Friend In this day and age – we creatives gotta push ourselves out into the marketplace. Yes, MARKETPLACE – that word used to make me cringe – because I am an ARTISTE. “And, if I just do good work the world will recognize me, and my career will take off.” #Nope. Unfortunately, success requires more […]
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How Jealousy Impacts Your Career
You ever feel jealous when people around you are succeeding? Your friends are booking jobs, and getting out there – tapping into their creative badassery. Getting ahead. And you feel left behind. You wish you were the one booking the job that they just booked. You’d prefer they didn’t succeed so much – certainly not […]
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When you walk into an audition and contract your body, decrease your breath, and gaze your eyes on everything but the people in front of you – you are doing an embodiment practice. This particular embodiment practice triggers your nervous system to take over – go on autopilot – get it done fast – and […]
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We just had an outstanding Committed Impulse workshop in Los Angeles last week. Here is one of the many emails I received a few days ago. I want to thank you for an amazing class and a new outlook on acting and life. You are phenomenal at what u do and how u do it. […]
Continue ReadingPart 3: What’s My Agent Doing
Here is Part 3 of BEING A WORKING ACTOR. Part 1 was all about embodiment. Owning the room. Living in the world as a star now. Training. Doing CI embodiment work. Part 2 was all about Self-Generation. Reaching out to people in your circle, and making things happen, get inspired by your fellow creators, staying […]
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Last week we shared the first step to being a working actor. If you missed it, you can read it here That was all about embodiment. Asking the question, if you had what you wanted already how would you live now? How would you live within your body? Or move? How about, communicate with others? […]
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Part One: I recently had dinner with a good friend, and very talented actor, who has hit a dry spell in his work. He hasn’t worked for a year. Not uncommon. It can be hard out there for a… “What can I do, Josh?” I’ll share with you what I shared with him. There are […]
Continue ReadingHow I Shifted My Identity + Worked Steadily as an Actor Ever Since
The year was 1998. Something radical shifted. See, prior to a specific moment that year, I had a strong identity as a struggling actor. By that I mean… I identified as someone who would do a play or a movie and then follow that up with 3-6 months or more of being unemployed. That’s what […]
Continue Reading“Committed Impulse was Waaaay Worse Than I Thought.”
Written by an entrepreneur who recently completed CI with a 70K award. Feelings vs Facts by Bryan Stacy With 13 years in corporate America, I became a well-trained machine. This was my program: Listen to a client, don’t react, think, structure the problem, develop a solution, and pitch a proposal. With every win, I congratulated […]
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