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NOteworthy Quote of the Month |
"When you fail, the biggest hurdle is rejection. Any business you start, be ready for it. The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is the successful people do all the
things the unsuccessful people don't want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your face, go to door number 11 enthusiastically, with a smile on your face."
- John Paul DeJoria, co-founder of Paul Mitchell and The Patron Spirits Company. |
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| This Month's Trivia Question |
Despite being thought of as "Hollywood blockbusters" - what major successful film series is technically "independent"? Think you kNOw? Find out below!
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| This Month's NOtivational Article |
I Threw a Total Screaming Fit After Calling George Lucas
by Andrea Waltz
One of my silly childhood stories is about the time that, around the age of 8, I called George Lucas. You see, I was convinced that I would be a terrific partner for him. I wanted to be a movie writer-director just like him and was obsessed with the movie Star Wars. I also had many story ideas including one called 'X-Caribbean Tiger Python' about a tiger-snake creature terrorizing the Amazon jungle.
Anyway... as it turned out, a
family friend had Lucas' office number and gave it to me. I called up and as you might expect, I was not able to get past the gatekeeper. I was not going to get to talk to Mr. Lucas but was told however, a good idea was to join the George Lucas Fan Club (which I did do.)
Fast forward many years and I am teaching people to overcome fear of failure and rejection and this is one of my 'go for no' - go for a BIG 'no' stories. So, over
Christmas visiting with my Mom, we got to talking about this event and she says, "you remember what happened after you called him right?" I said I had no idea. She proceeds to tell me that after I hung up (and got my 'no') that I had the worst screaming, crying fit she'd ever witnessed. Really?! I said. My memory is calmly hanging up, proud of my attempt. "Oh no, you were so upset, I had to slap your cheek just to snap you out of your fit," she said. (She also told me never to share that.)
So apparently selective memory is alive and well and my negative reaction to that rejection was completely over-written by my brain (probably to protect my ego). That said, we all have toxic reactions to getting 'no' but the key is to pick up the pieces and keep moving forward. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go feed my tiger-python.
P.S. I finally did end up making my own movie after all! The 98 minute documentary-style movie is Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There. Visit here to see the details... http://bit.ly/1t3LswQ Richard and I drove around the country interviewing people about the power
of failure, rejection, and using 'go for no' in their lives and their business. So I haven't made a true 'hollywood movie'... well not yet. |
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| Richard & Andrea Recommend... |
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this with Ray and look forward to having you join us!
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| Go for No! News |
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| This Month's Trivia Answer |
All of the "Star Wars" films are true independent films except the first, Star Wars Episode IV. In fact, that script was turned down by every major Hollywood studio and finally (barely) got made by 20th Century Fox which
was convinced it would flop. After it was wildly successful, George Lucas didn't need to get any money from the studios. He got bank loans which he was able to quickly pay off from the film's earnings and then bank rolled the last couple movies from his personal savings. |
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