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Commitment is an integral part of our lives. We hear it in our relationships: “Ugh. I wish he’d just commit already.” When an athlete is recruited by schools his decision is called a commitment. When we need to remember something important – in the old days, it was the phone number of our high schoolRead more

Perhaps it should be called “the people’s conundrum” because it’s basically human nature. You finally get what you’ve wanted for a long time and, like any new shiny plaything, once you’ve had it for a while, you get bored and want something else. That’s the nature of desire, and that’s also the trap. At oneRead more

Political science professor, Robert E. Kelly’s interview went viral this week. But probably not for the reasons he was hoping. Sure he’s an intelligent expert who knows a lot about South Korean politics. So, naturally, the BBC invited him on as a guest. In this virtually-dominated world, where everything is photo-shopped ”“ from our absRead more

Do you ever stop to wonder, why you weren’t born into a country governed by a military regime? (Well we’re sort of heading there now!) Or that you aren’t subject to mass hunger or susceptible to an outbreak of a disease pandemic? Currently there is a famine ravaging South Sudan that could affect more thanRead more

Two things to remember on your journey of being an actor. 1) Famous people crash and burn in auditions. All the time. 2) They don’t apologize for it when they do. And neither should you. And as a bonus ”“ for once and for all ”“ stop taking this entire acting thing so damn seriously.Read more

We argue for many things. Our freedom. Our human rights, especially if they seem to be threatened. Affordable healthcare for all. We argue against many things. Donald Trump. His administration. Politicians. Members of Congress who do nothing for their constituents. Bigots and homophobes and all-around haters. We see arguments happening everywhere these days. But theRead more

I often get asked by actors, “What is my homework?” Obviously, if you’re doing a film that takes place in 1917 and is based on a true story of what happened during the Communist Russian Revolution, and you’re playing a famous Bolshevik revolutionary ”“ then duh! of course you’re going to do your homework. ButRead more

If you want to get to where you want to go you have to stop protecting yourself from the unknown. Here’s two ways to get there (in addition to last week’s lesson about the unknown). 1) Give Up the Blame Game. The energy that you give to the things you’re blaming is the energy thatRead more

If you want to get to where you want to go you have to stop protecting yourself from the unknown. It’s scary, I know. But that’s just the physics of life itself. It’s so constructed that it asks us to embrace that which we can’t understand fully unless we go into the place that revealsRead more

  You can see Part 1 of this lesson HERE. 5. Look at how much you’ve grown and accomplished this year. I know it’s hard to believe at times because we engage in this insanely soul-crushing illusion of compare-and- despair-ism that renders us always ineffectual and less than. It might be one of the mostRead more