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Pure Joy in Iceland

Of all of the beautiful scenic photos I’ve taken over the years this one is my favorite because it encapsulates the feeling I get from travel. This was taken on my iPhone 8s+ and is completely unfiltered.

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Act Like An Adult: The New Business of Acting

While there are many people who wish their dreams would come true, very few people actually share a blueprint of how to make it happen. Brad Lemack in his book, The New Business of Acting: How to Build a Career in a Changing Landscape – The Next Edition, describes step by step how to create the life you want. His book shares his decades of experience inspiring actors to strong successful professional careers.“How to build a career in a changing landscape,” is meant to be about the world of film and television, but his clear steps can help you in any field or endeavor.

As Lemack says, we are all a “work in progress” and “the opportunities we all seek do indeed exist. However, it is our job to earn them.” If you take the time to create a plan and commit to it, you can have your dream job.

One thing that seems to be in short supply is the willingness to make a long-term commitment to anything that is more than 140 characters on a social media platform. Lemack is talking about building your legacy but you have to start at the beginning and be willing to put in the time.

Lemack tells us: 

“You would never build a house without a plan, nor would you set out on a journey to a far-off destination without a map to guide you. That is what this book is meant to do: to serve as your guidebook, to inform you about the sights that must be seen (and, of course, steer you away from those that should be avoided) as you create and launch your personal action plan for career success in your journey to and through the not-so -far -off land known as the new business of acting.”

What steps are you will to take to make your dreams come true?

I agree with Lemack that: “careers begin to happen when talent, training, preparedness and readiness meet good luck and opportunity—and not until then. That is why you must be prepared for the long haul.” I have personally found that these ingredients do bring success.

After working for years with successful actors, new actors and acting students, Lemack has seen what it takes to make it. “Your professional life assignment is to develop your skills as a businessperson and to nurture your potential as an actor. There are only two ways to achieve this: training and experience.” If you are willing to put in the effort, you will see results.

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I love his metaphors: “It is impossible to drive forward until you take the car out of park. But you also have to be sure that the tank has gas in it and that the engine has its needed supply of oil. Both are critical requirements to get you in gear for a safe and well-equipped journey.” If you find classes to take, seek out a mentor, meet people in the industry and never give up, your patience and persistence will be rewarded.

Lemack tells you to “never doubt your faith in your ability to succeed.” You have to be able to keep going. How do you manage that?

First, you need to develop the skills of behavior, communication, awareness and perception. When he explains about “how you say what you say can often be far more significant than the contents of the message itself,” this life skill is important for any acting audition but also for any human being on the planet. His talk about how you need “self-awareness, that is about being sensitive to situations around you all the time,” would help any person with any life goal. I love when he talks about perception and social media: “Do not be negative. Do not be nasty. Do not be personal. Think before you write or post anything.” While some people may want to be personal or political on their feed, I hope that is an intentional choice with full knowledge of the potential responses. This book is about being responsible for yourself and creating the life you want. It is directed to those who want to be actors but many now have to develop their own brand and these steps would be useful in many situations.

As Lemack explains to his students, “Be smart about how you want to be perceived by others and honor the integrity of your brand in all that you do—especially online.” This is crucial for all people of all ages and any profession. What you put online can help you or haunt you for years. Remember to “be memorable for all the right reasons.”

In order to make your life work, you need to have emotional, physical and fiscal fitness. Lemack shares his wisdom on all of these and my favorite part was: “Some kind of physical activity (other than jumping to conclusions) should be a part of your life.” 

Lemack’s three rules of fiscal fitness are:

1. You  have to live somewhere and be able to pay for it.
2. You have to eat regularly and be able to pay for it.
3. There is a minimum amount of money that you must earn first to survive and then to thrive.

Whether you want to work as an actor, have an internship or build your own business, Lemack wants you to:

Never take rejection personally, unless you were rejected because of something inappropriate or unprofessional that you did. It is your product or brand they may have chosen to pass on this time. It is not about you personally.
Your acting talent is a service that you provide to the entertainment community. Always play at the top of your game. 
The forward movement of your career requires that your action plan be a work-in-progress. At the launch, your plan is in place. But your plan must be adaptable to circumstances, environment, and personal and professional conditions that may indicate a change to the plan is in the best interest of achieving the results you seek.
Success in this business has everything to do with opportunity, timing and an actor’s readiness. Opportunity opens doors; preparedness makes you ready to take full advantage of those opportunities when they come your way. The goal is building a career.
Never let your passion for what you seek to achieve wane, even when the going gets tougher than you expected.

If you want to build a career, you need to make a plan and stick to the steps.

Here is some wisdom from the end of the book: 

I am a work-in-progress.
My career is a work-in-progress.
I will respond to my experiences in terms of black and white  (I either got the role or I did not; that agent signed me or she did not; I got into that class or I did not—they “whys” of the matter do not matter, unless you behaved in a way that impacted the result or decision).
I will stay clear about my mission.
I will continue to gather evidence of my potential and upgrade the tools I need for use along my journey.
I will continually seek to acquire and to develop the skills that I will need to build, sustain and grow my career.
I will fuel my journey with energy, enthusiasm, positivity and healthy motivation.
I will temper my journey with patience, fortitude and self-reliance.
I will live by a code of ethics that will serve to frame my intent along with my actions.
I will attempt to learn something new about myself and this about business every day, each step of the way.

When I need motivation, I look at these words from Lemack:
If you stay focused, remain confident and always work at being a smart businessperson in the process of growing your career, than anything is possible. I wish you much luck, endless opportunity and all good fortune all along your journey. Indeed, you can do this.

 

Buy the Book on Amazon: The New Business of Acting: How to Build a Career in a Changing Landscape – The Next Edition

Learn more about Brad Lemack

Read what I wrote about his last edition here: Are You Prepared for The New Business of Acting?

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Sunset in the Sahara Desert Morocco

I took this photo using my Iphone X. I did not use any apps to edit. I only altered the contrast and saturation using the iphone X photo options. Other than that, this poto took itself! I took this photo while I was climbing the dunes with my friend. I had my camera out looking for the perfect shot. She happened to be way ahead of me and when i saw how it looked, i told her not to move and snapped this photo.

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Wonderland in France

this image was taken by my professional nikon camera. i did not alter it.

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Sandy Frog in the USA

I used a Samsung phone to take this photo. I did not alter this photo because I felt as if nature was beautiful the way it is seen truly.

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Expedition Peru

Canon G15 f8.0 1/800 sec ISO 800 RAW. Color corrected in Lightroom.

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Do You Want To Take Better Photos?

People often ask me what phone I have when they see the quality of my photos and videos. Actually it sounds something like this, “What phone is that? I am buying that next!”

I am now using the LG V40ThinQ and it is the 4th LG phone I have used for my We Said Go Travel YouTube channel which now has 850,000 views and 1.4 million impressions in 2018.

Here is my view from the 65th floor of The Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas:

Here is my view from the 39th floor at Shangri-La London at The Shard:

As you can see, the photo quality is stellar!

It actually has FIVE CAMERAS and a feature called Flash Jump Cut which makes gifs!

Here is a gif from LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art):

I also took this photos with the wide angle camera at LACMA at the Rauschenberg: The 1/4 Mile exhibit

Here is a panoramic view of LACMA’s lights by LGV40ThinQ

and with 2 front cameras–the selfie game is at a whole new level!

Here is my first video with the new LGV40ThinQ:

VIDEO: Sing With The Nashuva Band: Heaven On Earth Songs Of The Soul

I love the wide angle lens and that they still have a headphone jack!

Here is more about the LG phones that helped created LG V40 ThinQ

Best Cellphone for You and ME? LG V30
LGV20: 5 Things To Take on a Dive Trip
Join me as we unbox the new LG V20
Best Camera for Travel? LG G4 Phone!
Want to know the specs for LGV40ThinQ? Read about it on CNET.
More from CNET:

The Good The LG V40’s five cameras give you a variety of photography options. The phone has a 6.4-inch screen, but is still comfortable to hold. It’s water resistant, has expandable memory and a headphone jack.

The Bad The LG V40’s slew of photo and camera tools can be overwhelming to navigate for a casual photographer. Its battery life is average.

The Bottom Line The LG V40 ThinQ is one of the best phones of 2018, but the Pixel 3 XL has the better grab-and-go camera and battery life.

Here is more information about my YouTube channel:

One more photo by LG V40ThinQ

Life is all about perspective:
“You can complain because roses have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.” Ziggy

Photo by #LGV40ThinQ

 

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Welcome to The Girls’ Lounge at AdWeek NYC

Where do girl’s belong? Girls belong everywhere! I was invited to The Girls’ Lounge at AdWeek NYC 2018. I went to four days of meetings with the best minds in advertising and marketing. Here are some of the people I met at the workshops:

VIDEO: What happened at The Girls’ Lounge AdWeek NYC Oct 2018?

Thank you to all of the speakers who shared the ways they are changing the world!

 

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Thank you to Shelley Zalis, Holly Corbett and Talia Bender for inviting me to the Girls’ Lounge at AdWeek NYC. #AWNewYork #AdWeek @adweek #AWNewYork2018 #TheGirlsLounge #TheFemaleQuotient @FemaleQuotient @shelleyzalis What is the Girls’ Lounge? @cisionglobal says: “The Girls’ Lounge is a growing community of women in business who are transforming workplace culture. In partnership with some of the world’s leading brands, Shelley Zalis and her team at The Female Quotient create memorable pop-up experiences and impactful programming to advance gender equality in the workplace. The Female Quotient has a presence at global events including The World Economic Forum, SXSW, Cannes Lions, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and other prestigious events all over the world.” https://prn.to/2P4smXD More photos: http://bit.ly/2TP6tz4

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Thank you @SRuhle & @RepCheri for being at #TheGirlsLounge #TheFemaleQuotient #AWNewYork #AdWeek @adweek

“The Crucial Role of #Women in the Political Process” #MSNBC

Change the world? Get involved. #Vote. Speak Up. #GoodNewsRUHLES @MSNBC #ForThePeople pic.twitter.com/jxwQLlrim9

— Lisa Niver (@wesaidgotravel) November 27, 2018

 

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Where do #girls belong? #GirlsBelongHere: Female Leaders on Rising the Ranks @RichardLui, #Anchor, @MSNBC and PLAN Partner @plan_usa @shanna_marzilli, CMO & Chief HR Officer, @PlanInternational USA #GiveDifferently #MyPlan #YoungAndPowerful #EndViolence #GBV #Plan4Girls #EndVAWG #EndViolence #cyberbullying #onlinesafety #girlsrights #womensrights #activism Malika Dia, Plan International USA, Youth Advisory Board Member @LauraMolen, EVP, Lifestyle and Hispanic Advertising Sales, #NBCUniversal @NBC At #TheGirlsLounge #TheFemaleQuotient during #AWNewYork #AdWeek @adweek#AWNewYork2018 run by @FemaleQuotient @shelleyzalis I met many incredible people working to #change the #world!

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Thank you @NBCUniversal #TheGirlsLounge #AdWeek #Dinner 2018!

Thanks @ShelleyZalis @femalequotient @lindayacc

@nbc #NBC

Thank you @hodakotb @TODAYshow #TODAYshow@SavannahGuthrie@libbyleist @NoahOppenheim @NBCNews @Adweek #Video: https://t.co/yHeSTRfNCs #women #together pic.twitter.com/VomgbUVJrK

— Lisa Niver (@wesaidgotravel) December 2, 2018

VIDEO: What is the best advice you have been given? Girls Lounge’ NBCUniversal AdWeek 2018

 

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Thank you to #AriannaHuffington​ for her talk at @Adweek​ about “Trust, Purpose and Authenticity: The Power of Brands to Change People’s Lives”⁣ ⁣ It is no longer enough for brands to market superior products and optimize the consumer experience. In today’s climate, brands need to go one step further and actually add value to consumers’ lives in order to stand out. In this conversation, Arianna Huffington speaks to leaders from some of the biggest brands in the world for a cultural conversation on the role brands play in consumers’ lives and the power brands have to change individual outcomes. Topics include productivity and performance, stress reduction, daily routines, employee narratives and the role of purpose and meaning in work and life.⁣ ⁣ @ariannahuff Founder and CEO of @Thrive Global​⁣ ⁣ John Roselli General Manager of Consumer Wellness, @Bose​⁣ ⁣ Kirsten Allegri Williams Chief Marketing Officer, @SAPSuccessFactors​⁣ ⁣ Sara Saunders Associate Brand Director, @proctergamble #proctergamble⁣ @Target​⁣ @IMAX​⁣ #IMAX⁣ ⁣ #AWNewYork #AdWeek @adweek#AWNewYork2018

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Thank you Cori, Alyssa & @Shelleyzalis #IamREMARKABLE @Google #TheGirlsLounge @FemaleQuotient @Adweek Accomplishments do not speak for themselves! https://t.co/I8h3Ma8auf#Adweek #google #women #NYC #TheFemaleQuotient #TheGirlsLounge #AWNewYork #selfpromotion #notbragging pic.twitter.com/FIebuLeVbG

— Lisa Niver (@wesaidgotravel) December 8, 2018

Thank you Shelley Zalis for all you do!

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