I can’t help wonder:

If Beethoven, Dickens and Da Vinci were alive right now, how many more masterpieces would they be churning out compared to the volume they cranked out back in the day?

Twice as many?  Ten times as many?

They’d clearly have endless tools and technologies to help them speed up their production lines.

Dickens wrote with quill and ink. Imagine how much more productive he’d be typing on his Samsung Galaxy or dictating into his iPhone.

Similar with Beethoven.  Would he be sitting in his recording studio, swiping some semi-breves into his iPad score and watching his latest song go viral on TikTok?

And would Da Vinci be joining forces with the AI artist DALL-E to pump out his masterpieces or using 3D printers to bring his inventions to life?

The possibilities are endless & fascinating. 

And the world has missed out on these potential gems by virtue of timing.

But to my mind, it’s not a tragedy that these three maestros died with unfinished works.  Not when we can still bask in the treasures they did produce.

To my mind, a much greater tragedy is not sharing with the world.  Having things you want to create and the opportunity to do so, but choosing not to and keeping these in the shadows instead.

Until one day, the opportunity has gone.

The so-called “Father of Motivation” Wayne Dyer once wrote:

“Don't die with your music still in you. Don't die with your purpose unfulfilled.  Don't let that happen to you”

When I first read this quote, it grabbed hold of me.  

I knew I was floating through life with my “music” still in me.

I think it’s one of the reasons I started writing these emails.

Sure - these emails ain't exactly Great Expectations. 

But then again, I'm not Charles Dickens.  Nor am I trying to be.

I also think it’s why I have a thing for helping people share their music with the world.  Whether that music is literal notes & chords, something else creative or guiding someone to tune into the music of life that's inside them - and then share this.

If you want to get started:

https://waitinglist.followingfulfilment.com

That’s all for today.

 - Tom