{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Is Anything Real?","title":"Stop Waiting To Be Picked: Build Your Own Fate | Ep. 77 w/ Alex Fredericks (ToneWell)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1709,"description":"Most talented people aren't stuck because they lack ability. They're stuck because they are waiting for someone else to choose them.\nA record label. An investor. A promotion. A gatekeeper. A permission slip.\nIn this episode of Is Anything Real?, Adam W. Barney sits down with Alex Fredericks, founder of ToneWell, to unpack the myth that success comes from being selected.\nAlex brings a career built across music, consumer products, business development, and entrepreneurship to one powerful question:\nAre you actually in control of your fate, or are you hoping the room gets kinder?\n\nAlex’s framework:\nFATE\nFocus\nAuthority\nTribe\nEmotion\nbecomes a practical operating system for builders, founders, artists, and leaders trying to create something that actually fits their life.\nWe explore:\nWhy waiting to be picked creates invisible limits\nWhy authority comes from scars, experience, and knowing what does not work\nWhy your first 10 people matter more than your total addressable market\nWhy emotion is the missing piece in brand building\nWhat musicians teach entrepreneurs about resilience\nThe difference between chasing someone else’s scoreboard and defining your own\nAlex also shares one of the best metaphors we have had on the show:\nToo many people collect experience with a colander. The goal is to become a bucket.\n\nCarry the lessons. Carry the relationships. Carry the proof. Because your next chapter should not erase what came before. It should use it.\nGuest:\nAlex Fredericks - Founder, ToneWell\nToneWell: https://tonewell.co/\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexfredericks/\nHost:\nAdam W. Barney - Transition Leadership Coach, Author, Host\nBook a Transition Leadership Foundation Call:\nhttps://calendly.com/adamwbarney/foundation-call-20min","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Qn6TLpgWpRcPjyPIUKbjo4kO0hmw0xfZwNq28E-eqNw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYTRk/YjIxZjYwNmEyOGI5/Nzc1ODRjNWM5NjQ3/MjE2NC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}