I Don 't Blame People For Harboring

The trick to success is not talent it is passion, nobody is naturally talented enough to be outstanding, the only way to stand out is with practice and the only motivation to practice is passion. A large sum of people does not search for a career that they love, instead they search for a career with a large salary, by choosing the first path people can raise a great deal of money by doing better than the rest.

During the course of a person’s life, a decision is made as to which direction their life should follow. Most people are encouraged by their loved ones to make this choice for themselves. When Kelly Cherry was twelve, she announced to her musically devoted, string quartet violinist parents that she was going to quit piano lessons and become a writer, in response, “[her] mother said that she would rather kill [her] than have [her] turn out like [her] big brother, a beatnik. She ran to the kitchen to get [a] butcher knife” (“Kelly Cherry”). Needless to say, she was not supported in this career path. Throughout the course of her early writing career, she would hear that she “had no talent for writing” (“Kelly Cherry”). Still, she continued to write, occasionally quitting again and again, like a smoker, only to pick it up again (“Kelly Cherry”). Continually she told herself, “You are not a writer” until one day she revised this to, “If you don’t write your books, no one else will” (“Kelly Cherry”).

Cast your eyes towards Hollywood. Notice the thousands of actors attempting to “make it” by bouncing from one audition to the next with headshot and résumé in hand. The amount of desperate thespians is just as abundant if not more in New York, Chicago, London, etc.. As economically aware citizens, they strive for the same goals: work, money, a reason to quit that job at T.G.I. FRIDAY’s. However, as artists, each strives for truth. Before a man, known simply by theatre aficionados as “Stanislavsky”, theatre was somewhat of a spectacle. Somewhere between the eras of Shakespeare and Chekov, actors had lost the ability to act truthfully. For Victorian actors, a hand turned up on the

Immediately after we arrived, I constantly pestered my mother about getting me into the acting industry; eventually she obliged. She put me in a local production of You're A Good Man Charlie Brown. I was primarily focused on having fun, so I forgot one line at the beginning of each performance. It wasn’t a drastic mistake, but it gave me the ambition to work harder in the future. Years later, in my photography class I had to submit a piece to the High School Congressional Art Competition. Initially, I did not believe my piece was strong enough, but my photography teacher urged me to submit it and I placed second in the competition. My photo sat in the Capital building in Washington, D.C. for a year. My creativity and ambition are the two main components that make up who I am. Even though my goal is to become a doctor, I will figure out how to approach it in a creative and fun

As you can see I am not your typical student, but I believe with time comes knowledge, perseverance and curiosity. I recently finished reading “A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life” by Brian Grazer and in it he said, “WE ARE ALL TRAPPED in our own way of thinking, trapped in our own way of relating to people. We get so used to seeing the world our way that we come to think that the world is the way we see it.” I was one of those people that felt that life should be lived a certain way, but my curiosity in film shattered that view. Seeing the recent work of filmmaker Ava DeVernay helped me to understand that women can do it all. My entrepreneurial mindset led me to start a YouTube channel nearly three years ago. I have produced and edited

Throughout my entire life, any adult I have ever talked to has always said to me, “Savannah, as long as you follow your dreams and have your heart invested into whatever you do, you can do anything.” For many years as a child and a pre-teen, I have pondered the meaning of this piece of advice. As I sit in my backyard writing my last essay of my senior year, I finally know what it means.

As a child, desiring to be in the spotlight wasn’t an abnormal thing; however, as children age, the majority begins to take interest in less seemingly trivial occupations. Whereas my peers altered their aspirations to more practical careers such as doctors and lawyers, I nevertheless yearned to be on stage.

The competition for a job in the entertainment industry is intense. There will be a constant struggle to remain relevant and to stand out in my preferred line of work. I will remain determined and focused on consistently producing new music that sets me apart from other artists.

In an industry where there is a long line of hopefuls trying to get a tiny space of the glistening light of stardom Hollywood generously gives to those who would be lucky enough to win a spot, there is no surprising that a genuine flair of talent would come rising in a pool of ordinary artistries. Getting a legit celebrity status means serious and stiff competition. And only those with uniqueness are the only ones that can come successfully above the fold.

Clearly natural talent is an advantage that can help people become successful, however, beyond just the exceptional talent, there are other variables to why others become more successful. A careful reader can observe how important the unification of these variables are and how they lead to a successful future. My goal in this paper is to bring the understanding that success is not just based on talent, but by connecting success with these three points; some people are offered phenomenal opportunities, they put forth a significant amount of time, and they are motivated and supported at a young age.

A delightful envisionment of the future, formed by the optimism within a dreamer, creates a choice more difficult than they have ever faced. Those who aspire to become an actor, a musician, or an artist face the unbearable decision of what path to take in order to reach prosperity. To struggle with the infamous dilemma, “passion or profit,” is a commonality among young adults looking towards the future.

Reality is, in our superficial world, your talent, your true value amounts to nothing unless you find a way to make its face value, its appearance appealing because appearances matter and sometimes it is the only thing that

Here’s a story I tell at all of my corporate training classes and seminars. After graduating from Wagner College in Staten Island, New York in 1982, I was lost. I experienced staggering amounts of difficulty trying to find a job outside of the acting world. My acting skills allowed me to excel and shine in all my job interviews, but in the end everyone told me, “thanks, but no thanks!” Why? Surprisingly, employers were not interested in hiring anyone with a college degree in theatrical arts. Their theory was that when they hire theatre people, they will always quit if offered an acting job. Therefore, I was too much of a risk. This notion never crossed my mind when immediately after graduation I decided not to pursue acting due to my lack of

Rather than motivating Ritchie’s education, his dream to become a director caused him to lose what little focus he had in mainstream education and he was expelled from school at the age of fifteen due to drug related offences. Ritchie’s scorn for formal education extended to media as well: he worried about attending film school or courses as he didn’t want his films to be conditioned by what he learnt. Ritchie’s big fear was that his films would be ‘boring and unwatchable’. Without qualifications, Ritchie spent the next decade working blue-collar jobs; he worked in bars and spent time as a bricklayer, never staying in one profession for long. However it was a lucky break for Ritchie when a friend who directed commercials gave him his first job as a runner, propelling him back towards his dream.

For years I’ve dreamed of pursuing music and art. I knew from a young age that this was the life I wanted for myself, doing something I loved with a purpose of bringing light and hope to others. While I knew it’d be hard, and I might end up a starving Artist, I never felt like my dreams were unattainable. I was confident in dodging going to college and getting any type of degree because I knew my passion was so great it seemed like anything I