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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”

“I’m not saying that you have to be a reader to save your soul in the modern world. I’m saying it helps.” -Walter Mosley Pound for pound, can you think of a better investment of your time and money than a book? I can’t. All that research. All that knowledge and wisdom. All those lifeContinue reading “Why Read”

“If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.” -Seneca The goal, the big dream or vision is often what motivates us to start. To finally take action. And we do need something to shoot for. Otherwise we’ll just drift. But it’s when the goal becomes just another signpost onContinue reading “Goals Become Signposts”

“Anger to people is like gas to the automobile—it fuels you to move forward and get to a better place. Without it, we would not be motivated to rise to a challenge.” -Mahatma Ghandi Anger, if properly harnessed and contained, can fuel you to the starting line. But be wary, it burns white hot and likeContinue reading “Anger Can Boost You But…”

“I you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you you do you have to keep moving forward.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Whatever you’re working on, whatever passion project you’re trying to manifest, whatever change you’re trying to make in this world, whatContinue reading “Forward”

“Practice not doing and everything will fall into place.” –Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu (Stephen Mitchell translation) “I can talk, I can speak, I have something to say,…The language of great writing frees you of yourself.” -Al Pacino “I’m a vessel for other people’s stories and other women’s lives.” -Meryl Streep Don’t worry about “acting”Continue reading “Be The Medium”

“There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else isContinue reading “Never…”

“I want to practice to the point where it’s almost uncomfortable how fast you shoot, so that in the game things kind of slow down.” -Stephen Curry Yes, you worked really freakin’ hard to get to this point. Now it’s time to drop the work and let go. Make it look effortless. Better yet, Stephortless.