Monday Myth Debunkers: I’m Doing Something Wrong.

๐Ÿ›‘๐Ÿ›‘๐Ÿ›‘ ๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐Ÿ›‘๐Ÿ›‘๐Ÿ›‘

You ready for this one?

As much as you want to think you are โ€œdoing something wrongโ€ in your acting career, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต.

Thatโ€™s not to say there ISNโ€™T room to grow and learn and make choices that yield better resultsโ€ฆ

But that overwhelming thought that creeps in late at nightโ€ฆ the one that is extra loud when you find out the new girl in acting class just booked a TOS guest star role and youโ€™ve lived in LA 5 years longer than her? The thought that makes you think: something is wrong with me? ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ณ. And an annoying one.

For the sake of this argument, letโ€™s compare acting with losing weight.

What do you have to do to lose weight?

Eat healthy food and exercise, of course.

Are there contraptions and pills and programs and coaches to help you lose that weight? Sure.

But eating healthy and exercising will also do the job. Itโ€™s pretty much guaranteed.

But youโ€™re not going to see results unless you ACTUALLY eat healthy and ACTUALLY exercise.

And for most, this is why people donโ€™t ultimately meet the goals they wish to meet.

๐•‹๐•™๐•– ๐•ค๐•’๐•ž๐•– ๐•˜๐• ๐•–๐•ค ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•’๐•”๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜.

Are you spending time updating your website, networking, perfecting your slate shot, updating your newsletter but NOT spending those hours training and becoming the BEST actor you possibly can be?

Well then youโ€™re probably taking the โ€œdiet pillโ€ and not actually going on the diet.

See what we did there?

You are not doing anything ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. Itโ€™s about figuring out how and where to spend your focus and energy.

Feeling stuck? Train more. Figure what works ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™–๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ.

Chances are one of those two things could be improved and that does not mean the industry is against you (actors: please, please read that again ๐Ÿ‘† when you are feeling discouraged)

Instead of thinking youโ€™re doing something wrong, ask yourself which area needs your attention mostโ€”and focus more on ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต.

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