I've talked before about "Tee Shirt philosophy". It's the kind of simple, punchy wisdom you can fit on the front of a shirt to help get you through the day. Sometimes we just need a quick reminder when our perfect plans inevitably get punched in the face. When the chaos swirls and the inner critic starts talking, you need a mental shortcut to reset your attitude and focus. So today, I compiled a list. Not a to-do list, though I am a master of making those. This is a list of when I need to find my focus and get back to work: "A goal unwritten and unplanned is a dream. A dream is not real. A goal that is written is a plan. A plan is real." Stop wishing and start mapping out your destination. "Being busy is not the same as being productive. Busy is the enemy." It is incredibly easy to mistake the planning for the doing, but taking a start that equals a draw is just a loss. "The problem isn’t the problem. Our ...
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The Marines called them “Old Bastards” And they’re still the only Army unit to be inducted into the Corps https://youtu.be/fsutbAlvP1E?si=2YHXg2hoOFGV8y0s Hey it’s Chris, You may have been with me awhile, but if you’re new, let’s go over one of my big hairy audacious goals again. A long time ago, I moved to Los Angeles to make movies. I won a couple of awards for comedy shorts, and I pitched a lot of producers while I wrote scripts and knocked on doors and begged. Then life intervened and in this timeline, at least, I went corporate for awhile and small business owner and now… ONE MAN MEDIA COMPANY Where I write books, and make videos and audiobooks for myself. But I hold a not so secret hope in my heart I’m going to make movies (based on my stories) and I keep experimenting with it. I have a project in what I’d call pre-production right now, where I’m storyboarding a script for a brand new story- did you know there were women ...
