Post Malone Says He’s Trying to Stop Second Guessing Himself, and You Should Too!

Today's Kick Butt Tip of the Day comes from artist Post Malone. "Stop second guessing yourself."

In a recent interview with NPR, Malone said "that he's trying to stop second guessing himself. I always questioned things and now I have a tendency to second-guess myself. And I know I shouldn't. I love the music that I make. I love making music. I mean, my dad told me when I was a kid, not everybody's going to like you. And that stuck with me. I do the best for the people that do.”

You and I both know that breaking a deeply ingrained habit is often difficult. I once read that to break a habit or to create a new one, will take you 21 days.

Back in 2019, the Cleveland Clinic did a story on how to break bad habits. The article begins with examining just how a habit is created. Then, it lists 15 ways to handle unwanted habits. Click here to read the story.

For Post Malone, there is one area where he is not second guessing himself and that is when it comes to writing hit songs.

In just 13 short years, Malone has amassed a few incredible records in the entertainment industry. A few of those include selling over 80 million records worldwide, 9 Grammy nominations, 10 Billboard Music Awards and 3 American Music Awards.

On May 16, 2024, Malone started tongues wagging when he performed an unreleased song at the annual Academy of Country Music Awards show. Fans are thinking the song will be included on Malone's debut Country album. A released date has not been shared.

What has been released and is getting tons of radio airplay is Malone's new song "I Had Some Help." The tune features Malone's friend and Country Music superstar Morgan Wallen.

You can read more about the life and career of Post Malone here.

From Post Malone, "stop second guessing yourself."

Go get 'em tiger! God don't make no junk. You, yes you are awesome! Now go be awesome!

Another Monday means another playlist, and the Country music Gods have blessed us with more amazing new music!

I'm in my sad-girl era for whatever reason. So I naturally gravitated towards some love and breakup songs this week. Which is really working out great for me...

Austin Snell is a young, new artist out of Dublin, GA. He has a lot of dreams and aspirations, but what I love most is his dedication to remaining himself and not letting any of the hype get to him. He has a new album Still Bleeding coming out later in June, but this past weekend he dropped the new song So Can I. As soon as I heard it, I knew I would be obsessed.

You may remember Drew Parker was a part of our Stars & Guitars show back in 2021. One of his biggest hits, Forever After All, which he wrote with Luke Combs, he famously performed during our annual acoustic show. Drew has been a friend of WKML for many years and gained popularity as a songwriter in Nashville. And now he is coming to Country radio swinging with what is sure to be a HUGE song for him! Love The Leavin' is just TOO dang good! His gritty and passionate vocals just add an extra layer.

And finally rounding out the sad girl playlist we have Josh Ross! But to be fair, at least this one is a more upbeat sad song with tempo! On A Different Night paints the picture of a guy having trouble moving on and going out with his friends while he's missing an ex. I enjoy a lot of Josh's music - he's just a really excellent songwriter. And his vocals have that perfect raspy factor. This makes my sad girl era not so sad!