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NOteworthy Quote of the Month |
"The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can
do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He knows there is no such thing as a fearless warrior or a dread-free artist." - Steven Pressfield |
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| This Month's Trivia Question |
In the 1975 classic horror movie Halloween, the villian Michael Myers was wearing a very creepy mask... but do you know what famous actor that mask was actually modeled from? Think you
kNOw? Find out below! |
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| This Month's NOtivational Article |
Haunted by Failures?by Richard Fenton & Andrea Waltz
Are you
haunted by past failures? It’s something we’ve come to call The Poltergeist Effect, a phenomenon in which people allow themselves to be ‘haunted’ by long-dead and relatively small flubs, flops and failures from their past that, ironically, most other people will never even notice. They are ghosts only we seem to see. And even when people do notice them, these ‘mistakes’ have little to no impact on ultimate failure or success.
The term ‘poltergeist’ is the perfect
description of these past errors that follow us around, long after their time has passed. Described in folklore as a spirit, ghost or troublesome manifestation of an imperceptible entity that haunts a person, poltergeists can scare us into a state of inaction that literally stops us, dead in our tracks.
But what if we could view these pesky memories for what they really are? Memories! Better still, what if we could change these haunting memories into friends we treasure with
pride, rather than pushing them aside in an attempt to hide them from the world? To do that, we must first understand that mistakes and ‘screw ups’ are natural, not supernatural.
Consider the 1982 classic horror film… Poltergeist. According to MovieMistakes.com there are a staggering 73 errors that are clearly visible in the movie. 73!
Yet Poltergeist (produced by one of the
greatest movie-makers of all time, Steven Spielberg) owns the #84 spot on the American Film Institute’s Top 100 Films of all time. Spielberg was also rejected from the University of Southern California Film School three times. In 1994 he was awarded an honorary degree and became a trustee of the university in 1996 then joked; "Since 1980, I've been trying to be associated with this school. I eventually had to buy my way in."
How you view failures can either empower you
or haunt you. But like anything in life that scares you, it is what it is... and your interpretation is all that really matters. Genius has been described as ‘attention to detail.’ Maybe it is. But success in most endeavors doesn’t require ‘genius’… it requires action. No one is perfect so trying stuff... taking action almost always guarantees that you will make miztakes. How you decide to view these mistakes and failures – to be scared and ‘haunted’ by them, or
to embrace them with humor and pride – will ultimately determine your ability to move forward and achieve amazing things. Boo.
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Just in time for Halloween we are releasing our new paranormal suspense series, Onyx Webb on Kickstater. We've actually coined a new
term for our genre of paranormal and we're calling it creep-spiration. Here is our first testimonial:
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So yes, it's creepy, and a bit dark... but with an inspiring message about living life and making every moment matter. We'd love your help and
support! Please visit: http://kck.st/1qSPFQ6
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| This Month's Trivia Answer |
The prop department was on a major budget so they used the cheapest mask they could find in the costume department: a $2 mask of Star Trek (1966) actor William Shatner. They spray painted it white, teased out the hair, and reshaped the creepy eye holes. Shatner never had any
idea and after being told, later said he was honored by the gesture. (Not sure if we'd feel that way!) |
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