There’s no doubt about it: Adele is a legend of music – one of the greats when it comes to voice, and lyrically penning skilful and heartfelt melodies.
This became even clearer at this year’s Grammy Awards, when a technical issue nearly derailed her performance. As she stepped up to sing, a mic dropped onto the piano strings, changing the sound of the song completely.
Adele, ever the professional, just powered on and owned the ballad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvYt-G-iSuw
In an interview later on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, she admitted that she cried the whole day afterward.
The question is: What do you do when life throws a curveball and its out of your hands? What do you do when you’ve rehearsed and done your part and you step up, and it doesn’t go as planned?
We can learn three valuable lessons from Adele’s Grammy performance:
1. Keep doing your part: Only one person can do your part – you!
2. Build your team, not just you: Adele didn’t cast an evil glare at her sound engineer when things went pear-shaped. By finishing her performance well, she made not just herself, but her whole team look good.
3. Keep going, even if it’s out of your hands: When things go wrong it’s easy to give up right away. But pushing through will be rewarding!