Every morning, the sun rises with the promise of a new day. For some, this brings the rush of to-do lists and responsibilities. But for our four-legged friends, the dawning of the day is an invitation to live in the moment, to experience life with an unabashed enthusiasm that humans…
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THE MYTH OF OVERNIGHT SUCCESS
In the glitz & glam of Hollywood, success stories often seem like they’re ripped straight from the script of a fairytale. The guy gets the girl. That one dude wins the Oscar… again. And nobodies become somebodies overnight. Post-Award Season depression doesn’t help. Being waterboarded with others’ success can blind…
SUSTAINING MOMENTUM WHEN THE INDUSTRY SHUTS DOWN
I bet you thought we’d never hear that word again: unprecedented. Even typing it now has sent me back to the days of hoarding toilet paper and crafting makeshift masks out of bandanas. But these “unprecedented times” are back to haunt us yet again. At least, if you work in…
How To Make The Connections You Need To Get What You Want
A three-phase approach to building relationships in Hollywood. I see it all the time. Talented, hard-working people struggle to navigate the entertainment industry because they don’t understand how to generate opportunities for themselves and build the relationships they need to get the things they want. I empathize because it’s a…
The Pursuit of Moments
When we have those big conversations or reflections on life, we often talk about milestones. We throw parties for graduations, engagements, bookings, and other accomplishments, and these often become powerful memories. When we’re celebrating, we might discuss the moments along the way, but ultimately, that’s what those details tend to…
We Say We Want Authenticity, But…
No one is for everyone. I’m what you might call a “loud” personality. I own this. I’m probably not for everyone. I don’t think anyone is really for everyone. But we live in a world — and work in an industry — that is particularly obsessed with being liked. So, as much…
Why You Should See Rejection as Opportunity
Rejection is one of those things we’re supposed to learn how to cope with as children. Some of us learn to do it better than others. Some of us never learn how to do it. There’s a notorious line that’s on just about every entertainment job posting: “Must have thick…
How to Build Industry Relationships
It’s not what you know. It’s who you know. This is an age-old adage that means more in Hollywood than most industries on the planet. And — if you want to build strong, lasting relationships, you need to start by getting to know the most important person in your life. Yourself. As…
Dancing In The Pool
I wanted to title this blog “Something Good Always Comes From Something Bad” but with the sheer amount of bad over the past year, it felt trite. With the pandemic, protests against and protections entrenched for police brutality, and a genuinely frightening proliferation of willful, blissful ignorance, the past year…