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Creative freedom is one damn scary step after another.

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I’m Josif

For years I’ve been improvising on hundreds of stages, in front of thousands of people, with nothing but a saxophone and whatever I’m feeling that night.

That’s the same practice behind everything I write: showing up, making something real, and figuring out the rest in front of people instead of alone.


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Notes on all that I’m observing and learning. That’s the inner work behind getting what you want.

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About Josef 😉

Music is my native language — I’ve started hosting concerts when I was 4 and never stopped. I’ve been exploring the music world my whole life and performed on numerous stages across Europe. I love improvising and that’s how I like to live my life.

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Recent notes

Nov 8, 2026
Targets and why they matter

I was thinking the other day about archery and the target Infront of you. If that target is not clear enough or you haven’t set it yet. Then let’s say you set it right. There is only one spot and…

Systems
Nov 5, 2026
The life-changing Protocols

You know there is the inventor in all of us – we have that idea that we will find the next big thing from scratch and we would be glorified for it But actually… An inventor is just a person…

Mindset, Observations, Systems
Nov 1, 2026
Why I take a vacation from music

There was a video with Sade where she said something that moved me We should actually know why are we doing anything that we are spending our time on. The worst ROI comes from stuff we do just for the…

Blog
Aug 28, 2026
Checklists beat willpower

Seed draft — replace with a real essay. I used to rely on wanting to do the work. Some days that’s there and some days it isn’t, and a business can’t run on the days it happens to be there.…

Mindset, Systems

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