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“…And the sun’s coming up. It makes me feel like anything’s possible. Ya’ know? Like a beginning. I love beginnings.” –Sam Shepard, True West I’m very excited to announce our two Vs. Studio Producing Workshop Live Presentation Nights! They are Tuesday, June 3rd, and Wednesday, June 4th, at 8pm at Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice.Continue reading “WHAT’S NEXT?…Volume 2”

A recent lesson from our Vs. Studio Producing Workshop… Don’t wait for the reviews and audience feedback to see if your show is a hit. That’s too late. Assume it’s a hit from the very beginning. Waaaay before the show opens. And let all your marketing efforts reflect this confidence. “How can I have thisContinue reading “Assume It’s A Hit”

“Data becomes information when at least one of two related things are true: (1) We learn something for next time. (2) We make different decisions or take new actions. If you’re not getting one of these things, then the data is simply noise. A distraction that wastes our time and confuses us. Breaking news isContinue reading “Data Or Distraction?”

“How you do anything is how you do everything.” -Zen Buddhist proverb “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It isContinue reading “Buzzer Beater”

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald “You need all kinds of influences, including negative ones, to challenge what you believe in.” -Bill Murray “Art is subjective, which is part of whatContinue reading “Ambivalence”

“We do not know one promise these men made, one pledge they gave, one word they spoke; but we do know they summed up and perfected, by one supreme act, the highest virtues of men and citizens. For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism andContinue reading “The Highest Sacrifice”

If you ever wonder why they didn’t choose you, especially after you felt great about how it went (e.g. the audition, the job interview, etc.), then think about all the times you, yourself, got excited about something (e.g. an idea for a business, a story, a new project, a goal, etc.), and didn’t follow throughContinue reading “Choosing Yourself”

“Think of many things; do only one.” -Portuguese proverb “You can do anything, but you can’t do everything.” -David Allen “When deciding whether to do something, if you feel anything less than ‘Wow! That would be amazing! Absolutely! Hell yeah!’ — then say “No.” -Derek Sivers “What is the ONE thing you could do rightContinue reading “What Should I Do?”

“There are two types of priorities in life: The priorities you say you have.The priorities your actions show you have.I call the gap between the two the Say-Do Gap. And here’s the uncomfortable truth: For most of us, it’s significant.” -Sahil Bloom How to shrink the Say-Do Gap? Some helpful suggestions I’ve come up withContinue reading “I Do. I Did.”

“Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself” -Marcus Aurelius, Meditations “In trauma work, and also with sensory sensitivities, I often use a concept called ‘the window of tolerance’ — a metaphorical box that can change in size depending on how much we are able to tolerate at any given moment. So for instance (putContinue reading “Tolerance”