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VOICE OVER CAREER Comfort Zones Will Kill Your Voice Over Career. A Step Outside Might Change Everything For You  By Rob ReedVoice Actor & A Voice Acting Institute Lead Instructor Confession: At the end of the day, I used
to like to sit in my old, comfy recliner in the living room and relax. Then I
realized something! Comfort Zones will kill you. OK, it might not be a recliner for you. But
there IS a place where you go to relax and you are comfortable. It's
your "Comfort Zone." You know what though? As comfortable as it is,
and as good as it feels, nothing PRODUCTIVE ever happens in that chair. Several years ago, this analogy was flushed
out to me during a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital conference in
Memphis. Coach Bill Courtney was the keynote speaker, and he discussed
comfort zones during his address.
Courtney was the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary Undefeated. After hearing his speech, I was inspired to step outside of my own comfort zone. HERE'S WHAT I DID ... I began looking for
opportunities that stretched me.
I hustled like crazy, working my
day job in radio, then at night - instead of plopping down in front of the TV
in my recliner (like I had done all my life) - I would sink myself into voice
acting-related activity. Auditions,
marketing plans, and flushing out my very own brand.
STRETCH YOURSELF EARLY & OFTEN As voice actors, we sometimes get locked into a
comfort zone that causes us to feel one-dimensional in our
voice work, or we become locked into one specific genre of work. When you get out
of your comfort zone and stretch yourself, even just a little bit, you might be
really surprised at what you discover and learn about yourself. When I
chose to 'get out of my comfort zone' and began CREATING from my heart - in a
functional way - my career really took off. Why? Because I took a risk my
gut told me to take.
TAKE THIS CHALLENGE So, I have a challenge for
you. Go outside the lines of what you normally do. Take the risk. Have
fun. Take one step - and stop tolerating the same outcome you keep seeing for
yourself. But don't overthink it, either. Stop being so stubborn – and do
something about it. What are you tolerating? Accept my challenge and get out of your comfort
zone, because taking that one step might be the step that changes everything for you.
---------------- ABOUT ROB Rob Reed is a full-time, 6-figure income voice actor who has spent most of his life behind a microphone. He is also a Lead Instructor at the Voice Acting Institute (VIA), which offers
participants workshops, webinars and other info and tips about the voice over industry. Rob has been ROCKING a 30-year voice,
radio, and multimedia production career that is still going strong.
As a coach, he inspires change and transformation, based on his two
decades of experience in bringing confidence and knowledge to support his
mission as a coach and as a client. His coaching clients range from
semi-established to seasoned pros who are hungry and eager to move to the next
career level. As a team leader, Rob demonstrates a powerful ability to work in
collaboration with his clients to help them capture the ethos of big brand
client expectations.
Rob is a voice of many national brands, including Porsche, Toro Lawn Mowers, Savage Arms, Mercury Marine, Olympia Tools, Federal
Premium Ammunition, Kubota, Toyota and Monsanto, to name a few. His
voice over clients range from radio imaging and automotive to outdoor
clients, for whom he is the rugged "go-to" voice for their brands and products.
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