Expanding Growth

FRANK SAW IT COMING…

“…I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king I’ve been up and down and over and out…” Remember those lyrics sung by Frank Sinatra? No? Check out his…

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LEARN BY SCREWING UP

“The greatest teacher, failure is”… spoken by Yoda in The Last Jedi. Other than the word scramble that is Yoda speak, that thought couldn’t be truer. It’s hard to believe when you’re starting out that…

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CROSS TRAINING ISN’T JUST FOR GYM RATS

I spend a lot of time talking about developing your skills, learning the talents that are of value to the industry and Cross Training yourself to perform in different production opportunities. Those are all critical…

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ONE MAN CANNOT SUMMON THE FUTURE

When we look back to how things were done in the past, we usually say, “wow they must have loved what they did because it took so much time and work to accomplish.” Now imagen…

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PUT UP OR SHUT UP.

Some people train daily for hours in a gym, some study a single subject for years, many spend a life time honing their skills to a fine edge. All preparing in anticipation of an opportunity…

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MASTER GLASS BLOWING IN A WEEK!

MASTER GLASS BLOWING IN A WEEK! I was thinking I wanted to become a master glass blower. I set aside a week or two figuring that’s more than enough time. I watched a few videos…

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WHEN WILL I EVER NEED TO KNOW THIS…?

Remember saying those words, “When will I ever need to know this…” while sitting in algebra, earth science or any other class you had no interest in. Well, you may not have ever used the…

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INSTINCT, GUT FEELING, HUNCH

In day’s world most people have lost touch with their instincts or if they still hear that internal voice motivating and guiding them they find a million ways to deny its value. That’s unfortunate because…

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“DON’T EVER CHANGE” … WRONG!!!

The worst advice ever shared is, “Don’t ever change. You are prefect as you are”.  Yea, I’m old but so will you be someday. BUT I’m still professionally relevant and have more work than I…

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I WANT TO BE _

A “fresh out” told me her story about having a hard time finding a gig since she graduated. She went back to her professor and asked for advice. The prof offered up this pathetic solution.…

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