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For the actor… If you’re struggling to raise the stakes or find a good obstacle for your character, here’s one that never fails: Give your character the driving and desperate need to survive. Literally and metaphorically. To fight for their life in a world that’s not allowing them to do so. Life and death. Survival.Continue reading “To Survive”

“What gets measured, gets managed.” -Peter Drucker “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!” -Benjamin Franklin “Progress equals happiness. Even if you’re not where you want to be yet. If you’re on the road, if you’re improving, if you’re making progress, you’re gonna love it. You’re gonna feel alive.” – Tony RobbinsContinue reading “Scheduled And Measured”

“Art is hard. It never just comes to you. The idea of effortless inspiration is another romantic myth. For amateurs, making art may be a form of recreation, but no one, amateur or professional, who has tried to do it with any degree of seriousness is under the illusion that it’s easy. “A writer,” saidContinue reading “EXCEPTional”

“Finding a rhythm with people is important, especially if you’re performing or brainstorming or looking for good conversation. And what’s a great way to get a rhythm going? The golden rule of improv is to always say “yes, and…” to accept and build upon the ideas presented. This creates a positive and collaborative environment, whetherContinue reading “Yes, And…”

“Instead of asking, ‘what do I feel like doing?’, substitute ‘what is my purpose now?’ -Patricia Ryan Madson “What’s the ONE Thing I can do, such that by doing it, everything else will be easier or unnecessary?” -Gary Keller “We can easily do two things at the same time…What we can’t do is concentrate onContinue reading “W.I.N. The Day”

“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.” -Gustave Flaubert “The greatest fallacy in, or rather the greatest objection to, teleological thinking is in connection with the emotional content, the belief. People get to believing and even to professing the apparent answers thus arrived at,Continue reading “The Practical And The Mystical”

A little less conversation, a little more action pleaseAll this aggravation ain’t satisfactionin’ meA little more bite and a little less barkA little less fight and a little more sparkClose your mouth and open up your heart -Elvis Presley, song “A Little Less Conversation” As I walk through this wicked worldSearchin’ for light in theContinue reading “The Understanderer”

“The mystique of rock climbing is climbing; you get to the top of a rock glad it’s over but really wish it would go on forever. The justification of climbing is climbing, like the justification of poetry is writing; you don’t conquer anything except things in yourself…. The act of writing justifies poetry. Climbing isContinue reading “Staying In Flow”

“Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it’s about how to get the right things done. It doesn’t mean just doing less for the sake of less either. It is about making the wisest possible investment of your time and energy in order to operate at our highest point of contribution byContinue reading “Three Essential Questions”

“Bit by bit, putting it together…Piece by piece, only way to make a work of art.Every moment makes a contribution,Every little detail plays a part.Having just the vision’s no solution,Everything depends on execution,Putting it together, that’s what counts.”― Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George First, you got to step back and see theContinue reading “Connect The Dots”