I’m supposed to be going live right now to close off the SMFA Summit, remind y’all the free replays are available for a few more hours, announce the WINNERS of all our drawings (so! much!…
Browsing Category Nuts and Bolts
Creatives Create
HOW KEWT ARE WE?!? I don’t know when this photo was taken, but I’m gonna guess 2010? When we launched Somebody’s Basement (our distribution entity) at Hollywood Happy Hour (our networking behemoth)? Here’s the deal,…
Always Bank on the More Creative Choice
During last week’s livestream on the joy of fitting out, I was asked about “the end of the co-star level role” in light of new health and safety requirements on set, as production (and everything)…
Should Actors Submit to Agents Right Now?
We had our free quarterly SMFA Tune-Up call on Saturday. We’ve been doing these free calls since early 2014 when the 4th edition of Self-Management for Actors was fresh from the printer and my goal…
Moving to LA? Keep This List Bookmarked. You’re Welcome.
First, download my SMFA Hot Sheet (PDF) on the LA Reconnaissance Mission. You’ll love it. (For way more SMFA Hot Sheets — all free — head over here.) The best thing you can have going…
When Habit Becomes Identity
This is gonna be a quickie. It’s super basic, but big. There comes a point at which our habits become our identity. Meaning, we do certain things so much, habitually, that we go from being…
Freebies from Bonnie Gillespie
Hello you glorious creature. 🙂 Last week I asked you to share some specifics with me about what it would take for you to be your best self for 2020. I showed you the results…
What Do YOU Most Need to Be Best You in 2020?
A few weeks back, I surveyed the fine folks in our Self-Management for Actors Facebook group about some free training I’d like to create. Obviously, “How to Stop Wasting Time in Your Creative Career” won…
When to Move to LA
Look, we’re NEVER sure the time is right. Let me just go ahead and state for the record that no one outside of you can know when the time is right for you to move…
5 Reasons to Say Yes
What makes a project, an offering, ANYTHING worth saying YES to, in your business? Story time. I’ve shared my obsession with Profit Clarity before. This is an annual tradition I adapted after I first tried…