How do you feel today grasshopper? 

Seriously, how is your day going? The way you answer that question speaks volumes. More on that in a bit… 

We’re living in interesting times. That may just be the understatement of the day. LOL 

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, by now you know that the Kardashian clan is growing. That’s right Khloe is pregnant! Relax, this isn’t TMZ, so we won’t be breaking out the Big Book of Baby Names and thumbing to the letter K. 

There are more important things afoot. 

If you’ve been around Boost My Star for any length of time, you already know that I like to keep negativity as far away as possible. The news app on my iPhone has finally had it catch up to me though! 

(Side note: if you know how to block CNN, FOX, etc. on the app, let me know in the comments below PLEASE!) 

“Rocket Man” is everywhere these days, isn’t he? Far be from it to try and dissect international politics. I have absolutely no interest in doing that, but in my recent news binge I noticed something fascinating. 

If you have a trained eye, you may have noticed it too… 

The people that grab headlines most often are inherently skilled in “Media Optics.” If you think that this has nothing to do with you and your career, guess again. 

Think of it on a different scale. 

Whatever happened to the values of the industry? Whatever happened to the fairness and equality? Instead of spreading love we’re spreading animosity. 

It’s leading us away from unity. It’s feeling like I’m walking on the boulevard of broken dreams. 

There comes a time when we must heed a certain call. When the world comes together as one. We are the industry… 

If this release offends you grasshopper, it’s probably because you know that you’re doing the things I’m describing. 

For most of our careers, we actors tend to operate as a warm body, with the ability to memorize a few lines, for hire. We hang out our “actor’s shingle” and go out hat in hand hoping that someone, somewhere will be so kind as to bestow a role on us. 

Anything will do: one liners, cat food commercials, “you name it, I can do it!” That’s the starving actor’s motto… 

And therein lies the problem! I don’t have to tell you that actors are in one of the most competitive industries in the world. We don’t have the luxury of playing supply or demand, or do we? 

I want to talk about someone that was able to exert total control over the marketplace and force it to bend to his will. 

You know the saying “it’s so ridiculous that it must be true?” That might start running through your head as you read this release, grasshopper.

I want to introduce you to Ben (of course it’s an alias) whom I’ve known very well for over a decade. Not only is he a great friend, he has also been a big part of my career and has played a big role in the careers of many Hollywood A listers.

He’s one of the leading power brokers in the industry, he’s highly respected, and he has a seat at the proverbial table.

What he shared with me shook me to the core.

Remember that scene when Neo unplugged from the Matrix and saw that the world was made up of a bunch of ones and zeros? He saw the agents standing before him, taking shots and bent reality to his will, stopping the bullets in midair. 

With every release, I aim to give you a little taste of that. Every week, I offer you the choice of the red pill or the blue pill. If you are reading this, it’s pretty clear which one you have chosen. 

Now it’s time that you start bending reality to your will, grasshopper. 

Just like Neo, it’s not enough to simply take the red pill and download the information. You too have to act upon it. 

Is there something different about the entertainment industry elite, grasshopper? 

You know I always tell it like it is. No sugarcoating. No fluff… 

Short answer yes there is. Having studied them, to reverse engineer their formula for success, I discovered a secret that none of them really talk about. I don’t blame them and this release is not about “exposing” them. 

The information is out there if you look hard enough. Lucky for you, as a tribe member, I’ve done the digging for you. 

Not only am I going to tell you their secret, I’m also going to tell you exactly how you can duplicate their success, by doing what they have done. 

So without further ado, here’s the secret… 

Anytime you get the opportunity to study the career of an actor with 82 credits to his name (not including recurring roles or characters played over multiple seasons of course), you should pay close attention.

One of the keys to success is to stand on the shoulders of giants and the way to do that is to model what made them successful. We live in the information age…

Stick with me, this is not a tangent. The time we’re living in is a double edged sword.

If you Google “how to become an actor” you will get over 96 Million results. We don’t need more information...we need actionable information. That’s what’s lacking. It’s so easy to go from one blog to the next and pick up tip after tip that gets logged into a mental list of to-dos, most of which never get done.

It’s easy to mistake activity like this for progress. When it comes down to it, the only thing that measures progress is results, and you only get results from the things you do that move the needle: auditioning and being booked.

Having been in the industry for a very long time, I can tell you one of the key differences between actors who never fulfill their dreams and actors who work consistently and build a career they love.

The former always have a lot of “activity” going on and they’re always winging it. As for the latter, they’re engaged in focused activity that moves the needle and produces results. They understand that reshooting your headshot a dozen times or filming glorified B-roll to add to your reel doesn’t make an ounce of difference, if you never get it into someone’s hands.

Also, the successful ones are obsessed with studying patterns of success. Here’s why…

Boom! It’s about to happen Grasshopper!

So much has happened around here over the last few weeks that my head is spinning. We’re seeing the old Hollywood cabal crumble before our eyes. Traditional media is on life support and has begun to openly wage war on their digital counterparts.

There is so much going on behind the scenes that you wouldn’t believe, even if you sat in the studio meetings yourself.

This has opened up a window of opportunity for you to jump through. You now have a second chance to be one of the first movers online.

Here’s what I mean…