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The Risky Shadow Careers in the Entertainment Industry
1:15:36 - 1:25:20 (09:43)
The entertainment industry is notorious for its risky, romanticized careers in drugs and alcohol, which often pushes people into taking up low-risk shadow careers of their passion, that could have downsides with none of the benefits. This also applies to some entertainment lawyers who secretly aspire to be writers or directors, and use law as a shadow career.
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Some entertainment lawyers secretly want to be writers or directors, which may explain their choice of career as a shadow career.
1:15:36 - 1:18:16 (02:39)
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Some entertainment lawyers secretly want to be writers or directors, which may explain their choice of career as a shadow career. This could be due to their own unresolved aspirations or trying to follow in the footsteps of their bosses.
ChapterThe Risky Shadow Careers in the Entertainment Industry
Episode#501: Steven Pressfield — How to Overcome Self-Sabotage and Resistance, Routines for Little Successes, and The Hero’s Journey vs. The Artist’s Journey
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The allure of a romanticized risky passion can lead individuals to pursue a shadow career, which carries all the downside risks without any true potential, much like addiction as a metaphor for our actual career.
1:18:16 - 1:20:52 (02:36)
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The allure of a romanticized risky passion can lead individuals to pursue a shadow career, which carries all the downside risks without any true potential, much like addiction as a metaphor for our actual career.
ChapterThe Risky Shadow Careers in the Entertainment Industry
Episode#501: Steven Pressfield — How to Overcome Self-Sabotage and Resistance, Routines for Little Successes, and The Hero’s Journey vs. The Artist’s Journey
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The episode discusses the importance of identifying your own tendency to self-sabotage and resistance and ways to overcome them, including the practice of putting your fears on paper and finding ways to mitigate any potential damage.
1:20:52 - 1:22:34 (01:42)
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The episode discusses the importance of identifying your own tendency to self-sabotage and resistance and ways to overcome them, including the practice of putting your fears on paper and finding ways to mitigate any potential damage. The goal is to get back to rationality and figure out the actual track that will help you achieve your dreams.
ChapterThe Risky Shadow Careers in the Entertainment Industry
Episode#501: Steven Pressfield — How to Overcome Self-Sabotage and Resistance, Routines for Little Successes, and The Hero’s Journey vs. The Artist’s Journey
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The process of creating a character for fiction writing can vary, and sometimes the character feels fully formed from the start.
1:22:34 - 1:25:20 (02:45)
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The process of creating a character for fiction writing can vary, and sometimes the character feels fully formed from the start. In this episode, author Michael Connelly discusses adding a young, vulnerable, and mute girl as a character in his Telamon of Arcadia series.