Bonnie,
WOWZERS! Your column this week… by paragraph four my wheels were turning. Then BAM!!! Your response in “Your Turn” knocked me off my feet:
If we get precious about our every clip on our reels, our every credit on our resumés, our every chapter in our awesome books, we are behaving as if our best work is not still to come.
Ouch… (gulp) …and thanks!
“Clean-up on aisle three — stat!”
Yours,
Garry Manasco
Garry, awesome. I love it when the columns and their accompanying Your Turns actually provide a one-two punch on a concept that can elude a lot of creatives. In continuing discussions at the Self-Management for Actors Facebook Group, this is still an issue, because there are actors who are just hell-bent on clinging to credits (extra work on an acting resumé for example, even in the Los Angeles market, where it’s just NOT a good idea) because they cannot see the forest for the trees, as it were.
While it’s frustrating to see actors so desperate to prove they’ve worked that they hold on to every stitch of proof they’ve been on a set, it’s so delightful to hear from actors like you who have had an “a-ha moment” while reading my words, and whose marketing materials (and marketing results) will benefit immediately from trusting that your best work is still ahead of you.
I can’t wait to hear how things go for you on “this side” of your clean-up on aisle three! 🙂
Bonnie Gillespie is living her dreams by helping others figure out how to live theirs. Wanna work with Bon? Start here. Thanks!
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