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You Don’t Need Permission To Care Or Contribute

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I want you to know that the world needs you.

They need you to act on what you care about, they need you to contribute to causes you believe in, and they need you to do so without asking permission.

Wondering what I mean by that? Let me explain.


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I Figured Out What I Provide: The Onboarding Performers Don’t Get

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I recently read an article about what it’s like to jump from Corporate America to either a startup, working on your own as a freelancer, or some variant that isn’t “working for the man.”

Included in that article were a number of things you’ll encounter that you probably didn’t count on when you were deciding to declare your independence from CubicleLand.

And one of those points made it really clear to me what I do when I’m teaching.


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What A Lovely Thing To Discover: Praise From CourVO

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I always ask the people that come and take my free Getting Started in Voice Over class where they heard about it.

It’s nice to know who’s out there referring people to my class.

And just yesterday, I got a lovely first time answer, and one I didn’t expect.

Link to CourVO’s site: https://courvo.com/2018/12/the-challenge-of-finding-a-worthy-vo-coach.html


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Wait, Vices Can Be Good For Your Health?

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I saw that there was a new book out called The Good Vices, by Harry and Erik Ofgang. And I got excited about what that might entail.

Turns out it’s all about moderation, but when moderated, the things that are supposedly universally bad for you are actually essential to your health.

Here’s what I mean.

Link to The Good Vices: https://vo2gogo.com/get-thegoodvices


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With Royalty Share Plus, ACX Makes Hybrid Stipends Official

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Everything old is new again, right? I’ve been teaching you, in the ACX Masterclass and in VO2GoGo, that you can negotiate a per-finished-hour stipend with your rights holder, in addition to your official royalty share deal.

That separate “hybrid stipend” (something I’ve been calling it since I created it in 2011 and has become an industry term) always had to be negotiated separately, outside ACX, and wasn’t protected by your ACX producer/rights holder contract.

That all ends today, and a beautiful new option is available to you, officially, on ACX.

Link to ACX’s blog post about Royalty Share Plus:
https://blog.acx.com/2019/06/11/negotiate-your-perfect-deal-with-royalty-share-plus/

Link to join the ACX Masterclass 2019 Summer class, starting next week (registration open just until Friday at 9p PT):
https://acxmasterclass.com/


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How Much Is Enough To Make Per Hour?

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We often talk about the challenge of income creation as entrepreneurs, and I hardly ever hear someone talk about how much money is enough.

I do hear a lot of people decrying how much famous actors make, and I wonder where each critic would draw the line between too little and too much. And…how much is just enough.

Everyone’s amount is different, so here’s a simple math equation to help you figure out where to draw your own line.


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Even The Bible (And Game Of Thrones) Has One-Star Reviews

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I share a thought starter every month with my students and clients in our Pro Connect Live sessions, and the classic one shared this month had a current application.

It’s the title of this blog post and video (but the GoT reference was a recent development – and don’t worry, there are no spoilers in this post or video, just in case you’re the last person on Earth who hasn’t yet seen the final season of Game of Thrones).

When the New York Times, the ranking authoritative journalism leader in the US, says in a review that your product is crap…how do you argue with that?

Very easily, it turns out. And you do so in a very healthy and simple way.


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