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Speaking of communicating…. You can dress up like a ghost for Halloween. But don’t be a ghost in real life. A good rule of thumb…If you have to deliver bad news, then tell them in person or call them. Don’t do it over email or text. Or worse, ghost them. And if you’re producing somethingContinue reading “Don’t Be A Ghost”

So much of producing is communicating. Over-communicating in fact. In a collaborative medium like film or theatre, you will work with a lot of different people and as such, you will be delegating many responsibilities, while setting multiple deadlines. It is vital that you communicate well, early and often. One thing that you can doContinue reading “Producing Is Communicating”

“A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.” -Tim Ferriss A hoops metaphor that applies to all areas of life… If you show up to the park wanting to play pickup basketball and there’s already a game in progress and peopleContinue reading ““Who’s Got Next?””

It is said that every actor gives three auditions: The one they do at home before the audition. The one they do in the room for the actual audition. The one they do in the car driving back home from the audition. This is usually the one they wished they gave in the room. HowContinue reading “Three Auditions”

“In any moment on any given day I can measure my wellness by this question:Is my attention on loving or is my attention on who isn’t loving me?” -Andrea Gibson “Our perceptions of reality are already fragile things. We perceive the world through our eyes, ears, sensory nerves in our skin, proprioceptive receptors, and integrateContinue reading “Thoughts and Outcomes”

“It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.” -Steve Jobs We didn’t know we needed or wanted your art (or product or service or organization). But because you were brave enough to make what YOU needed and wanted,Continue reading “Can’t Imagine Not Having It”

Make the art you most desperately need and want right now.  If you do so with excellence, generosity, authenticity and vulnerability, then chances are, it will be the art we need right now too.

“To err is human. To forgive divine.” -Alexander Pope “Forgiveness is not weak. It takes courage to face and overcome powerful emotions.” -Desmond Tutu “Let’s be kind to one another. We’re just wicked people living among wicked people. Only one thing can give us peace, and that’s a pact of mutual leniency.” -Seneca “Among theContinue reading “Forgiveness Is A Process”

“In the Cherokee language, this concept of well-being is often called Eloheh (pronounced ay-luh-HAY). The Cherokee meaning of well-being is deep and resonant, and it is hard to capture in English. Eloheh means “well-being,” yes, but it means so much more. Eloheh—what some traditions call the Harmony Way—describes a state of being when all isContinue reading “Eloheh”

A zero-sum game is a mathematical representation in game theory and economic theory of a situation that involves two competing entities, where the result is an advantage for one side and an equivalent loss for the other. In other words, player one’s gain is equivalent to player two’s loss, with the result that the netContinue reading “Life Isn’t A Zero-Sum Game”