Suzanne Lyons discusses the importance of networking and offers great information on creating relationships within the Entertainment Industry.
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Goal Setting, Part 3: What Do We Do When We Get Stuck?
t doesn’t matter if you’ve been in your career for a year or for twenty years… we all get stuck from time to time. Maybe it’s a rejection that cuts a little too deep, the fear of not knowing how to do something, the fear of failure, the fear of success, a conversation in our head that tells us we can’t, or that the time’s not right, or that we’re too old, or the economy is bad. Whatever it is for you, it feels real and true and most importantly, it stops you!
7 Steps to Goal Setting for Filmmakers and Actors – Part 2
ACCOUNTABILITY It’s Time to Put Your Butt on the Line In my last article on ‘Goal Setting’ I stressed the importance of setting goals, creating a strategic plan for your career, and following a timeline with clear specific actions to ensure that your goals happen. It’s all great… in fact, it’s all fantastic if you’re Read the Rest…
How to Get a Mentor – Part 3
Mentor Etiquette This paper is the last of my three articles on this super important subject… How to get a mentor. In my first and second articles I looked at: Why should we have a mentor? What is a mentor? Who makes a good mentor? How do you approach mentors? What do you want from Read the Rest…
How to Get a Mentor – Part 2
What a Mentor Can Provide In my first article on “How to Get a Mentor” I touched on a) What is a mentor? b) Why we should have a mentor and c) Who makes a good mentor. In this article my focus is on a) How do we approach mentors, b) What you can expect Read the Rest…
How to Get a Mentor – Part 1
In all my years in the entertainment industry, I’ve come to believe that having mentors is one of the single most important things you can do to help speed up your career and ensure your success. There are so many aspects to this topic that I’m going to break this into three separate articles and Read the Rest…
