Hollywood on strike

Because of the threat of labor actions this year and next,

many times we become paralyzed by the "fear" that our world

is coming to an end...

It's not, believe me. In fact, many in the industry believe

that this labor action will just be a blip on the screen of

the big picture.

A career is a MARATHON, not a dash, so it's important to

not let the FEARS that we have on a daily basis, affect

our long range GOALS.

Each day, when you wake up, are you GOAL driven or are

you FEAR driven...

BEING GOAL DRIVEN IS POSITIVE!

BEING FEAR DRIVEN IS NEGATIVE!

Do you get PARALYZED when it comes to pushing your

career forward?

Sometimes when you are driven by your

GOALS, you constantly visualize achieving those goals

and they are fresh in your mind and REAL and almost

touchable so that you constantly can push forward and move

and build and feel the progress every single day...

Then suddenly, because pursuing a creative career becomes

such a struggle and requires energy just to keep going, you

find that your FEAR overcomes your GOALS in your mind, so

that your FEAR is more REAL than your GOALS...which become

pushed to the side while you are PARALYZED by FEAR.

In my own personal situation, I have found this to happen

to me on a regular basis every few months and I have to

get up and push myself to PUT MY GOALS BACK INTO THE FRONT

OF MY MIND, so that the FEAR, which is there to protect

me, does not become more REAL than my GOALS.

Here's how you can get yourself back on track:

1. Sit down and list your goals. BE sure to include the changes

in your goals as you grow and learn and find new goals to explore.

2. Sit down and list your fears. Be sure to be honest with

yourself and open and up front as you list them. Don't pull

any punches.

3. Next, make a list of the ACTIONS you can take NOW that

will get you moving towards your goals. Make a list of

ACTIONS that you can take LATER, too.

4. Now, TAKE THOSE ACTIONS and gain confidence in yourself

as you move gradually towards your goals.

5. Then weigh and study the results. Did you move forward?

Are you inching your career forward? Are you no longer as

paralyzed by fear?

6. Now repeat the POSITIVE ACTIONS that will move you forward.

It's important to take at least ONE POSITIVE STEP, every single

day!

All the best,

Jack

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