0006: Two Questions, Two Sets Of Tears

well hey there hero it’s David H
Lawrence the 17th and I just got an
opportunity to speak for most of the day
in front of a group of rock stars from
the world of retail and as I was doing
it a couple of times a similar question
came up for me that in both cases
brought tears to my eyes and I wondered
why and I think I’ve figured it out and
I think I know why it pertains to all of
us will discover that next on this
episode of the vo heroes podcast
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so I had a chance to talk to the retail
Success Academy Platt members for my
friends Bob and Susan Nagin I spent the
morning and some of the afternoon
talking to them about how to look good
on video when they’re doing business
videos things like Facebook lives and
YouTube lives and marketing videos and
zoom sessions and being a guest on
someone’s podcast
all the different things that a business
person kind of has to have an awareness
of what to do to look good on video and
I talked about how I created my video
look and how it evolved over the last
year and all that and I opened it up for
questions and a couple of times I was
asked questions that always trigger me
questions like I don’t like the way my
voice sounds what do I do to fix that
questions like my brand is so boring I
you know things around that I’m not
quoting them directly but whenever I
hear questions like that it really
brings up an emotional state for me and
I find it hard sometimes to keep it
together
and I was talking to a couple of people
about this and they said well you know
it’s pretty obvious to us why this is
happening for you you care about people
and you care about their self esteem you
care about their confidence you care
about making sure that they give
themselves the opportunity to be
successful and I realized that that’s
absolutely the case this business of
your brand being boring how do I make
myself better my voice sucks what do I
do to make it better I always want to
sit down with people privately not in a
group setting but I want to sit down
with people privately and repeat the
message that I’ve given you a number of
times but I think it bears repeating
even more because it’s so difficult
sometimes for some people to to really
accept this and that big statement is
you are enough you have everything you
need right there inside you the you that
has attracted a mate the you that takes
care of your family the you that is
supportive of your friend
and that your friends want to be around
that you is enough the you that you are
as a performer is enough when we try to
add all of these things that supposedly
will make us better performers in many
ways holds us back because it hides who
we are and so when somebody says
something like that
and I did this yesterday actually pause
because I started to tear up and I said
you know you might not believe this but
you seriously are enough you have
everything that you need going for you
right now you have a lifetime of
experience that is attractive to others
you have the skills that you need to
maintain conversation so you have the
skills that you need to maintain a
connection on video and if you need
something else if there’s something out
there that presents itself that you need
that you don’t yet have it will be given
to you it will be made available to you
the moment that you need it you’ll
you’ll figure something out or you’ll be
given something from a friend or you’ll
see something online and those moments
to me are so much more important then
what kind of equipment I should use and
and and you know what how do I get more
auditions and all that that because
that’s such a baseline bedrock thing to
know that you are enough and then after
I did that thing after I did the
presentation I went and was on a panel
at sag AFTRA on how to get started in
voiceover with people like Maurice
LaMarche
and people from the sag AFTRA Don
LaFontaine lab the the audio lab and
Sharon and ek and and and Mari and
leaked Arlington was running it it was a
beautiful night and it came up again I
just have this normal sounding voice how
do I break past all the clutter and be
successful in voiceover and it came up
again
and I fought back the tears and I said
you must know you’re sitting in the
board room at the sag after a union
building in Los Angeles California do
you not believe you are a success you’re
here for a reason and what you have is
enough and I want to say that to you as
you’re watching this video as well you
don’t need to become a better version of
yourself you don’t need to think that
what you have isn’t enough you need to
know and rely on and be proud of the
fact that you are enough you have
everything you need to be successful
right now with what you have near you
with the resources that you have with me
and other people who care about you you
have everything you need and if you
don’t it’s going to be presented to you
at the moment that you need it trust
that have faith in that it’s actually
true it really is I hope that helps let
me know what you think about this in the
comments below if this is something that
you think Oh David you have no idea what
you’re talking about you don’t know me
you don’t know how bad things are for me
or maybe it resonates with you maybe
it’s actually something that makes sense
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