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VOICE OVER CAREER Don't Worry About Those Dreaded "How's" ... Focus On Success - Where You Want To Be October 13, 2015  Note: The author presents the 2015 Voice Over Mastery Summit, in Fort Myers, FL, November 20-22, and offers a FREE WEBINAR TONIGHT (October 13) taking you inside the plans for this second annual event featuring training from top industry professionals and networking opportunities. Click here to attend tonight's free webinar.By Randy Thomas Voice Actor, Coach and Author When pursuing your voice acting dreams, be sure to focus on where you want to be - not where you are right now. If you don’t have a picture in your head of what your success will look like, you may never get there. Most of us worry too much about the dreaded hows of life:
"What I say to actors when they say, should I study. I say, yes. What else are you going to do?” Hoffman says. That is it. Studying is the most important thing you can do. So don’t worry about that microphone just yet. Go and study with the people you admire. Study and apply what you learn, and continue to pursue your VO dreams every day. PAINT IN THE DETAILS When your dreams come into focus, paint in some details in your mind's eye and make it all yours. You need to see yourself already there, doing what you love and always having more than enough. For instance:
WHAT'S YOUR DREAM? Maybe for you, that dream is waking the kids in the morning ... feeding them breakfast and taking them to school ... then a workout ... come home, shower and get ready for a day of interpreting copy for all of the clients that you will have - knocking out five auditions a day for your agent and another 10 a day from your other job sources. These feelings of living your dream before it happens will propel you into the life you want. Dream it, see it, and work every day toward that dream - and don’t worry about the hows! That’s when the Universe will show up with the magic and miracles that shift everything into place. So live your dream and use your voice! Break a lip! I mean it. ------------------------ ABOUT RANDY Randy Thomas made history as the first woman to announce The Academy Awards, The Emmy Awards, The SAG Awards, and The AFI Awards, to name a few. As the seven-time announcer of The Oscars, and 17-time Tony announcer, Thomas has been winning accolades and opening doors for female voice artists for over 20 years. For the past nine years she’s been heard daily by millions of people as the iconic voice of CBS Television Distribution’s Entertainment Tonight, one of the most watched entertainment programs in the world. With more than 20 years of experience as a radio personality in New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, and Miami, Thomas has gone on to achieve her dreams as one of the most recognizable voice over artists in the world, as well as co-author of VOICE FOR HIRE: Launch and Maintain a Lucrative Career in Voice-Overs (Watson-Guptill Publications, a division of Random House Inc.). She is also producer of the annual Voice Over Mastery Summit in Fort Myers, FL (this year, held November 20-22). Email: randy@randythomasvo.com Web: www.randythomasvo.com VO Mastery Summit: www.vomastery.com |
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Years ago I also created a vision board-- a collage of images, pictures, and affirmations of your dreams, goals, and things that make you happy.
Here's an interesting article in the Huffington Post on why they work:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-rider/the-scientific-reason-why_b_6392274.html
Thanks for continuing to inspire, Randy!
Debbie
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