A short monologue by a music-industry professional reflecting on how reading The E-Myth at age 28 prompted deep self-reflection about ego, identity, and confidence. The speaker describes being forced to confront whether traits like selfishness, cockiness, or confidence drove his behavior and career stance as a mixer.
So at 28, you read it. What changes at 28? You're. You're always in the music industry. You're always fighting your ego, right? A lot of people think this. They have to think like this. When you're successful at anything or want to be successful at anything, you got to think you're the best. So I got to think I'm the best mixer. I have to. But I'm not going to say that I'm the best mixer. So this book was the first time where I ever looked in the mirror and said, wait, who the fuck am I, really? What am I? Why am I. Am I being selfish? Am I being cocky? Am I being confident? So it was the first book where it gave me an opportunity to look in the mirror for the first time.
