Would you broadcast yourself at work all-day?

Alexandre Toulemonde
2 min readOct 6, 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgeWHnSmPKE

Watch the video above. This is how deadmau5 found the voice for his track called “The Veldt” which then became one of his biggest hits. This video contains a number of hidden lessons worth mentioning:

Being lucky has never been easier. Luck at its simplest form is often reduced to the encounter of two people who complete each other. In this case an instrumental artist need a vocal artist, in an other you may have two travellers swapping places (Airbnb) or an entrepreneur seeking a company looking for innovative ideas to work, etc.

In short, we have all the reasons in the world to believe the internet can help you find the rare unicorn you were looking for. However…

Luck won’t come to you. We have to rethink our entire surroundings to increase our chance to be lucky. Deadmau5 literally broadcasts himself live working from his studio, sometimes up to 10 hours in a row. Not only he’s building a meaningful relationships with his fans but he’s also exposing all of his frustrations, ambitions and needs to the world increasing the chance to meet the ones who will change his life.

Filtering is key. If you start using the internet properly, it’s gotta get noisy. Mastering how to stay focused while receiving hundreds of requests a day will become your second most important task after broadcasting.

All this couldn’t happen without optimism, faith in humanity, communication, transparency and of course the Internet. It has dramatically improved the power of these ingredients to form what we could call, indeed, the perfect mix.

Would you broadcast yourself at work all-day?

Related videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_esYONwdKuw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX8HoRk0eHA

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Alexandre Toulemonde

Founder in stealth mode. Climate change enthusiast & tech advisor. Formerly Decathlon Canada CTO & Hockey Community founder.