Since I enjoyed Judd Apatow’s “Sick In The Head”, a collection of his interviews with famous comedians and celebrities, I decided to pick up the book’s sequel (“Sicker In The Head”) recently.
There’s a lot that can be pulled from the interviews in both books, not just for comics but for coaches, and I’m going to share some of the golden nuggets I took from them over the next few days.
Ok, let’s roll …
Adam Sandler talked about how he chooses his movie roles:
“I get pitched ideas about movies. ‘Hey, such-and-such studio has a movie for you’. They tell me the idea and three sentences in, I can either be like, ‘Whoa, that feels like something, or, I don’t know about that. It’s a gut feeling. It comes from when I was young and what I knew excited me and my friends or what I’d want to see”
He must have ignored this when he agreed to do “Jack and Jill”! But I get his point – if you stop and listen to your gut you’ll avoid clients, partners, and situations that you probably shouldn’t be getting involved with.
Garry Shandler gave his two cents:
“When you’re first starting, it’s just important to be on the stage. It doesn’t matter if people respond, because you just have to get over your stage fright”
I think the same way about the online space. So many coaches hold back because they think they aren’t ready, or are still in “learning mode” (also known as “Analysis Paralysis”), when they should be getting out there daily sharing their message. If you start today, you’ll develop a much thicker skin 30 days from now …
And from Jay Leno:
“Working with an audience is like being an animal trainer. If you go in the ring and you’re a little bit nervous and your hand’s shaking, the animals sense it and they rip you apart. Same thing with audiences. If you get up there and go, ‘Well, hi, everybody … ah, how you doing … ah, ah, ah …,’ people go ‘Get off the stage!’ They’re not gonna laugh. But if you use a little bit of authority and kind of take charge …”
I see this happen with coaches as well, ones who are timid and afraid to put out a powerful message or (gasp!) dare to offer something for sale that others could benefit from. It could be with how they deal with their Facebook groups or their email lists, but it happens across the board in other places too …
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