Mind of Mash: Be Irreplaceable

About a year and a half ago, I was sitting on the tour bus of the band I was hired to play guitar for. The band, the crew, and I were talking about the recent shows and how we each thought things were going. When it came to our job performance, each of us got mostly positive feedback mixed with some constructive criticism here and there.

I received some of the best advice of my life that night from the monitor tech. I applied it not only to that job but to every position of work that I’ve found myself in. It is a simple but important philosophy to live by.

Be irreplaceable.

Mindset Is Everything

I am primarily a contractor these days, but that mindset has stuck with me ever since I heard it as a working musician. When I got the opportunity of my life to play music professionally for a respectable band, it was surreal. I felt as if my years of hard work had finally paid off. I constantly reminded myself that success does not just stop there though. It only comes to those who continue to apply themselves to the best of their abilities at every stage of their careers. It’s perfectly okay to celebrate milestones, but it is important to not let success corrupt your mindset and cause you to slack off.

There are plenty of people out there who are just as qualified as me to do what I…