I’m ready, I come back. It’s like a lil cycle.
The advice I have is to know how much work you can handle at once. Always over plan and know what things you have on what days. You should also never take so much work that you burn out.
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