Alas, another year bites the dust. I am reminded of a new year’s resolution I made this time last year that I’ve since strayed from: brevity! I resolved to keep things brief and get right to the point. 

So, reigniting that resolution, let’s get right into it with a hard question. 

How did 2018 measure up? In other words, how did your career progress compare to your goals? Think about it honestly for a few moments. 

Did you make the kind of progress you wanted to make? Did your progress match your goals, or did you fall insanely short of where you thought you should be at this point in your life? 

One of my mentors constantly reminds me that “next year you will be another year older…” and he usually leaves it open ended like that for my mind to fill in the blanks. This made me realize a long time ago that we can’t approach a new year (or even a new day) with expectations of doing better, without a solid plan in place. 

What I love about ending the year and starting a new one is that I get to measure the progress that our community made through the year and share with you the most powerful strategies of 2018. Check out the one that tops the list here.

If you’ve been with us for the entire year then, you have been exposed to dozens of career changing strategies through the year. Every one of them was carefully vetted and proven to be powerful. 

This special report is the distillation of that, and combined with what I’m going to bribe you with, is about as close to success in pill form as you can get. 

Without further ado, this is The Ultimate Guide to Making 2019 Your Year To Shine! 

He was the epitome of taking “the road less traveled by.” 

He was my acting coach and one of the greatest people you would have ever met. I unfortunately attended his funeral a few years back but I was delighted to see hundreds of people, most of them actors and other industry professionals. 

I have made it my mission to document what I learned from him, so that it will be available for actors everywhere. 

For starters, here’s one of the most important and impactful things I learned… 

Think of the auditions that you’ve been on recently, when you were cast for the role. 

Now think of the auditions you went on but were passed over for someone else. 

What was the difference? 

Was it your performance, did you have an off day, were you truly just “not a fit?” What was the reason that you didn’t win the role? 

Most actors are masterful at justifying why they weren’t cast, but the truth is that if you lay the groundwork you should be cast in every production for which you are castable and audition for. 

I know it sounds like a stretch, so let me explain… 

There are some roles that we all love to play. They are easy to sink your teeth into and run with. 

Unfortunately, they are the least common types of roles around. 

Because “art imitates life”, chances are that 9 times out of 10 you are probably auditioning for roles that are more like the people you run across in everyday life rather than character roles. 

So, even though it’s a lot of fun to work on and prepare for character roles, it is of the upmost importance that you focus on everyday roles first. 

Here’s why… 

We’ve all had “that feeling” during an audition or after delivering a performance: the feeling that we didn’t come off as natural. 

After speaking and working with so many actors, I’ve discovered a common thread to this problem and it’s something most actors never even think about. 

Once you learn about this and start making just a few tweaks to your performance, the believability and relatability of your characters will improve dramatically. 

What were you thankful for this year? In most American households, it’s tradition for us to go around the table and say what we are thankful for. 

Even if this wasn’t a tradition for you, you had to have at least thought of it sometime over the last couple days. 

Something I’ve learned about being thankful is that we’re usually only thankful for things already accomplished. This is problematic because unless you’re thankful for the journey, you might be making the journey much harder and longer than it has to be. 

Here’s what I mean. 

Have you watched a show or a movie, seen a new actor and all of a sudden you see them everywhere? 

How do some actors infiltrate the industry and skyrocket to success overnight, while others struggle to make progress for 20 or 30 years? 

This is what they knew…

There’s something that I have been keeping to myself Grasshopper. 

Not intentionally, I just haven’t told you about it in a while. Coincidentally, it happens to be the most effective strategy for skyrocketing your acting career. 

Why? 

It combines a few of the most effective strategies an actor can deploy.

Growing up, I was very passionate about many things that were usually unwarranted.

I was passionate about my favorite sports teams and would readily debate anyone for hours if they dared to have a difference in opinion.

I was also passionate about silly things like my favorite color (which has changed many times through the years), the coolest car on the road, Pepsi VS Coke, and tons of other stuff that were of little importance.

Like any other kid, my focus was on being a kid.

Sure, I had big dreams and always wanted to get out to Hollywood to pursue them… but that was always something I would do “one day.”

In the small town I grew up in, there were only a few of us that thought this way. Some of us wanted to be actors, others wanted to play professional sports, and some wanted to serve in government on a high level.

There was exactly 1 of us that was actually working towards it and ended up making it big time!

If you are reading this, you have definitely seen her on TV, or while surfing Netflix. You have probably even seen some of her film work too.

When she left town midway through High School, with a Disney deal in hand, it was the talk of the town and everyone kept saying that she was so lucky.

Over the years, I thought about how she was able to achieve so much so quickly.

It wasn’t luck at all and that’s the great news. She only did a couple things masterfully and if you do them too, you can absolutely skyrocket your career!

Here’s how…