The Promise On Your Cover
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] The Promise On Your Cover If you go to a book store and pick a book, you will make a great percentage of whether you buy a book or not based on the cover. When you browse through Netflix, how do you decide which movie or...
What Being Overwhelmed Really Means
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] What Being Overwhelmed Really Means We feel it all the times. Being overwhelmed. There is so much to do. Get your writing done. Post on your instagram. Check the newsletters. Continue with that screenwriting or online marketing course (or whatever it is). Oh, and take care of the family. The kids. Maybe...
You Can Always Tell The Winners At The Starting Gate
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] You Can Always Tell The Winners At The Starting Gate There is this scene in "Once Upon A Time In America" where the Robert deNiro Character says this about the love of his life: "You can always tell the winners at the starting gate." ...
Your Five Star Service
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Your Five Star Service Imaging you invite guests that you like a lot versus guests you maybe don't want to have around you for longer than necessary. Which of those gets your five star service, meaning you take really good care of them, so they will...
Don’t Hold Your Farts In
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Don't Hold Your Farts In There is "stuff" inside you that needs to get out. Literally and figuratively. But too often we're afraid to "fart" because we're ashamed. Ashamed to be who we are, to let out what must go out, fearing the judgement (and...
It’s Always Darkest Before Dawn
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] It's Always Darkest Before Dawn I love this line from "Batman The Dark Knight" although I'm pretty sure Christopher Nolan didn't invent the phrase. My interpretation of the phrase is that often things tend to get worse before they get better. The worsening is part of...
Do You Accept?
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Do You Accept? You can't control your environment. Or at least, almost none of it. But you can control your reaction to it. If someone is offering you stress (bosses come to mind, ...
Be Egoistic
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Be Egoistic Being egoistic somehow has become something negative. "Oh, he's so egoistic, he's only thinking about himself." We hear, "be there for others", "be helpful" and all this kinds of things. Yes, be all those things. But first of all, you need a healthy dose of egoism. And...
How to Fail Often And Fast
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] How to Fail Often And Fast One of the things that holds many people back from real advancement is that they don't fail enough. Or not fast enough. Let me explain. On our way to finding out what works and what doesn't, what we like and what...
Getting Bad Notes
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Getting Bad Notes If you get back bad notes from a producer or publisher about your work. What does that say about you as a person? Nothing. As long as you don't identify with your work, that is. As in, connecting your self-worth with the opinion about...