Jan 31, 2022
Most people listening to this podcast are located in the United States, so let me focus on that crowd for a second.
Part of our culture here in the U.S. is what we call the “Protestant work ethic.” Even though not everyone is religious, or even Protestant, we still abide by this standard today. The Protestant work...
Jan 30, 2022
I hope your 2022 is off to a great start. Here it is, the end of January, and we've had a solid month to get some meaningful work done toward our goals. How are things going for you?
At this point, a lot of people give up on their goals and say, "Maybe next year." But I want you to know that it's never too late to make...
Jan 30, 2022
Once you make the decision to start writing, and you do it on a regular basis (hopefully every day), over time you will build up quite a collection of half-baked ideas and unused pieces of material.
It might be blog posts, book chapters, social media posts, podcast material, or in the case of myself, I’m sorry to...
Jan 29, 2022
We've talked about it many times here on the podcast, but it always bears repeating: one of the most powerful skills you can learn is storytelling. We are wired as humans to tell, and to crave, powerful stories.
My guest today is John Bucher. He is a mythologist, writer, and storyteller based out of Hollywood,...
Jan 28, 2022
If you have ever watched behind-the-scenes documentaries for movies, you have probably heard directors talk about the impulse to keep tweaking a movie. Sometimes they will say, “The studio had to come and take the movie away from me.”
What’s this all about? It’s pretty simple, really. When you’re working on a...