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Start playing your roles
“Effectiveness is doing the things that get you closer to your goals. Efficiency is performing a given task (whether important or not) in the most economical manner possible. Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe.” – Tim Ferriss (author of The 4-Hour Work Week) BUSY-BUSY-BUSY If you’re like me,…
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Do givers win in business?
YOU WANT NOTHING FROM ME? When I came across the official website for Adam Grant’s new book Give and Take, they offered a free download of chapter 1. I thought this was another lead magnate (an incentive to sign up for an email list), but when I clicked on the button the strangest thing happened.…
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Bad pages always trump blank pages
Somehow, I came across a quote by romance writer Norah Roberts a few weeks ago (I swear I wasn’t reading her latest novel or anything). Its simplicity was so on-the-mark, it stuck with me. BLANK CANVAS The blank canvas is such an idealized thing. It represents to us that whatever we have in our heads…
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Can you really be good at everything?
Skills vs Gifts Think about this. Math is not only a skill we are taught from an early age, but it’s also thought of as something an individual can be really good at. Something you could be “gifted” at doing. The reverse of that then is we commonly say, “I’m just not good at math.”…
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New Comedy Show with Ragamuffin Director
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDZGl2JTIwYWxpZ24lM0QlMjJjZW50ZXIlMjIlM0UlM0NpbWclMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGamJ3YWdnb25lci5jb20lMkZ3cC1jb250ZW50JTJGdXBsb2FkcyUyRjIwMTQlMkYxMCUyRkNhc3QwMV8wMV84MDAuanBnJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTIyMjk1JTIyJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI0MDAlMjIlMkYlM0UlM0MlMkZkaXYlM0U=[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]Nothing happens quickly in making movies. So in the time between projects, Ragamuffin director David Schulz wanted to do some comedy. So together, along with Groundlings acting school peer writer/actor Michael Klimkowski, a skeleton crew, and a revolving door of cast members, we launched a new YouTube channel. When it’s something small and nimble like…
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Off on Retreat
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]In May, David Schultz and I started talking about actually doing a retreat for people who loved Ragamuffin and wanted something more. Especially if we could provide some way for people to connect and get to know each other better. A month later, we took a trip up to Yosemite to shoot a promotional…
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Esther’s 50th Birthday Party
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_video link=”http://youtu.be/kTS-EM7AMwQ”][vc_column_text]During my 31 day challenge in August, I asked Esther if I could capture her cooking. After a slight hesitation, she so thoroughly enjoyed the experience she commissioned me to capture her big night, her 50th Birthday Party. A bum leg couldn’t keep me off my feet, and it was a blast. Here…
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What does an Editor do?
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]I stumbled onto the best explanation to answer the question, “What does an editor do?” This is a promotion for Inside the Edit, a one year course completely on creativity and skills that work on any platform. The first of it’s kind. But it’s explanation is rock solid.[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/90125079″][vc_column_text]Misunderstood When I first started dating…
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31 Day Challenge Completed
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_video link=”http://youtu.be/RuSWLoeXN-I”][vc_column_text]I have finished the 31 days challenge. What started out as a last minute idea that I stole from someone on twitter has finished with 31 newly released videos. 31 Day Challenge Completed. Here’s a snippet of everything I created altogether.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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#30 I wish The Giver was made before Hunger Games
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_video link=”http://youtu.be/oajDfa0Grkk”][vc_column_text]Day 30 of the 31 days challenge. Another clip from our upcoming episode of TRN Podcast. I discuss why I wish The Giver was made before Hunger Games. Subscribe to TRN Podcast on iTunes Now! Listen to my introduction to this brand new project, and be ready for the first full episodes coming…