If you want to improve, start a daily practice. Do you want to build skills in something? Want to be a better writer? Painter? Musician? Welder? If you do, start a project. It sounds pedantic, but it’s the truth. Do something daily. Practice again and again. You’ll be amazed at what you achieve. Below, you…
“I don’t believe it.” -Luke Skywalker “That is why you fail.” -Yoda If you’ve been reading Lights, Camera, Wisdom for a while, you know I love Star Wars. In my opinion, The Empire Strikes Back, is the best of the bunch. In it, Han Solo and Princess Leia fall in love, (which made my 13-year-old…
Worried? Why That’s The Least Helpful Thing To Do Lights Camera, Wisdom! “Aren’t you worried?” -James Donovan “Would it do any good?” -Rudolph Abel This snippet of dialogue from the movie Bridge of Spies gives me a fascinating perspective on my overly busy mind. I tend to think in prep-mode. I want to be prepared…
Should You Always Be Closing? In today’s “Lights, Camera, Wisdom!” I’m thinking about a sort of a modification of the quote that Alec Baldwin’s character, Blake, says in Glengarry Glen Ross, the famous one. Basically, he says you should always be closing. No matter what is going on, go for and get the sale. Regardless…
Lights, Camera, Wisdom: Vivir con miedo es vivir a media – This week’s “Lights, Camera, Wisdom!” quote is, “Vivir con miedo es vivir a media.” It means roughly, “To live with fear is to live a life half-lived.” It’s an old Spanish proverb used in one of my favorite movies, Strictly Ballroom. The movie is…
Words, Camera, Action! How beloved movie and TV quotes can spark our creativity, inspire us, and improve our lives. Welcome to a brand new feature on this site. If you know me at all, you know how much I adore movies. Particularly, I love the words characters say. Good screenplay writing will tug at your heart….
I won’t “James Michener” you and talk about how at the beginning of language, people were sitting around bonfires telling stories. Let’s all agree that they did. The oral tradition goes back as far as we do, certainly, and probably further back to the Neanderthals, Early Modern Humans. We tell stories for a variety of…