Pharrel Williams, What I Have Learned on the Voice to Help Me Be A Better Person.

My wife is a fan of talent shows. Most I watch because I pretend to be a good husband and go with it. I only like to watch the auditions for American Idol because I wanted to see the bad singers. I personally cannot carry a tune in a bucket. I watch America’s Got Talent for the same reasons and to see how annoying Howie Mandel can be.

My wife has me watching the Voice last season and this season. I love the fact on this show the judges talk smack to each other
and yet they truly do respect each other’s talents and abilities. We were watching the show last season and my wife asked me where is Pharrel Williams was from? My answer was Connecticut. Just because of his demeanor and the way he presents himself. He is actual from Virginia.

Pharrel is very polite, comes from kindness and seldom has anything unkind to say. His diction is very eloquent and gracious. I have a respect for him just for these reasons. No man crush here, just recognizing and appreciating the way he comports himself.

Why write this? To say thank you for an entertainer that raises the bar when most today are lowering it. I also want to point out something that I see is different about him when others are all about self-promotion. I know he wants to win he is a competitor however it seems to me he puts the interest of the singers over winning.

Is that bad? Not in my eyes. From what I see he loves coaching and developing. Giving them the opportunity to learn, to excel, and have a chance to make it in a very hard and competitive business. I have seen him twice so far last season choose the performer that did not do the best in the knock out rounds so that the better artist would be picked up by one of the other coaches and continue on in the competition.

Why would someone do this? He sees that another coach may bring out something he sees in the singer that he may not be able to reach in that artist. Pharrel just wants to see them continue on. By doing this he gives both the singers a real chance. It is good for the show. It is good for the singer. The singer can get more exposure to the public allowing them to build an audience. Maybe just so the singer can sell a few more songs on ITunes. Whatever the reason all seem to be in the best interest of the singer and not Pharrel’s.

From what I have seen on the show, what I have read about him and what he has done in the past. I think he is both a Nice Guy an Excellent coach and an Incredible business man. He does have the artist best interest at heart and is looking to help them make the best of the opportunity afforded them. Does this mean he will not get paid for helping them? No, it just means that he is not just there to take advantage of the singer, he is there to help. I feel like I could sit down and have a great business conversation with him and it would always turn to how it would help others.

How does this relate to me and you. Well I have always aimed to do the same in my business. Unfortunately I am in a business that has a bad reputation of taking advantage of others much like the music business. I am in real estate and it is not looked on favorably. Rightly so because people are not as ethical as they think they are. I saw a post in an agent only sight, an agent posed the question: Do I owe a fellow agent a referral fee when the customer that they helped and was sent to them by another agent and the customer wanted to buy another house 2 weeks after the first transaction closed. Just so you know that we as agents sends over a contract that defines how many transactions and blah blah… her question was do I still send something to the referral agent?

My answer was it depends on your character. Simple answer, I thought. Well I was blasted by other agents. The contract only defined 1 transaction so all the others are hers because she was a good agent blah blah…. This is business and so no she does not have to do anything other than what the contract says. I was told to get off my moral superiority and stop judging others and it went on. I tried to point out that I was not judging that I was just making a comment. That business does not preclude good character and if an agent sent them an additional referral fee would they, as agent not trust them more? Would they be more inclined to use them again? I was amazed at the answers. It mostly revolved around the agents keeping money and just the letter of a contract. I pointed out that a contract is only as good as the signee and that doing more was not required. Is not going above and beyond what a contract says showing good character? Is that not the type of people you want around you?

I guess I am naive and altruistic. Then I watch a show with someone like Pharrel in it and I know that I am not alone. That some of us out here have character. We do care about people and look out for their best interest. Like that the time I painted the trim on house so the buyer’s loan would close does not go unnoticed. The appraiser called out the paint on the trim and the agent on the other side did not want to ask the bank to paint it. They were going to let the transaction fall apart. This was the perfect house for my customer. I use to be a painter so I put on work clothes and got the trim painted. We closed the transaction and they loved the property. I did not get paid except for my commissions. On another property a young guy had inherited a home from his grandmother, he needed to sell and probate the property. He did not have the funds I worked out a deal with an attorney to get payment through escrow. He had no idea we could do that. Then the septic system failed inspection, same solution we worked it all out. Does it cost the agent any more to go out of his way to help, sometimes it does. Is money the most important thing? Or is helping customers make a house a home the most important thing? Is building a good name for yourself more important than money? I see how Pharrel Williams has made a good name for himself, I am working on the same in my life as I am sure you are too. Most of the time it only costs the agent effort isn’t that the type of person you want working for you and your family?

So how did the season go for Pharrel? Well his team did not win, however 2 of the singers he gave up on purpose made it to the semi-finals. Most of his team is continuing on with careers in music. Not like all careers it is up to the singer to make it happen and to have a couple of good breaks to go their way.

 I wanted others to take note of a businessman like Pharrel that his graciousness, kindness and generosity does not go unnoticed by others. Also to remind myself and others to not overlook those in our lives that do the same types of things for others. Why? These types of people make our own lives better. This world needs more Pharrel Williams, to remind us that we are all just people looking to have our own little piece of the pie. If we treated each other more like this we would have less conflict and drama, we would have more peace and harmony within ourselves. Isn’t that what we want more in our lives more Happiness, Peace and Harmony in our lives. To be happy with friends and family. To just feel appreciated and complete. We don’t get there by being greedy and selfish. Regardless of our jobs or life styles we would all be better off to be more like Pharrel Williams. We should require ourselves to be Great Coaches and Nice guys to our customers, colleagues and families. Just my opinion.

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