How to Know What’s Real and What’s Fake?

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Last night our neighborhood was thick with kids dressed as gumball machines, jellyfish, mermaids, crayons, and super heroes… there was even a spider queen; parents too went all out. One mother completely rocked it as the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland (no it wasn’t me in case you’re wondering)!

But this morning,except for loads of store-bought spider webs covering bushes, there were few signs left that Halloween had once again come and gone. The one night of the year that most of us accept it’s okay to put on a costume and see what it feels like to be someone or something other than ourselves.

As the creator of “The Act As If Technique” and lover of Halloween :), this sparked a question in my mind:

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The Idea Page

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We have hundreds of life-changing ideas coming into our mind throughout the day.  How many do we actually take to heart and act upon?  Maybe one, but probably none.

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Verbal Journaling: Why Talking to Yourself is Good For You!

Talking to yourself is anything but nuts, in fact it’s one of the smartest things you can do!

Instead of keeping all those thoughts rolling around inside of your head, it’s time to let them out!  Verbal journaling a.k.a. talking to yourself, will help you unload, analyze, sort out, decide and simply put: feel better.

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What Marlon Brando Would Have Wanted You to Know

Brando.

Legendary.

Actor.

There was something about Marlon Brando that made us feel as if he understood the human experience better than we did.  It made him mysterious, it made him charismatic, it made him ultimately, iconic.

Brando said: “We couldn’t survive a second if we weren’t able to act.”

THIS IS IMPORTANT

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How to Live Moment-to-Moment

Forget everything…

… Except what you’re doing and where you are at this moment in time.

Moment-to-moment living takes the idea of being present and living in the now to another level. It’s being hyper aware of your current surroundings and super focused on what you’re doing in the moment.

Imagine you’re making a salad, if you’re practicing moment-to-moment living you would pay extremely close attention to tearing the lettuce, washing and cutting the tomatoes, how you’re putting them in the salad bowl… Being this hyper focused pulls you immediately into the present moment so much so that nothing else can enter your brain and I mean nothing!

Why living moment-to-moment matters.

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How to Find Your Super Objective & Why it Matters

We all have a Super Objective.

Super Objective is our emotional life purpose.  It’s also an acting term that describes a character’s ultimate goal, desire or dream.  It’s  the reason behind why we make bold moves (or not); why we choose a particular lifestyle, or relationship or profession; why some of us will do anything to get ahead and why some of us won’t.  The legendary actor and teacher, Konstantin Stanislavsky, defined Super Objective as the spine of an actor’s performance. To his point, I would add it’s the emotional instinct we humans are always looking to achieve.

Why knowing your Super Objective matters.

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