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“There were many, many moments of deep despair and the work didn’t ask of me what I felt I had to give.” -Mark Metcalf The actor Mark Metcalf has worked a ton in film, tv and theatre. And he’s grateful to have made a living for a very long time as an actor. But forContinue reading “Typecast”

There will be thunder then. Remember me.Say ‘ She asked for storms.’ The entireworld will turn the colour of crimson stone,and your heart, as then, will turn to fire. That day, in Moscow, a true prophecy,when for the last time I say goodbye,soaring to the heavens that I longed to see,leaving my shadow here inContinue reading “Why Write”

“I don’t trust my inner feelings, you know feelings come and go” -Leonard Cohen, song That Don’t Make It Junk “I’ve got a feeling, a feeling deep insideOh yeah, oh yeahI’ve got a feeling, a feeling I can’t hideOh no, oh no, oh noYeah, I’ve got a feeling” -The Beatles, song I’ve Got a FeelingContinue reading “Feelings & Deadlines”

“I have not failed. I just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” -Thomas Edison “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” -Bruce Lee It’s January 31st. How’d your “test drive month” go? You might find yourself with only oneContinue reading “Checking In On Your Test Drive”

“Why, then, ’tis none to you, for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” -Shakespeare, Hamlet “You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this and you will find strength.” -Marcus Aurelius, Meditations The next time you find yourself about to complain, about to lament some perceived misfortuneContinue reading “The Conjunction Switch”

“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.” -George Orwell “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”Continue reading “A Worthy Opponent”

“if you can’t measure it, you can’t change or improve it.” -Peter Drucker “I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagreContinue reading “Budgeting Your Passion Project”

No matter how talented or famous you are, unless you take ownership and produce your own material, you will always feel like a Ferrari stuck in the garage. The actress Dakota Johnson says as much in this recent LA Times interview. She discusses her motivation on founding her production company, Teatime Pictures…. As an actress,Continue reading “Why Produce Your Own Stuff?”

“We lose our way when we lose our why.” -Michael Hyatt We’re 24 days into 2022. How are those resolutions coming? Do you know that January 19th is known worldwide as “Quitter’s Day?” A recent study of 800 million daily activities revealed that’s when motivation likely runs out and resolutions get abandoned. So if you’reContinue reading “Don’t Quit”

“Stood alone on a mountaintopStarin’ out at the great divideI could go east, I could go westIt’s all up to me to decide” –Roll Me Away by Bob Seger To wake up or hit the snooze button. To go exercise or not. To eat the banana or the donut. To doom scroll through Twitter orContinue reading “It’s All A Decision”