13297: It’s Hardly Ever Just One Thing That Makes The Difference

Raw transcript:

I was asked the other day, if you could
give me one piece of advice, one thing
that made the biggest difference in your
life, what would that be? And I didn’t
take the bait.
I offered
an answer, but to a different question.
So, I’m going to share both of those
with you in this episode of the VO
Heroes podcast.
We often think if we just knew that one
little secret, that one tip, that one
turning of the screw a certain number of
degrees, that would make the factory run
all that much better. That would be it.
That’s what I need to book a job on
camera. That’s what I need to book that
that explainer video or that audio book.
That’s what I need to to clarify and
write that novel that’s deep within me,
right?
So,
I think that most of the time, with some
exceptions, but most of the time it’s
the recipe, not just the one ingredient
that makes everything taste great.
Sometimes that’s the case. Sometimes
it’s like, oh, what did they add to
this? Oh, agave. Or they added like, you
know, cilantro or they who knows? But
most of the time it’s how things fit
with each other. It’s not just the mic
that you use or the software that you
use. It’s the training you get as an
actor. It’s the training you get as a
storyteller.
It’s not one thing usually. It’s not
just one thing.
And it’s kind of a fool’s errand to
think also that that one thing, you
know, just based on taste, that one
thing that may or may not have made the
difference from somebody you look up to
or you admire or you trade places with
would be that same one thing for you.
What if you don’t like cilantro? There
are people who think cilantro tastes
like soap,
oddly enough, and I may I think I might
be one of those people. I’m not sure.
But the point is, it’s often
the
building blocks and what they create.
How many of them are there? How are what
size are they? Uh how do they fit
together? Not just a single building
block. Now,
there may be a keystone. There may be a
capstone. There may be uh one thing that
you have to have or the rest doesn’t
work. And that’s for another day.
But I would urge you that if you have
the opportunity to talk with someone
that’s in your profession, that’s in
your line of business and you want to
find out what that one little secret is
for you,
step back and reconsider that and just
have a nice conversation
about what works, what doesn’t,
what is the the theme for them when it
comes to success, not just that one
ingredient. Does that make sense? I
hope. Let me know in the comments below
if this is something that resonates with
you. Uh on vioheres.com, that would be
great. Uh, thank you for watching and
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listening, and I will talk to you in the
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