13234: What Would "Winning" Even Look Like?

06/03/25 • 5 min

Hey there, hero!

Unless you count the awards shows and box office (unfairly) as some sort of barometer of our success (please don’t), there really isn’t any sort of leaderboard or all-star ladder for creatives.

Even best-seller lists only judge what’s selling well, not what’s the highest artistic quality.

It’s not a race, right? We tell ourselves (and I tell you from time to time) it’s not a competition. We’re all pulling in the same direction, and helping each other.

And yet, we look at our peers sometimes, and let our brains ponder how they are “ahead of us” or “gaining ground” or “not as good” or “so much better”...and for what?

It’s a false equivalency to be “in competition” for a booking or a commission or even moving forward in the casting process.

We can’t even define what a win is.

So, why not just let go of that, and pursue our joy. Have fun. Create to just create.

How would you know if you won/lost? How can you let go of that very human competitive spirit? Let me know in the comments below.

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Hey there, hero!

Unless you count the awards shows and box office (unfairly) as some sort of barometer of our success (please don’t), there really isn’t any sort of leaderboard or all-star ladder for creatives.

Even best-seller lists only judge what’s selling well, not what’s the highest artistic quality.

It’s not a race, right? We tell ourselves (and I tell you from time to time) it’s not a competition. We’re all pulling in the same direction, and helping each other.

And yet, we look at our peers sometimes, and let our brains ponder how they are “ahead of us” or “gaining ground” or “not as good” or “so much better”...and for what?

It’s a false equivalency to be “in competition” for a booking or a commission or even moving forward in the casting process.

We can’t even define what a win is.

So, why not just let go of that, and pursue our joy. Have fun. Create to just create.

How would you know if you won/lost? How can you let go of that very human competitive spirit? Let me know in the comments below.

REQUEST: Please join this video's conversation and see the full episode on VOHeroes, where the comments are moderated and civil, at https://voheroes.com/what-would-winning-even-look-like/

#Acting #Voice #VoiceOver #Performance #Productivity #Tips #Art #Commerce #Science #Mindset #Success #Process #Options #BestPractices #Marketing

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13233: How Much Do You Want To Know?

Hey there, hero!

Sometimes I feel like my cup overfloweth.

There’s no end to what you can learn about our business, and our world, and life.

And there’s more knowledge flowing in all the time.

Do you have the energy to stay on top of things? Or are you good? Is your bandwidth stretched to the limit?

Where are you on the “new knowledge” scale? Are you over the whole adding to your personal knowledgebase thing?? Let me know in the comments below.

REQUEST: Please join this video's conversation and see the full episode on VOHeroes, where the comments are moderated and civil, at https://voheroes.com/how-much-do-you-want-to-know/

#Acting #Voice #VoiceOver #Performance #Productivity #Tips #Art #Commerce #Science #Mindset #Success #Process #Options #BestPractices #Marketing