Fabeku’s Amazing Interview, Part 2

I have tiny little goosebumps. I really do. I feel so blessed to have encountered so many amazing people online and Fabeku is one. Here we continue our discussion on authentic, relevant, organic networking and then dish a bit about our heroes and books.

Enjoy!

What makes you and your work relevant?

I think my clients could give you a way better answer to that than I could.

Not because I’m trying to sidestep the question. But because I think the community/tribe/fellow fabulous folks can give the clearest feedback about whether what we’re doing is relevant or not.

Here’s what I do know.

I do something pretty unconventional for a living. I spend my day helping people to get unstuck and awesomize their life and their business through sound. Which means I bang drums and gong gongs a lot.

And I totally don’t fit the mold of someone who does this sound-ey thing. I don’t get into the woo-woo stuff or listen to panpipes or go around wearing all white. I’m a huge fan of punk rock, Doc Martens and reality TV.

So what I do is kind of wacky. And I’ve ignored the way people usually do this stuff. And I’m doing ok.

I’m not broke, living in a cardboard box under a bridge or scarfing down cat food for dinner. I’m doing better than I’ve ever done. And I’m tons happier too.

And if that gives someone else hope that they can do the thing they love and do it their own way, on their own terms, then right on.

Because I think that’s absolutely, totally possible. Even when your thing happens to be something that seems completely kooky.

Who are your online/offline heroes?

Man, there are a ton of people online who I respect like crazy. I started making a list and got to 27 before I realized the list was just going to get longer and longer.

I feel really lucky to be surrounded by a ton of smart, creative, seriously cool people who are doing amazing stuff in the world. And a lot of them are actively involved in helping other people do amazing stuff too. Which is awesomeness squared.

One of my lifelong heroes is Joey Ramone.

Joey was this wildly shy kid who grew up to be a total rockstar. Literally. He was in one of the greatest bands of all times – The Ramones.

And what I love about The Ramones is that they didn’t let anything hold them back. They weren’t the most technically skilled musicians in the world. And they had plenty of personal stuff to deal with.

But they did their thing anyway. And they pioneered a whole new style of music that changed the music scene forever.

They loved what they did. You could feel that fire in every single song they played.

What’s a book that changed your life?

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach.

I bumped into this book when I was a teenager. And it really rocked me. It’s an awesome book. I still have my original copy that’s totally yellowed and ragged.

It’s a cool book about life. And fear. And the ordinary and the extraordinary.

I’ve got a bazillion books. But I reread this one at least once a year.