13305: In Praise Of A Little Slack In Your Schedule
I talk about bias for action all the time, and it's not always about being ultimately efficient, it's often about building in slack in case disaster s…
Tag: Podcast
13304: The Automatic Choice From Your Personal Menu
Our personal menu, and the automatic choice we all make to select the number one item on that personal menu, assures that you are good enough, you do …
13303: The Best Solution For Reducing Mouth Noise
One of the most frequently asked questions about the physical nature of voice and on-camera performance is what to do about mouth noises. The best sol…
13302: How To Produce Audiobooks For Rights Holders Globally (Not Just Where ACX Operates)
ACX is a great way to connect with a client to produce their audiobook, but only if both of you are tax paying residents of one of four countries: the…
13301: Daring To Move From The Dreaming To The Doing
There’s a lot of dreaming going on in our community. We simply have to be dreamers to decide to be creative artists.
And we also have to be doers. …
13300: Only Use These Two Words When Receiving Feedback
I’ve noticed that some people have forgotten, or have never learned, the most useful words you can use when you are getting feedback from those who …
13299: Some People Would Do Anything To Have Your Problems
As we work toward a better performance career and face challenges to our progress, even the littlest things can make us feel frustrated.
And it’s i…
13298: PSAs vs Commercials And The Power Of Art
Public Service Announcements. PSAs. One of my favorite voice over art forms.
They come along all too rarely, and when they do, I cherish them.
I had…
13297: It’s Hardly Ever Just One Thing That Makes The Difference
If you could talk to your career crush, the one person that you’d trade places with in their artistic journey, would you ask them what the one thing…
13296: So…About Those Contradictory Rules.
“Look before you leap.” (Get some basic info before you head into the unknown.)
…versus…
“He who hesitates is lost.” (Be bold, and go fo…
13295: The Dream Is Seductive. The Pursuit Is Productive.
If you find yourself looking at how those you know (or you) are really good at coming up with dreams in life, goals to be fulfilled and destinations t…
13294: Consider A Win Audit Instead
Not everything we undertake is a complete success.
But we also rarely walk away with a complete and utter failure, with no takeaways whatsoever.
If …
13293: On Arguing For Your Limitations
Richard Bach once said, "Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they're yours."
Wow…does that resonate with me.
And I hear examples all the …
13292: Kostroff Asks: Are You In An Abusive Relationship With Your Career?
My buddy Michael Kostroff asks some pretty thought-provoking questions.
His course, auditionpsych101, is filled with such questions, and even some co…
13291: Is It As Hard As It Looks? Or As Easy As It Looks?
When the audience looks at the end result of what we create, there are some interesting impressions they might walk away with.
They might think that …
13290: I Ain’t Here For A Long Time, I’m Here For A Good Time
This George Strait song title was shared with me for the first time in my life by a fellow VO talent at a mixer last night.
Thanks, Nadia Ahern.
Min…
13289: What Fairy Tales Are You Telling Yourself?
I was just on a call with a potential VO client, and the conversation got around to limiting beliefs in general, and in particular, those excuses we c…
13288: Is Listening To An Audiobook Less Than Reading A Book?
Just want to get your opinion on this apparently very controversial issue.
I have my own thoughts, but I want to know yours.
Let’s discuss. Scroll…
13287: How Stressful Is Audiobook Narration Really?
I know that some VO talent and actors (and even my author peeps who want to narrate their own books) shy away from the prospect, mostly because it loo…
13286: Whatever Works, Yes?
I created this podcast episode moments after jumping off being a guest on Chris Barry’s podcast, Coaching Uncovered.
(You can find my episode here.…