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“Be the caretaker of your vision. Make it famous. And above all, remember, that art is risk made visible.” -photographer, Arno Rafael Minkkinen “Staying on the bus isn’t about gritting your teeth down a line that isn’t for you. It’s about recognizing that the feelings of sameness are normal and not to be feared. ThatContinue reading “Stay On The F*cking Bus”

For the director… Assuming you’ve earned your actor’s trust, there are times where the best note you can give the actor is to simply say “I don’t believe you here.” It might seem harsh on the surface, but if that’s how you feel, then tell them. Don’t over-explain. Don’t try to solve. Just tell them.Continue reading ““I Don’t Believe You””

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” -John Quincy Adams Act for the people’s benefit. Trust them; leave them alone….If you don’t trust the people, you make them untrustworthy. The Master doesn’t talk, he acts.When his work is done,the people say, “Amazing: weContinue reading “Leadership”

“I realized the other day that most people grow up thinking in terms of professional affiliations. ‘I’m going to be an accountant…I’m going to work for General Dynamics.’ Somehow, I always thought of my career as a series of projects, not jobs. Projects… things to be invented, funded and shipped. Sometimes they take on aContinue reading “Project Thinking”

It’s possible you use social media to grow your business. Or to enhance your career. Or maybe it’s to find delight and joy. When you add up all the tikking, tokking, tweeting and clicking, what’s the return on that investment? Is your vacation more fun when you spend it taking photos for your Instagram followers?Continue reading “Free Work”

“If I took the Big Leap into my Zone of Genius, I might fail. What if I really opened up to my true genius and found that my genius wasn’t good enough? Better to keep the genie in the bottle and coast along in the Zone of Excellence.” -Gay Hendricks, The Big Leap “You’ve gotContinue reading “Your Zone Of Genius”

For the producer or anyone starting a project… No one will ever care more than you. Especially at the outset. Why should they? It’s your project. Their priority is not your priority. So, you have two choices. (1) Don’t care if they care. Have no expectations. Plan to do it all yourself. (Depending on theContinue reading “To Care Or Not To Care”

“If it’s important, you’ll find a way. If it’s not, you’ll find an excuse.” -Ryan Blair The only question to ask yourself: What’s the thing that you will do, no matter what? Find and start doing that. Once you do, everything else you need will show up. But until you do, nothing will show up.

The measure of a calling isn’t whether you get picked or it chooses you first. The measure is whether, despite everything…all the obstacles, all the disappointments, all the heartbreaks…you keep choosing it.

“Perhaps, if you’re fortunate, your job is in sync with your work. But most of the time, our work is something we have to fight for. It’s not something we’re given, or apply for. It’s what we choose to do. The change we seek to make, the people we seek to serve, the decisions weContinue reading “No Permission Necessary”