Does Your Process Make You Stronger? | The Great Acting Blog
Perhaps time is a faulty measurement of progress. Often, we set our most important goals to a time-frame: 'In 2022, I'm going to achieve X, Y and Z...
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The Great Acting Blog: “Contentment Is A Prison”
Once, however, the goal has been accomplished, the structure we created becomes a prison, locking us into a certain loop of thought, clamping us to the new status quo, so much so that we cannot move on to the next thing. Our progress stalls, we...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Use Incremental Progress To Achieve Your Impossible Goals”
It may be that you're in a position whereby you're not going to achieve your big goals anytime soon. It may take years or even decades. Today, those goals may seem impossible to you, you may not be able to see a way through, it's just...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Challenge vs Skill”
Fascinating chart showing how our skill levels and the difficulty of the challenge before us affects our emotional state. If you're suffering from anxiety about your work, then maybe you need to up your skill levels. Or if you've become bored, perhaps it's time to...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “If You Don’t Love It, Don’t Touch It”
If you're going to be picking a goal, it might as well be something you love. Don't think you're making life easier, don't think you'll reduce the stress by picking something you're only luke warm about. Remember that it's going to require long hours of...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Responding To Adversity”
"Remember that it is not he who reviles you or strikes you, who insults you, but it is your opinion about these things as being insulting. When then a man irritates you, you must know that it is your own opinion which has irritated...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Pursue Your Goals With An Iron Will”
On stage, in front of camera, in life, allow nothing to sway you from accomplishing your goals. Ignore the various siren calls around you, ignore the distractions. Remember why you started out on this journey in the first place. Remind yourself of what you set out...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “How Are You Doing?”
Sometimes, how we feel influences how well we think we're doing. But emotions are a poor indicator of our progress, they are liable to lead us up the garden path, and negative emotions can result in destructive decision-making. To measure our progress we need to...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Struggling Does Not Mean You Are Useless”
Struggling in your career does not mean you are useless. No, it means that you're trying to attain a goal which is genuinely challenging to you. It takes you out of your comfort zone and reveals your weaknesses. If you're struggling, don't lose your confidence...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “If Discipline Is A Problem….”
All endeavours contain drudgery and arduous periods. Acting itself contains aspects which are hardly thrilling, but need to be done well if the performance is to be any good - like learning lines for example. And yes, there are times when you need to take a break...
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