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CAREER How To Overcome Your Self-Editor: Communicate Authentically, From The Heart February 12, 2019  By Adam LofbommVoice Actor About this time last month, I found myself stuck in the mud.
Wheels spinning, I just couldn't seem make any forward progress on
fleshing out the content for the presentations I'm booked to deliver at
the VO Atlanta conference in March.
My self-editor was on overdrive ...
I had sunk deep into my old, well-worn ruts of perfectionism and impostor syndrome. ENVISIONED THE AUDIENCE ... Fortunately, my dear friend and trusted advisor, Cody Muenster, came along right on cue to help tow me out. Inviting me to close my eyes and envision the audience of my colleagues
in front of me, he asked me what thoughts and feelings came up. In my
mind's eye I scanned a room full of familiar faces and my heart
immediately melted as I felt into how each of them share the very same
struggles as me.
Day after day, they pour energy into countless auditions, knowing that
they'll land one in a hundred, if they're lucky. As solopreneurs, they wear all of the hats … talent,
management, marketing, accounting, human resources, sales. But they
keep showing up, day after day, year after year, grinding away and
putting themselves out there. I just love and admire all those people
for their guts and grit. ... AND PERSPECTIVE SHIFTED My whole perspective shifted.
I don't need to perform or impress them. I need to communicate authentically,
from my heart, that they're not alone in their challenges. That I've
had crappy weeks and months in this business. And that I found some
ways to keep forging ahead and might help them do the same. That's really all most of us want, I think. To know we're not the only
ones. To know there's another way that might work better tomorrow.
With my heart back in service gear, I jolted suddenly out of that rut
and accelerated forward, the words and ideas trailing out behind me once
again. Out of love for my colleagues and community, there's just so
much I want to share.
Now my big challenge is going to be what to leave out.
-------------------- ABOUT ADAM Adam
Lofbomm is a Nashville-based voice actor who brings worlds to life with
words. Since 2006, Adam has had the great fortune to co-create with
some of the brightest and best organizations in the world. Clients like
Adobe, Bayer, Comcast, IBM, Walmart, IKEA, Samsung and Coca-Cola have
entrusted him to tell their story or educate their audience. And out of
his life-long love affair with language and ideas, he shares
concentrated doses of content and reflection in his weekly missive, Sunday Espresso Shot. Email: adam@adamlofbomm.com Web: www.adamlofbomm.com Sunday Espresso Shot blog: https://lofbomm.com/blog |
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