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It's easy to say "I do this" or "I get booked there" — but  ⁨@PatrickCWalters⁩   asks the real question: what are you actually putting on the plate for yourself? What are you doing that lets you say "this was my stamp, my impact in my community"?

He shares a line from Ivan Hanley, who he used to work with: "bring your house papers and let's see if you work the same." The point is simple — if you don't have skin in the game, the stakes are completely different, and it's human nature to get more nonchalant. It's hard to stay motivated without the right incentives; when the outcome feels predetermined, the desire drops. Put something real on the line and watch how you show up.

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​ ⁨@PatrickCWalters⁩   breaks down the leap from being featured on other people's shows to throwing his own — and it's not for the faint of heart. When you put on your own event, you have a lot invested on the line; like any entrepreneurial project, the show is an investment in your career, and the return can vary based on many factors.

He points to running his own show, Social Currency, in 2017 and 2018 — the experience that gave him a platform to do shows in Toronto. Without those reps, he says, he wouldn't have been able to do much at all, because that's how you prove to yourself you can commit the whole way.

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Patrick Walters breaks down exactly how he launched his career as an arts educator — and it didn't start with a paycheck. He and his friend Josh took on a stack of pro bono work, going wherever they could to hone their skills, build up their CVs, and grind out workshops while getting into communities.

That groundwork compounded: he went on to work with the Toronto Public Library, started landing grants, ran his own programming, and partnered with cultural hotspots across the city. Proof that the unpaid reps early on can build the paid career later.

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Being kind doesn't make you weak — and allowing people to take advantage of you doesn't make you a good person. This RFP Gem of the Day is permission to hold your boundaries: being a doormat is not a requirement for being a good person, and disappointing yourself just to appease everyone else could never be a sensible course of action.

You are the most important component in the betterment of yourself. So if you constantly put yourself at a disadvantage to please other people, that's a counterproductive use of your time. You can't keep pouring from an empty cup.

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Patrick Walters credits a big part of his path to the people he watched do the work first. Coming out of university in 2014–15, deep in poetry slams, open mics, and shows, he saw Dwayne Morgan — a trailblazer in Toronto's poetry community — doing arts education at a high level: workshops, speaking engagements, getting into communities, and giving young and old the tools to express themselves through poetry and art.

Watching Dwayne, and his friend Patrick De Belen getting more into it too, made the path feel real and reachable. Proof that proximity to people already doing it can show you what's possible for you.

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