I Want To Work For Diddy… My Thoughts

I've never really been a reality TV show type person. I'm proud to say I've never watched Survivor more than 5 minutes in total. Big Brother, the Amazing Race, the Real World… couldn't care less. I did like the Biggest Loser, but really because there were some sexy big women on that show! ;-)

But now I've run across I Want To Work For Diddy. I like the show, but I don't like the people on it, probably because I feel they are playing up for the cameras (which is exactly the reason why I can't stand reality shows). For people who want to work for a person who doesn't tolerate bitchassness, all I see… is bitchassness! Right now, I feel like the person who wins won't last 6 weeks as Diddy's assistant. But maybe by the end of the show that person really will deserve it.

But the reason why I like the show is because I'm in the music industry (on the radio and nightclub side), so I've met Diddy. He was the very first interview I had on the air at WILD-AM in Boston! BTW, probably the worst interview I ever had, not totally because of me, but because of him. He had an earpiece in for his phone, and he was talking on the phone in between being interview by me! Multitasking. So I couldn't ask him what he wanted to talk about, or even get warmed up with him before we hit the air. PLUS I had never done an interview on the radio before! This wasn't just a train wreak. It was a missile hitting a jet plane crash landing on a train falling off a bridge onto a ocean liner!

Okay, back to the subject. I know the inner workings of radio, and I want to see how similar behind the scenes is on the music side. Plus it's a great opportunity to see a highly successful Black man and find out what makes him tick. It's almost better than reading a book about Diddy, because you are seeing firsthand how hard he hustles to be that successful. A lot of the things he talks about are so over the top, it's hard to believe, but many highly successful people in every field imaginable are hyper-driven like he is. It makes me look at myself and my life and say, "Do I want to work THAT hard?" How hard can I work to make $500,000 instead of $5,000,000?

But I then think of one thing that Diddy said on the show that makes the difference for me, that makes me say, "Yes, I CAN and WILL work that hard." He said (and I'm paraphrasing, since I can't find the actual quote) that he can't sleep because he is that excited about what he needs to do that day because he is in love with what he is doing. Well, I love spinning, and I will go anywhere around the world to do it. I love podcasting, and I have to hold back all the mixes I want to post because it would be a flood. I love radio, and I am determined to get in front of the right people to get me back on the air. And now, I love blogging, and it is 5:14 am and I'm writing about I Want To Work For Diddy! Maybe I should be working for Diddy, because I naturally don't sleep! :-)