Becoming An Icon

                                                    

Kirk Carter@ Copyright 2013

BECOMING AN ICON

As I travel through life, my days perhaps numbered, it amazes me as to how many people worship the Icons. You could talk of people like Donald Trump...who for the most part got his funding through his Daddy's trust, Mafia proceeds, and various union dues.

How about Bill Walton, who had this idea for buying out the 3rd shift of production on most every product China manufacturers could produce!

Bringing it closer to home, my favorite is Puff Daddy. Here's a guy that just thought game...playa...Cool Brother...whatever? Fact is, he was just a low-level brother who got a gig cleaning a recording studio (no name dropping here), he also went and got coffee and sandwiches for the execs. Difference was, he watched the engineers, remembered the set-ups, the settings for compression and such. They finally allowed him to record sessions and produce on the weekends. A girl came in to take over his old position, her name was Mary J. Blige, she was also his production assistant. You could say the rest is history. She had the pipes, Puff was on the board, and you already know the magic that occurred. Point being, he became an Icon because? Being constantly cool, image focused...playa!

But yet, although he got heavily into promotions (Nightclubs, Special Events, and of course...Vodka), he was still Puff Daddy, the Icon!

However, there is a downside to all this success. According to what most Icons will tell you...we got coin now, but we're cut off from just being regular people. They're right, be careful what you ask for, cause you will end up looking over your shoulder and having body guards following you around for the rest of your life! But then, hey...your an Icon now!

Say, your business or video went viral. Like I said, now you've got bodyguards following you around, idiots following you around, trying to get close enough, trying to figure out just what makes you different...paparazzi chasing you around, and that persistent image means that you can never just go out and be yourself. Wow...that sounds like fun!

After I write this, I'm going to the store, pick up a bottle of wine, and go hang at the park.

Unfortunately, your an Icon now, you can't come!

By the way, there seems to be a telephoto lens sticking through your fence over there...you might want to check on that...