I’m an enormous lover of private growth books– and Steven Covey’s best-selling e book, The 7 Habits of Extremely Efficient Folks, is a superb learn with actionable suggestions.

On this sequence of seven weblog posts, we can be taking Steven’s rules, and breaking them down into particular motion steps for ACTORS. So let’s head into level #1.

1. BE PROACTIVE

So many actors are ready for his or her appearing profession to occur to them. For the cellphone name, e-mail, alternative, agent or connection to simply fall out of the sky and into their lap. Whereas actually there are some freak success tales of those proper place proper time situations, any actor who’s SERIOUS about their success shouldn’t EVER put all their eggs in woman luck’s basket.

It’s strongly steered that actors take an ACTIVE method to alternatives. So what does that imply? Effectively listed here are just a few concepts.

Search/analysis job alternatives. I recommend that actors do common “workplace hours” the place they’ll look on-line for audition postings and apply straight, do agent analysis and outreach, construct new contacts, and get an excellent understanding of what’s occurring proper now within the business to be forward of any curves and tendencies. That is vital to do as commonly as potential to keep away from the duty being an excessive amount of of a behemoth. While you test the casting web sites commonly, you will have much less to sift by means of and the method is definitely faster.

Produce Your Personal Work. Don’t await the cellphone to ring. Pull collectively your individual studying, one-woman present, quick movie, monologue slam– something! Work tends to create work. Fill in your profession blanks with tasks that excite and encourage you, enable you to construct connections and apply your craft.

Construct ACTIVE relationships. Observe-up with folks. Help what they’re doing. Spend time constructing precious connections and relationships. Pay particular consideration to the kind of folks you’re spending probably the most time with!

Hold a “driver” mindset. It’s about YOU and what YOU are doing. No blame recreation in your agent, the market, the world’s circumstances and so on. Deal with what YOU can do and what YOU can management. Any power spent on blaming or excuses by no means booked anybody a job. Cease letting these adverse issues dominate your ideas and phrases. Always drive your individual “automotive”.

Motion over Response. Spend extra time specializing in what you need moderately than reacting to all the pieces the skin world is throwing at you. It’s straightforward to get distracted and fall off the trail to your objectives by making an attempt to concentrate to all the pieces directly. Take accountability for what you need in your profession and your outcomes. Prioritize the motion steps that transfer your needle ahead over the busy work of life.

Colleen Finnegan Kahl is an completed Theatre Arts Educator, creator of this text, and President of Actors Connection. Colleen is an skilled serving to aspiring actors put together for casting calls, discover an agent, and optimize their appearing coaching for theater and tv.

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