Jun 213 minStrategyTo Be, or Not to Be (An Actor)We interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast to bring y'all something a little different. Today, instead of addressing our beloved...
Jun 144 minStrategyGratitude & DesireToday, we're turning the Dojo into a gym. A gym designed to work on two super specific, super complementary muscles: gratitude and...
Jun 73 minStrategyConsistency is KeyYou know what's interesting? The number of actors who started out in ballet. To name just a few, Charlize Theron attended the Joffrey...
May 241 minMindsetFlourishing in the Arts is About Meaning, Mastery and MatteringBack in 2011, when the author and psychologist Martin Seligman announced, "I no longer think that positive psychology is about...
May 244 minMindsetIs It Time to Quit Acting?It was a question I never, ever, ever foresaw myself asking. The fact I was even considering the question was almost more confronting...
May 173 minStrategyIntroducing the Fail-e-brationWe'll watch Cate Blanchett in anything. Legit. For us, Blanchett personifies bold, uninhibited performance. Which, as we actors know, is...
May 103 minMindset"Made It" Starts Now"A gold medal is a wonderful thing. But if you're not enough without one, you'll never be enough with one." ~ Cool Runnings Cool Runnings...
May 31 minStrategyOff the Subs' Bench – What Understudies Can Learn From SportsThe role of an understudy is often criminally underappreciated, yet the lack of recognition makes the task no less demanding. Players on...
Apr 265 minStrategyFinance for Actors: Our Top 5 Reads"Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant." ~ P. T. Barnum We love this quote from Barnum. Artists, especially, tend to have a...
Apr 193 minStrategyThe Keys to Optimal Muggle Work"2% of actors make a living from the profession." That was the major takeaway from a series of surveys released in 2019. We don't...
Apr 123 minStrategySocial Circle and SuccessIf we're one of the 406 million Spotify users, we'll be familiar with the phenomenon that is our annual "Wrapped" playlist. For those who...
Apr 51 minStrategyTry the Know, Like, Trust Framework for SuccessSales and marketing. Two cringe-inducing words for most creatives. While it would be magic to exist in a world where simply being awesome...
Mar 143 minMindsetTo the Disillusioned ActorEvery now and then, one encounters something that strikes them like a lightning bolt. For us, reading Thomas Merton's letter to a young...
Feb 283 minMindsetSuccess Is Planted In the Off-SeasonMaking the Olympics once is a monumental achievement. Making the Olympics five times is astronomical. Kenyan-American runner Bernard...
Feb 213 minStrategyThe Resilient ActorWhen it comes to the survival of our planet, some believe we're past the point of no return. Perhaps we are. But nature's astonishing...
Feb 151 minMindsetDon't Be An Ass: Why We Set One Goal at a TimeWarning: this post is going to feature some real talk. Earlier this year I uncovered something pretty confronting: in several aspects of...
Feb 143 minMindsetBergeron's Hierarchy of MindsetBen Bergeron is the coach behind the Fittest Man and Fittest Woman on Earth. A former Ironman triathlete, Bergeron is now considered one...
Feb 14 minStrategyLet's Talk About Our Content DietWe've all heard the saying, "You are what you eat". What, then, determines who we become? Since 2010, humans have been consuming a global...
Jan 253 minMindsetYou Can't Be Desperate and SuccessfulAmerican screenwriter Jerry Stahl has an amusing (uncomfortably true) saying: "There's no deodorant for desperation". Unfortunately, us...
Jan 84 minStrategyStart Here: Define "Success""If we're going to succeed, or fail, we should do so on our own terms, with our own ideas — our own brand." ~ Phil Knight Humans like...