Expanding Growth

Left/Right isn’t just for Politics

Being a Digital Engineer, primarily hardware engineering, and being a “Creative”, primarily Video, Music and Writing, I’ve been told I use both sides of my brain. Apparently, neuroscience had said that is unusual.   Well now…

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Speaking First Doesn’t Make you the Leader

Waiting your turn and laying back in a creative collaboration environment is more beneficial then leading the conversation. The creation of an episodic show, a movie, a play, a song, etc. all need to blend…

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Is a Degree the Only Way In?

Let’s start with one the questions I’ve been asked for the last thirty years by hundreds of different people, “do you need to go to school to be in the entertainment production industry?” Do you need to? No. Should…

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Nerves Lead to Success

Them: “When will I stop being nervous at the start of a gig?” Me: “NEVER!!  And that’s a good thing.”   Anatomy of pre show nerves  When I started writing this post I was also in the…

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Creatives…You Need to Relax

Calling ALL creatives… “You need to relax…” How many times have you heard someone tell you that! Easy to say … but hard for most of us to do.  If your career depends on you being…

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Capturing 9/11 Historically

TOO LONG FOR A POST …BUT WORTH YOUR TIME With the passing of yet another 911 anniversary I am always drawn to the day and the flood of emotions it created. For all of us…

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Screw Up and Learn…Bravo!

“That’s it for me! I screwed that up BIG TIME!!” When you’re in the midst of a crisis, whether it’s a job that didn’t work out, a gig you screwed up, or even something you…

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I Want that Job Now…

I want that job NOW… Don’t sweat the WAIT… remember when you were little, driving with the family and asking a hundred times, “ARE WE THERE YET”. NO? How about waiting for your birthday or…

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Creatives Come in all Shapes and Flavors…Are You One?

Creative people come in all shapes and flavors.  Accountants can be a creative. A doctor, a teacher and of course writers, painters, musicians etc. are all creative.   Being a creative means you see and think about things differently.  You see new ways of doing…

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Making New Connections and Expanding Your Network

MAKING NEW CONNECTIONS AND EXPANDING YOUR NETWORK Industry friends may not be good industry connections and good industry connections may not be a good friend. Not everything is as you may think it is and…

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