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“It was working men and women who made the 20th century the American century. It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today.” -Barack Obama “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” -Thomas Paine Hopefully you’re enjoying a well-deserved day off today. But while youContinue reading “The Fight For Labor Day”

“I train like I’ve never won, and I compete like I’ve never lost.” -Eileen Gu, freestyle skier and winner of three gold medals For the actor… Be nervous before you say yes to the play. If you are, then it’s a great sign you should do it. Be nervous in rehearsal. Channel all those nervesContinue reading “When To Be Nervous”

Are you going through the motions or growing through your motions? There will certainly be tough days where in pursuit of your passion project, you just go through the motions. And doing that is far better than doing nothing at all. But overall you should be growing, improving, getting closer to your goal. If not,Continue reading “Motions”

“If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.” -Stephen Covey “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” -Anne Dillard Success is as dangerous as failure.Hope is as hollow as fear. What does it mean thatContinue reading “Climbing Ladders”

I just overheard a conversation between a security guard and an elderly person in an office building. The guard was helping her with some packages and holding the elevator for her. He said as she got in: “You know what today is?” She replied: “Tuesday?” To which he said: “It’s Thankful Tuesday. You have toContinue reading “Thankful Tuesday”

“There is no path to greatness without hard work. And the only person who feels like working hard for years is someone who is excited about the task. You only get one life and you’re going to burn the days either way, so the real question is: What excites you and interests you? What makesContinue reading “Follow Your Enthusiasm”

“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myselfContinue reading “Lose Control”

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort.” -Elizabeth Gilbert “Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.” -John Wooden “I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the moreContinue reading “Seek Out Personal Effort”

“We must all do theatre, to find out who we are, and to discover who we could become.” -Augusto Boal “The theatre is a place where one has time for the problems of people to whom one would show the door if they came to one’s office for a job.” -Tennessee Williams “I regard theContinue reading “Theatre As Therapy”

“We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” -Seneca “I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.” -Mark Twain “All things are so very uncertain, and that’s exactly what makes me feel reassured,” -Tove Jansson “This is the paradox we live with: We crave certainty,Continue reading “You’re Still Here”