13268: That Job You Didn’t Get Still Has Immense Value

Raw transcript:

So, how do you perceive, look at, treat,
react to an audition
or a potential job that you don’t get?
I’d like to help you reframe it if it’s
something that’s constantly a
disappointment. And we’ll do that in
this episode of the VO Heroes podcast.
So, I’ve heard people say that I didn’t
get the job. You know, it was a
consolation prize to actually just be
able to audition cuz that’s hard to get
sometimes. I’ve heard people say, “Yeah,
I didn’t they didn’t book me for that
that article. I sent them the spec and
they didn’t like it or they they said we
went some other direction.” But at least
I got to submit.
And I hope that’s not just lip service
because
an audition you didn’t get is filled
with useful information if you look for
it.
You may have learned something about
your process that you didn’t know
before. You know, just setting up your
gear or sitting down at the keyboard.
You may have determined something that
had really nothing to do with what you
were auditioning for or specking for
that you didn’t know before. You know,
you might learn something about your
gear. You might learn something about
your approach to the job, the way you
form your framework around a job. Who
knows? It’s more than you often think it
is. Because just to go through the
exercise of of submitting is really
quite wonderful. It really is. I mean,
when you think about it, remember when
you first started off and you were just
hoping that at some point you would get
an audition that you would get somebody
to read uh you know, something that
you’d written you you hear your voice,
maybe consider you for some tiny little
job. Remember when that was the goal?
And now that you’re a little bit more
established, those things have changed.
They have changed because you learned
from all of the other things that you
did to get to where you are right now.
So, you could dismiss it by just saying,
“Oh, yeah, I didn’t get that audition,
but it’s a consolation prize.” Or just
to be angry about it or whatever. But
that is to also dismiss
the things that you learned while you
were doing it. While you were getting
ready to do it, while you were making
the decisions about how you were going
to approach it by the actual execution
and production of what you were going to
do, the words you chose, the the tone
you used, like there’s so many things
that we fly right by in our effort to
just note that we didn’t get it.
Please don’t look at that as
things that are no longer necessary
because you learn from the tiniest
little things. You come up with things
and you don’t know if that that thing
you didn’t get might lead to something
you do get in the future. I just want to
make sure you remember the value of all
that we do as creatives.
Most of the time it’s not going to
result in a job.
But all of the time there is going to be
useful information, useful experiences
that you get from simply giving it a
try.
Please don’t forget that. Right? Does
this make sense to you? Tell me what you
think about this. Uh, leave me a comment
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needs to hear the value once again of
simply pursuing the work. Be happy if
you did that. I’m David H. Lawrence the
17th. I thank you so much for watching
and for listening and I will see you in
the next episode of the VO Heroes
podcast.

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