Great interview from a pioneer in the hip hop music business that I found on TJ Chapman’s blog and a must watch for dreamers and visionaries.

The first answer:

“The key is to find your calling. And to take the fundamental risk and be curious enough with yourself to find your passion. And then not stop until you participate in that passion. too many people fall into what traditional pressures of family, friends and society have for them.You got to school you get a good job and start a family. It so well organized. I’ve never been that organized. I’ve had the support of my family to give me the strength to take as much risk early on in my career and early on in my life to find my calling.” -Lyor Cohen

That is a testament to why we created 21st Century Hustle. “..Be curious enough with yourself to find your passion.” That’s something that few people give much thought to, yet it is the major key to becoming someone of your own making.

I think another key point he made was when he said “I’ve had the support of my family to give me the strength to take as much risk early on in my career and early on in my life to find my calling.” That support is rare. Parents, in their attempt to insure success,  tend to pass along the fear of failure, which is the equivalent of dream paralysis.

Watch the entire interview, for  there are lots of gems.