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- Creative Leadership
How Well Do You Know Your Professional Ecosystem?
For media producers, writers, directors, actors, and others in Hollywood, understanding what I call the “professional ecosystem” is absolutely vital…
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Stop Scheduling Meetings Without an Agenda
I took a meeting last week with a guy who’d waited for weeks to see me. Nice guy who wanted to…
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An Unusual Secret to Advance Your Creative Career
I haven’t achieved all my goals in my career, and I’m certainly not as successful as I’d like to be…
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Why Relationships Can Make Or Break Your Career
I’ve often said that in any career path, people skills are just as important as talent. In my experience, more…
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Paul Revere and the Power of Networking
In the book “The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell, he tells the story of Paul Revere and the start of…
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Why You Should Find a Good Mentor
In many ways, the most important advantage a person has in the workplace are relationships. In the past, “networking” was…
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Two Key People to Know If You Travel on Business
Most blog posts like this are about networking, and how to meet very important people. After all, we all think…
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Five Ways To Score A Meeting With Someone Important
We all want to get advice, pitch our ideas, ask for a job, or otherwise meet someone we admire. But…
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How To Get The Attention of Influencers
We’ve all had experiences where we desperately needed to meet someone important to pitch a project, share an idea, or…
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You Create Support By Being Positive, Not Negative
In my twenties I was working for a production company that created prime time TV specials. You find out pretty…
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