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Setbacks happen, and yes they suck, but they are as much part of our business as they are a part of life. From the very beginning of our existence, failure is at our doorsteps. As a toddler, you have to fall first before you can walk. It is how life strengthens and teaches us how to overcome.
Your setbacks and failures don’t define you, but how you handle them does. Get into the habit of always seeing everything as an opportunity to grow and get better. Individuals with a growth mindset find setbacks motivating, informative, and it helps them wake up. The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives. Having a growth mindset when you encounter your setbacks determines if you will overcome them and flourish, or if you will be overrun by them.
Think of your setback not as I am a failure but as I failed at this and now I can do what I need to get better.
Think of your challenges not as I can’t do this, but as How can I learn to do this?
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I am starting a war. Let me say it now, and say it clearly. I will not put up with companies that take advantage of actors under the guise of providing “services” or “opportunities” or “advisement.” The gloves are off, and I am prepared to fight. So, Actor Poachers: Beware; I’m on to you.
But, hold on. Methinks the title of this article may have a double meaning. Yes, I am warning companies that poach for actors to beware of me, but I am also asking you, the actor, to beware of them. Beware the Poachers.
Actors are a valuable commodity. Some of my fellow artists and I have commented that actors fuel an entire industry of service providers: photographers, teachers, editors, accompanists, graphic designers, and even Yours Truly (aka business coaches). We all have our businesses because actors are pursuing theirs. And actors are known to be a desirous bunch, who will stop at nothing in their drive to succeed. It is no wonder, then, that actors are prime targets for some shady dealings. And, unfortunately, there is very little recourse for an actor when something goes wrong. Even worse, actors have been conditioned to believe that horrific behavior is something we just have to put up