The goal was clear: Evan wasn't just thinking about singing and being an ordinary singer who blended in with everyone else without standing out in any way. From a young age, he had looked up to Harry, a singer of his time who worked incredibly hard to sing, but because he didn't rise above the rest, he remained in obscurity, without any recognition or glory. That's exactly what he wanted to avoid when singing became a part of his life. To achieve his goal of becoming someone superior, he set several important objectives.
First, he wanted to climb the ranks at the various music festivals held weekly in his country to make a name for himself. That way, he would gain recognition faster than by simply writing songs. After that initial goal, he planned to win the award for best singer at the festival for several consecutive weeks. These were short-term goals. His longer-term objective was to become the best singer in his entire country, and who knows, maybe even the world. Of course, these were very ambitious goals, but he was going to give it his all to achieve them, and that gave him a powerful motivation.
And it worked perfectly. The strength he gained from having such clear goals helped him easily reach the first stages of his plan. He managed to sing at the fairs held weekly in his country. And after performing there several times and becoming known, he achieved his first major objective: becoming the best singer at the fair for several consecutive weeks. This was very gratifying for him because he saw his plans coming to fruition, and that gave him the confidence to keep moving forward.
El objetivo era claro, Evan no pensaba solo en cantar y ser un cantante normal que se mezclara con todos los demás sin sobresalir de alguna forma. El desde pequeño había tenido el referente de Harry un cantante de su tiempo, que se esforzó mucho por cantar pero como no sobresalió por encima de otros se quedó en la miseria sin pena y sin gloria. Pues eso mismo es lo que quería evitar que le sucediera a él cuando cantar se convirtió en parte de su vida. Para lograr el objetivo de ser alguien superior se puso varias metas importantes.
Quería primeramente escalar en varias ferias musicales que se hacían cada semana en su país para darse a conocer. De esa forma se daría a conocer más rápido que creando canciones. Después de esa meta inicial pensaba obtener un merito como el mejor cantante de la feria varias semanas consecutivas. Esas fueron a corto plazo. Más a largo plazo el objetivo convertirse en el mejor cantante de todo su país y quién sabe si del mundo. Claro eran metas muy ambiciosas pero él se iba a esforzar al máximo por conseguirlas y eso le daba una fuerte motivación.
Y funcionó a la perfección. La fuerza que le dio tener esas metas tan claras le ayudó a alcanzar las primeras fases de su plan con facilidad. Consiguió cantar en las ferias que se hacían cada semana en su país. Y luego de hacerlos varias veces y hacerse conocido logró su primer gran objetivo ser el mejor cantante de de la feria por varias semanas consecutivas. Esto fue muy gratificante para el porque veía como sus planes se iban consiguiendo y eso le dio la seguridad para seguir hacia adelante.
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After the boost he received from being the best at the fair and several festivals, and building a loyal fanbase, he released his first major album, featuring all the songs he had created for the fairs and several new ones. It was a remastered compilation with added tracks. This album was truly beneficial for his career because it was a success. In the music industry, he was considered a hidden gem; people couldn't understand why he hadn't achieved fame sooner. Hearing these things and seeing the success of his album continued to give him the strength to overcome the many obstacles he encountered.
There were less successful songs and albums not as explosive as his first, but he always created a great buzz and high expectations for his new work. This told him he was on the right track; people, and especially the music industry, were noticing. He had already surpassed his role model, Harry, whom he didn't want to emulate for always being in the shadows and never becoming anyone special. Well, that was behind him now; it was time to think bigger and achieve his new goal: to be the best in the country.
This goal was more complicated than the others because to achieve it he had to surpass several other very good singers in the country. So it took him a while. More than 20 years to be exact, almost his entire career focused on this goal. During all that time he observed what worked for others and applied it to his own work. Thus, little by little, he refined his technique and improved remarkably.
Tras el impulso de ser el mejor de la feria y varios festivales y construir una base de seguidores fieles lanzó su primer gran disco con todas las canciones que había creado para las ferias y varias nuevas. Era una recopilación remasterizada y con más añadidos. Este disco fue realmente bueno para su carrera porque fue un éxito. En la música lo consideraron una joya escondida, no entendían como no había llegado a la fama antes. Estas cosas que el escuchaba y ver el éxito de su disco le continuaron dando más fuerza para seguir superando muchos de los obstáculos que se fue encontrando.
Hubo canciones menos exitosas y discos no tan explosivos como el primero pero siempre creaba un gran revuelo y grandes expectativas en sus nuevos trabajos. Eso le iba diciendo que iba por buen camino, la gente y en especial la música lo estaba notando. Ya había a superado a su referente Harry al que no quería parecerse por siempre estar en las sombras y no llegar a ser nadie en especial. Pues ya eso había quedado atrás era momento de pensar en mas grande y conseguir su nueva meta ser el mejor del país.
Esta meta fue más complicada que las otras porque para lograrla debía superar a varios otros cantantes del país que eran muy buenos también. Así que esta le tomó su tiempo. Más de 20 años para ser exactos, casi toda su carrera enfocada en esta meta. En todo ese tiempo logró ver que les funcionaba a los demás y lo aplicó en lo que el mismo hacia. Así poco a poco fue puliendo su técnica y mejorando notablemente.
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Sooner or later, at the end of those 20 years, he achieved it. He became the best and most respected singer in the entire country. It was a costly goal in terms of time invested, but the result was well worth it. He had almost accomplished everything he had set out to do; only one thing remained: to be the best singer in the world. This last goal was the most difficult of all and the most symbolic, since no one had ever achieved it. Although he had the strength to continue, and simply looking back at his past showed him that he could do it, things changed for the first time.
Evan realized something: although he had gained a lot in his career, he had also lost a great deal. By striving to surpass his self-imposed goals, he had stopped enjoying the journey; everything was always pressure. He never had the opportunity to enjoy other facets of music because he had to do what sold the most. And the most costly thing of all was the time invested. If being the best in his country took him 20 years, being the best in the world would require a whole new lifetime.
That's why he decided enough was enough; it was time to continue singing, but now with a different focus and rhythm. His biggest problem was that time was running out, and he had to choose between symbolic goals and those that truly brought him short-term happiness so he could enjoy them. And that's what he did. Now he'll concentrate more on enjoying the present and the past. And the future will be built with more goals, but making the most of each day in the short term.
Y es que Evan se dio cuenta de una cosa, aunque había ganado mucho en su carrera también había perdido muchísimo. Por superar sus metas impuestas había dejado de disfrutar del camino, todo siempre fue presión. Nunca tuvo la oportunidad de disfrutar de otras facetas de la música porque debía hacer lo que más vendiera. Y lo más costoso de todo era el tiempo invertido, si ser el mejor de su país le llevó 20 años ser el mejor del mundo requeriría una vida completa nueva.
Por eso el decidió que ya era suficiente, era momento de continuar cantando pero ahora con un enfoque y ritmo distinto, porque el mayor problema que tenia es que el tiempo se le agotaba y tenia que escoger entre las metas simbólicas o las que de verdad le daban felicidad al corto plazo para poder disfrutarlas. Y eso hizo, ahora se concentrará más en disfrutar el presente y el pasado. Y el futuro se construirá con más metas pero aprovechando cada día al corto plazo.
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Esta publicación es completamente original, y de mi autoría. NO se han usado programas para modificar el texto o para reparar la gramática. Tal cual lo lees así lo escribí. La versión en ingles fue traducida usando Google traductor.
