Happy New Year, my friend. I hope this message finds you as well as can be under the chaotic circumstances we’ve endured the last several …
We survived til ’25. Now what?!
Welp…here we are. It’s the last full work week of 2024 before we drag our lifeless zombie carcasses across the finish line and slowly slip …
The future of Optimize Yourself (a painful lesson in branding)
As I’ve spent the last year watching much of my life completely implode, I’ve had countless reasons to stop and reflect. Two of the most recent …
Have you heard about OpenAI’s Sora yet? (Are we all f*cked?)
Over the last week I’ve had at least half a dozen people anxiously reach out to me regarding the introduction of Sora – the latest generative AI …
Pivot. Pivot! PIVOT!!!
So here we are mid-February, and for almost everyone it’s still… I think we can all agree the global lack of work across the entertainment …
Overcoming “The Paycheck Paradox” (so you can make a living doing what you love)
Welcome to Day 5 of 5 in the series “Cracking the Code to Unlock Your Creative Potential” If after reading you’re inspired to design your …
THE most important relationship to prioritize first (if you don’t want to burn out)
In Part 1 of “Unlocking Your Creative Potential” I shared with you three important questions to help you better understand how you can leverage a …
This is why your résumé disappears into cyberspace (and how to fix it)
In Part 1 of “Unlocking Your Creative Potential” I shared with you three important questions to help you better understand how you can leverage a …
Standing out in this job market is impossible without a strong…
In part 1 of this week’s email series I shared with you the three simple questions to help you optimize your career path: Where can you can …
Why waiting (for work) is no longer working…and where to go from here
It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since the industry slowdown began. Months before the strikes were even official, countless people were already reaching …
Are you playing chess with your career? Or Connect Four?
In Wednesday’s newsletter after sharing the biggest career lie of them all – that we are what we do – I asked the following: If you could …
The biggest career myth (i.e. LIE) of them all…
If you caught Monday’s newsletter, then you already learned about three giant myths we’ve been led to believe about building a successful career: Myth #1: You …
The career myths & lies that led us to the tipping point
Never in a million years did we think last January that a year later we’d still be asking the question, “So…when are the jobs coming back?” …
What to expect in 2024 (and how to prepare)
So on a scale from 1-10… How are you feeling about 2024 so far (and why)? If you’re one of the few fortunate ones who …
The three words that will define me in 2024 (What are your words?)
If you caught Tuesday’s newsletter you already saw the “future reflection” exercise that I do instead of New Year’s resolutions to drastically increase the likelihood I actually …