Bryant Getzel

Friend, family man, and tech problem solver based in Richmond, VA. VP of Sales @Upside. Go Dukes @jmu

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@km25252525 @AllianzAmp @Ticketmaster Very interesting. Maybe this will come back to bite me but I think I’m going to start just waiting on getting tickets for shows that are more expensive. It feels like I’m being penalized for supporting the shows early…

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@AllianzAmp is it you or @Ticketmaster that lowered prices on the strokes tickets? I purchased as part of the artist presale and I’m seeing regular tickets (not resale) being sold one row in front of us for cheaper. Count me out on buying tickets in advance to shows.

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@AllianzAmp is it you or @Ticketmaster that lowered prices on the strokes tickets? I purchased as part of the artist presale and I’m seeing regular tickets (not resale) being sold one row in front of us for cheaper. Count me out on buying tickets in advance to shows.

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@ankurnagpal QSBS

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@BeardAintWeird_ 🚀

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@zebulgar Cue up the house of cards music 🎶

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@zebulgar Thompson Washington DC in Navy Yard. Close to cap hill with great food and the river 1 block away.

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@packyM @VardaSpace Solid write up. Thanks for sharing and enjoyed the read.

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

This is one of the greatest displays of the creative process I've seen.

John Mayer perfectly demonstrates something that many of my favorite artists all say:

You become creative by creating.

"You just keep going 'til you get something," Mayer says/sings. "You gotta keep forcing it, forcing it, forcing it…it doesn’t matter [what comes out of your mind/mouth].”

Dr. Andrew Huberman talks about how the brain circuits that turn on before those involved in creativity are of the stress system.

I've heard him use 3 analogies to explain this.

1) It’s like you have to wade through sewage before you can swim in clear water.

2) It’s like when you try to lift your max on the bench press—it takes time to work up to that weight.

3) It’s like your best creative work is on the other side of a door at the top of a staircase—it takes time and effort to get up the stairs and through that door.

In other words, Dr. Huberman says, you become more creative the more you create.

Many artists talk similarly about what Mayer refers to in the clip as "ouija boarding" (just sort of spitting out words and sounds).

John Legend says his songs start with what he calls “the mumble track.” “It’s just me humming and mumbling nonsense,” he said.

Judd Apatow says his movie scripts are all a product of the Down-Up theory: “Get the ideas DOWN then fix them UP.” “Give yourself permission to suck," Judd says. "Anything goes. Just get something down.”

Even if it’s nonsense, he says. Keep forcing it, forcing it, forcing it.

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Before I started writing online, I told Ryan Holiday I was just waiting to know for certain what I wanted to write about.

“Just start," he said.

"You’re trying to map out the whole 9 innings. Just throw the first pitch…You’re better off starting imperfectly than being paralyzed by the delusion of perfection.”

Rather than being paralyzed by the delusion that creativity comes to you, you're better off "forcing it, forcing it, forcing it," as Mayer said.

"Go get it from the universe."

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[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@bairdk Your last thread on your operations process and tech stack was very solid. Making me want to hit the phones and send some mailers😮‍💨

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@mhp_guy +1 on logistics thread this sounds amazing

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@stevie_dmv You should post this directly into you company’s main slack channel 😂

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@MaxUkropina Looks like some high quality father son bonding time!

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@ryankcroft HBD buddy!

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@ryankcroft You are not alone. And even when I’m confident I’m right I check my times twice. 🕥🕣🕝

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@GuyDealership You think the storm could cause enough damage that it could cause increase in regional demand for new or used cars? The US is already are short supply and this would only increase that problem regionally no?

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@BeardAintWeird_ 😂

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

@Compound Did I miss the QSBS savings in taxes here?

[Bryant Getzel @BryantGetzel]

This place is a DC treasure: https://t.co/fF3MneoLyY I’ll be stoping by soon and you should too if your downtown in DC.

[Malinda Frevert @MalindaFrevert]

DC friends — #GreekDeli misses you! Let’s not lose another gem

[Gokul Rajaram @gokulr]

An under-appreciated skill of the best leaders is helping people move into roles that best leverage their superpowers. I’ve seen engineers become analysts, analysts become PMs, PMs move into biz dev.

Growth mindset for an org: anyone can succeed, they just need the right role.