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“How long must you wait until you demand the best of yourself?” -Epictetus “There is no tomorrow! There is no tomorrow!” -Apollo Creed

Pressure is a choice and a privilege. It’s also the only way you make a diamond. Learn to love it.

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No doubt, there’s been an explosion of content with no let up in sight. There are over 300 different streaming services right now. You heard that right. 300. Yet as this same article mentions, nearly 50% of people surveyed reported dissatisfaction. Chief among their reasons were “the decentralized nature of all those choices.” Do weContinue reading “Arbiters”

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Hey! It’s your tomorrow(Right now)Come on, it’s everything(Right now)Catch your magic momentDo it right here and nowIt means everything -Van Halen, “Right Now” In case you had any doubt… You’re right where you’re supposed to be. Doing right what you’re supposed to do. You’re on the right path. In the right place. It’s exactly theContinue reading “Right Now”

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That’s the title of a brand new play written by my friend and uber-talented playwright, John Kolvenbach. This past Friday I attended a reading of it at a theatre space in Los Angeles. There were about 20 of us (all masked and socially distanced) and the night was nothing short of magical. It marked theContinue reading ““Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight””

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“The way someone else perceives what you do is a result of their own experiences (which you can’t control), their own preferences (which you can’t predict), and their own expectations (which you don’t set). If your choices don’t match their expectations that is their concern, not yours.” -James Clear Are you trying to write aContinue reading “Know What You’re Trying For”

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Remember the 1991, Tony Scott film “The Last Boy Scout?” It’s flawed but kinda awesome too and has attained “cult classic” status. In it, Bruce Willis plays Joe Hallenbeck, a formerly decorated but then disgraced Secret Service agent, who’s now barely getting by as a private investigator. He ends up getting paired on a caseContinue reading “Head Or Gut?”

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Lloyd: “What are my chances?” Mary: “Not good.” Lloyd: “You mean not good like one out of a hundred?” Mary: “I’d say more like one out of a million.” Lloyd: “So you’re telling me there’s a chance….Yeah!!!” Who knows how it will turn out? But just like Lloyd here, all you need is a chanceContinue reading “There’s A Chance?”

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Yes, know the arc of the character you’re playing and the story you’re trying to tell. If for nothing else, information. However, under no circumstances whatsoever, should you “arc” your performance. We didn’t pay to watch you warm up, ease into it, modulate, pre-shape, know where you’re going, etc…Banish all thoughts such as “My characterContinue reading “Arc”

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Watch this. It says everything. Just like the best bets are often the ones you don’t make, the best words are often the ones you don’t say.

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