What Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour teaches us about Success, Discipline & achieving Big Goals
The Taylor Swift Eras Tour has been described as a cultural phenomenon, but true success is rarely sudden. What the world sees as overnight is almost always the result of a long-term vision, discipline and an unwavering commitment to a bigger mission.
The outside world is noisy, chaotic and relentless. Our inner world is where success is built. It is where ideas are imagined, goals are visualised and belief is formed long before the results are ever visible.
Taylor Swift captured this perfectly when she reflected that what people call a phenomenon is, in reality, the inevitability of decades of collective commitment to personal passion.
The Eras Tour and the Power of Long-Term Vision
The Eras Tour did not begin with stadiums and global headlines. It began years earlier with a clear sense of direction, consistency and an unwavering commitment to craft.
Achieving meaningful goals requires the ability to hold a vision long before others understand it. Vision is not loud. It works quietly, shaping daily decisions and guiding long-term focus even when progress appears slow and some days invisible.
Success belongs to those who are willing to stay committed long enough for the vision to flourish.
Why Discipline Outperforms Talent
A three-hour concert is not a coincidence. It is the product of discipline, physical conditioning and professional preparation. It required months of training alone with expert coaches, rehearsing relentlessly and refining every detail required a level of commitment few people are prepared to sustain. Talent can open doors, but discipline is what keeps you in the room.
Everyone wants success. Few are willing to do whatever success demands when no one is watching or clapping for you.
Behind the Scenes: Teamwork as a Success Strategy
The Eras Tour is a masterclass in high-performance teamwork. Taylor Swift assembled the best dancers, musicians and technical professionals in the world.
True success is never a solo achievement. Behind every public win is a team operating with trust, clarity and shared values.
Those who dismiss teamwork as a cliché have never witnessed the precision and coordination required to build a legacy, something that we were able to see in the Era’s Tour Documentary on Disney plus.
“It is team work that makes those teams work.” a quote commonly attributed to John C. Maxwell
When the mission is clear, the right people are called to it!
Mission Over Money: Why Purpose Creates Impact
Yes, the Eras Tour generated extraordinary revenue by industry standards.
Yes, everyone involved was rewarded financially. But money was not the mission. It was the outcome.
The mission was simple:
- To entertain
- To create community
- To offer a joyful pause in people’s lives
- To build connection, hope and meaning
When purpose leads, results follow.
Financial success becomes the consequence of delivering genuine value.
Music, Meaning and Emotional Connection
Taylor Swift’s music carries personal meaning for her, but its power lies in its ability to mean something different to every listener. It weaves itself into daily life, relationships, memories and routines.
Music reaches people where they are and takes them where they want to go. It heals, comforts and supports in ways words alone can’t.
In a World where emotions are complex confusing, overwhelming, joyful and exhilarating all in one day let what moves you be what fuels you.
What the Eras Tour Teaches Us About Achieving Our Own Goals
If the Eras Tour, Taylor Swift’s music or her success story inspires you to dream big, then go for it!
Write about it, visualise it, meditate or pray about it. When the doubt, worry, fear and questions about how someone like you could make it happen come up acknowledge them and keep going any way.
The plan will come to you
The people will come to you
The answers will come to you
You are the keeper of the dream. Your team are the activators who are waiting for you to be ready for them to enter your life!
Success Is Built One Step at a Time
Keep taking small daily steps
Keep acting on your inspired ideas
Keep following the quiet signals forward
Momentum builds invisibly until suddenly you realise that your goals are manifesting. What once felt impossible becomes inevitable, usually just moments after you were about to quit.
Your success is not accidental. It’s the reward for consistency, courage and self belief in the face of uncertainty.
Let Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour be your proof that ‘crazy dreams’ can come true, break records, rewrite narratives and create new standards for what’s possible.
Your goals may look different, but they are an important piece in the jigsaw puzzle of life.
Take action as if your success is inevitable — because it is.
The World needs what only YOU can offer!
It’s Your Time
Dare to dream
You got this
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Thoughts from Abigail Barnes | Coach, Trainer, Speaker, Author
Abigail Barnes is the founder of Success by Design Training (est. 2013), an award-winning entrepreneur, author, speaker, and corporate trainer. She’s the creator of the renowned 888 Formula and host of The Time Management Podcast, working with ambitious Professionals and Entrepreneurs to prioritise their time and design the Work/Life Formula they want.
With a background in Financial Services Marketing (Investment & Asset Management, Hedge Funds and Banking) and over a decade of industry experience, Abigail knows what it takes to perform at the highest level.
In 2012 her career and life were changed overnight, when a near-death experience forced her to rethink her priorities. That wake-up call became the driving force behind the work she does with ambitious Professionals and Entrepreneurs today.
Armed with a BA in Business & Marketing, a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing, and certifications in coaching and neuroscience, Abigail combines real-world expertise with science-backed strategies to transform the way her clients and audiences think, live and work.
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Abigail’s near death experience on 25 Feb 2012 (a stroke in Boston, America on a work business trip age 32) became her catalyst for change, immediately putting everything into perspective.
Her mission became, teach Professionals and Entrepreneurs around the world how to maximise the time they have to live their excuse free life without regrets!
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