Film Motivation

This book is for everyone who's ever wondered if there isn't supposed to be more to life. 130 pages that will leave you inspired, hopeful, energized about life, and filled with calm and clarity. It's about a life-changing evening spent in a small cafe that has three unusual questions on the back of the menu. Why are you here? Do you fear death? Are you fulfilled?

Becoming a director is not just about making a film, webseries, commercial, or music video. The opportunity to direct for television is not a given because you’ve successfully completed a project in another medium. Turning your passion into your profession requires the ability to make transitions at the exact moment a pivot is needed, with creativity and confidence. This book helps directors across all mediums shape their career with targeted anecdotes, worksheets, and other resources, all of which fall into three designated categories: how-to, self-help, and inspiration.

Strikingly glamorous and famously inscrutable, Greta Garbo managed, in 16 short years, to infiltrate America’s subconscious; her decision to suddenly end her film career at the age of 36 only made her more irresistible. Garbo appeared in only 24 movies, yet her impact on the world was rivaled only by Marilyn Monroe. She was a phenomenon, a Sphinx, a myth, but also a Swedish peasant girl, uneducated, naïve, and always on her guard. Acclaimed critic and editor Robert Gottlieb attempts to capture the ever-elusive essence of Garbo through the eyes of others.

Tom Junod’s Esquire profile of Fred Rogers, "Can You Say...Hero?", has been hailed as a classic of magazine writing. Now, his moving story of meeting and observing the beloved host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is the inspiration for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, directed by Marielle Heller and written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster. Here, Junod’s unforgettable piece appears for the first time in audiobook form alongside an inspiring collection of advice and encouragement from Mister Rogers himself.

Every normal human lifespan contains passages that deserve attention, intention, and ritual. This book shows us how we can do that with minimal disruption to our normal lives and without the need for teachers, ministers, or gurus. This isn't a religious book. All beliefs and non-beliefs are welcome. Listeners will leave with practical suggestions for living a more meaningful life each and every moment. Chapters end with a list on "what you need to do now".

Much more than a showbiz memoir, Hot Pants in Hollywood tells of a baby boomer's life on steroids. Susan Silver was one of the first female TV comedy writers with credits like the Mary Tyler Moore Show, Maude, Bob Newhart, among others. From Milwaukee, Susan went on to fame and fortune in Hollywood, had a successful career as one of the first women in TV sitcoms, and reinvented herself in different prominent arenas in New York. Though her story is unique, her life is relatable to all women looking for advice in work or love.

Diet and exercise are both great ways of helping to fortify a healthy being. But neither of these two mundane solutions will ever supersede the power of the human psyche. To put the mind last as a solution in overcoming a physical ailment is indeed the foremost fundamental error that human beings commit during their quest for absolute wellness. If you desire a life full of vitality, you must rid your life of perfunctory thought processes.

It’s not enough to have a great reel and be nice to deal with, if the value of the product you are selling or the service you are delivering is not clearly explained to the client. You have to be able to present the prices of your service offerings in a professional manner and overcome clients’ objections ahead of time. The issue of presenting your prices has raised a healthy argument.

De-a lungul acestor pagini intime, la fel de sincere ca o conversație personală, Stone vorbește despre rolurile sale esențiale, despre prieteniile care i-au schimbat viața, despre cele mai mari dezamăgiri și realizările ei cu adevărat importante. Dezvăluie cum a trecut de la o copilărie plină de traume și violență la o carieră într-o industrie care, în multe privințe, a fost ecoul acelorași agresiuni, sub paravanul banilor și al farmecului.

People from around the world confess their secrets to loved ones and confront those who have harmed them over the years. Hear, in their own words, how a single moment, or a single choice in life, changed them forever. Narrated by Emma Wills, this is the audiobook version of the ongoing website project "How to Tell Anything".