by Cast It Admin | Oct 27, 2016 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, Uncategorized, US
The zen teachings advise us to cultivate “beginner’s mind”, because it is the open, flexible, teachable state that is humility’s gift to growth. It’s also a dandy way to keep you in the moment, which is something every performer wants to...
by Cast It Admin | Oct 3, 2016 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, Uncategorized, US
When it comes to advancing a career, dependability rules. All things being equal—talent, for example, and suitability for the role at hand—when people know they can count on you, it goes a long way toward removing the “no,” to borrow a line from our...
by Cast It Admin | Sep 8, 2016 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
For a long, misguided time, I wore my perfectionism as a badge of honor. Rather than understanding it as something that stopped me from living a happy life, that kept me from “shipping,” and, most saliently for our purposes, formed the chief stumbling...
by Cast It Admin | Aug 3, 2016 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
6×10: Or, ensuring a better tomorrow, tonight. If there is one thing I’ve learned in my almost-55 years (!) on the planet, it’s that planning is the long-term endeavor’s best friend. Passion is great, but it’s hard to sustain in the...
by Cast It Admin | Jun 27, 2016 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
Ain’t no party like a mid-year check-in party because a mid-year check-in party means you might actually get something done (and have it be fun). Okay—maybe it won’t exactly be fun. And I’m 99% sure that’s the worst play ever on The Meme That...
by Cast It Admin | Jun 3, 2016 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
Annual Summer Reading Round-Up Because it just wouldn’t be summer without summer reading! If you’re like me (or me back when I was acting full-time), you probably eat, drink, and sleep material about acting. And while I love a good book about technique,...
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