13139: Shouldn’t Simple Execution Be…Sexy?

Raw transcript:

it’s not sexy or clever or awesome
to Simply execute a plan that you’ve
created
or
or is it
let’s talk about this in this episode of
the vo Heroes podcast
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when you sit down to do something when
you sit down to do an audition or do a
an actual piece of production maybe
you’re narrating an audiobook
we sometimes tend to undervalue
the actual execution of that process
we very much value figuring out what to
do or figuring out what to do better or
having a plan or having a checklist or a
workflow or any number of things that we
Elevate to aha I figured it out
continue that
continue that process to now let’s do it
and my advice to you is to give that
moment just as much Glory as the plan
the figuring it out the actual checklist
the actual workflow executing is what
most people most people
don’t ever get around to
you are in a business as most people are
with other people in it
and everybody has their own approach to
getting stuff done
everybody has best intentions everybody
has the number one menu item on their
list is I’m gonna I’m gonna do better at
what I do I’m gonna do this I’m gonna do
that I’m gonna do this and here’s my
plan to do this so but then the actual
execution of it is kind of given short
shrift
and I want you to appreciate just how
different it is for you to do the thing
whatever the thing is to actually
execute that better plan or to execute
just
doing an audition just getting it done
there are tons and tons of people who
will tell other people they are actors
they
are voice Talent
they narrate audiobooks
they do commercials they uh live in
Hollywood when they actually live in you
know Studio City or whatever they’ll do
this because it’s fun to say that’s what
I do that’s what I do I identify as an
actor
but are you doing the stuff that you
need to do to do
the stuff that you need to do are you
actually doing the acting stuff
and you are because if you’re watching
this podcast you are you are doing it
and I want to give you uh you know the
the certificate the the hall pass the
the medal
don’t forget
to enjoy and celebrate and consider
yourself
sexy and clever and awesome
for doing the work
not just coming up with a clever way to
do it or a plan or a checklist or a
workflow but actually executing it
getting it done
you are better than 99 of the rest of
the people in the world who claim to do
what we do but never quite get around to
doing it you’re doing it
and if you happen to have stumbled on
this video uh accidentally unexpectedly
and you’re not doing it well you could
be sexier you could be more clever you
could be more awesome if you actually
did the work so that’s my challenge to
you but to the rest of you to my lovely
peeps you’re doing the work and I’m
really proud of you and I want you to
consider yourself to be
great
yeah tell me what your thoughts are on
this is this a reminder you needed to
have do you still not believe me let me
know in the comments below if this is
something that you think another actor
or voice Talent should hear please
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I’d love for you to do 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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