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Posted in Business developmentPersonal Development You've heard the idiom, "Opportunity knocks but once." Some even say "When opportunity knocks, you still have to get up and open the …
Posted in Personal Development When writing a play, there's always a least one character who qualifies as the story's protagonist. Some like to think of the protagonist as the hero of …
Posted in Personal DevelopmentThis week I saw a one-woman show Naked in Alaska, written and performed by Valerie Hager, and came away a changed man. How? Like any good piece of the theatre, …
Posted in StrategyWriters block"the bane of grant-writers, students of every age and size, self-producing artists, speechwriters, authors, and playwrights everywhere. How do we get over it o…
Posted in Partnership and CollaborationPersonal Development“Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons and they will follow you into the deepest valley.” -Sun Tzu from The…
Posted in EntrepreneurshipPersonal DevelopmentFreedom. Seven little letters in the English language that hold a great deal of power. In the United States, we say that we're free because of r…
Posted in Personal DevelopmentStrategyTime ManagementYou're trying to get your pitch across online or off… You want them to know you're trustworthy"the person for the job, the best this, t…
Posted in EntrepreneurshipPersonal Development Over the past month or so I've had the opportunity to meet with a few denizens of the solo-play arena, those rare artists who get on stag…
Posted in Business developmentNetworkingPartnership and CollaborationStrategyWorking in both the arts and in a charitable non-profit, I've come to realize that self-producing artists and non…
Posted in Personal DevelopmentStrategy*"Writing," "Writer," and "Write" are words that are interchangeable to your pursuit of choice What makes someone a *writer? The simple answer is: "…
Posted in CoachingPersonal DevelopmentOver the weekend, I was given the opportunity to see an in-development workshop production of a new one-person play that was flown in from L.A. for two …
Posted in Personal DevelopmentStrategyThat success you're experiencing. That current string of failures which seem never ending. Good, bad, fatigue, pain, triumph…none of it lasts fore…
Posted in Partnership and Collaboration"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." "Helen Keller As I begin working in two new collaborative partnerships writing the book to two…
Posted in Branding/Personal BrandingEntrepreneurshipStrategyAgain, I'm writing this series because I want to see artists"art in the general sense of the word, and that means painters as much…
Posted in Business developmentStrategyThis week, I had the fortuitous opportunity to meet a fellow artist on a train ride leaving from New Jersey for New York. We waxed lyrical for a good wh…
Posted in Customer ServiceMarketingPersonal DevelopmentStrategyTime ManagementThis week, while at the airport waiting for my 6am flight from New York to L.A., I overheard two burgeoning hip-…
Posted in Partnership and CollaborationPersonal Development"Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort…
Posted in UncategorizedFirst, the definition of an expert: a person who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of or skill in a particular area. Second, why strive to become an e…
Posted in EntrepreneurshipPersonal DevelopmentStrategyHere are the questions (wrapped in finite statements) I often here from people about creating (answers in red to follow): Q's " It's sca…
Posted in Customer ServiceFinancesMarketingPersonal DevelopmentThis week, I had the fortuitous opportunity to meet a fellow artist on a train ride leaving from New Jersey for New York. We wa…
Posted in Partnership and CollaborationPersonal DevelopmentStrategyI'm sure we've all heard some variation of the saying, "Trust takes years to earn, and seconds to break." To earn someone's…
Posted in Business developmentCoachingEntrepreneurshipPersonal DevelopmentStrategy‘Tis a lesson you should heed: Try, try, try again. If at first you don’t succeed, Try, try, try…
Posted in Personal DevelopmentHoly cow…we're almost a quarter of the way through 2013.How is the year going for you so far? Remember those resolutions or goals we set on December 31st,…
Posted in Business developmentEntrepreneurshipPersonal DevelopmentReliability + Calculated Risks + A Sense of Humor + Malleability + Kindness = Your desired success Reliability: Keeping your…
Posted in Guest BlogToday’s guest blog is from Nancy Vitale and Nilou Safinya, Eyes Up Here Productions on “Your Chicken & Egg Baseball-Themed Crowd-Funding Lesson of the …
