by Carole Dean
How often do you brag? I mean say things like, I am really good at directing or I am an excellent writer.
In this industry, you have to be your own PR person.
More importantly, you want to send your information to the “quantum field.” That is the field of all possibilities that Dr. Chopra talks about and Lynn McTaggart in her book, The Field.
So, what can happen?
You will get better and better. Not necessarily as a bragger, but as a director or writer (or whatever your claim may be) Why? Because you will start to believe in you. Keep accentuating the positive and eliminating the negative and your words become manifested. You start to write or direct or act better and you can feel it.
It works. Your art just keeps getting better, ideas come to you from out of left field, and they are brilliant. You are tuned into that radio station I talked about in the Walking Wi Fi blog. You are connected and you know it and you get better and better at your work and your confidence soars.
But what will my friends say?
Honestly, they will probably agree with you either secretly or openly. You are more talented than you think. So brag about it and what if someone says, aren’t you bragging? You can say yes, I am very proud of what I just wrote or directed or the part I played. I did a good job.
It’s contagious.
Your partner may start to do the same thing and you will begin to hear your friends bragging. Just know that you have started something that works. We all feel better about ourselves when things are clicking and we know that we are working with an external force.
This field of infinite possibilities is there for all of us. It’s just a matter of tapping into it. One of the best ways is by bragging. You are sending your vision of who and what you want to be and the field accepts that information, i.e., a good writer, a good director. Sorry, I meant a great writer, a fantastic director.
So, it sends back ideas and confidence and keeps you moving to a higher status. You will attract better jobs and more people will recommend you and want to work with you.
Be braggadocios for a month and see what happens. I dare you!
Carole Dean is president and founder of From the Heart Productions; a 501(c)3 non-
profit that offers the Roy W. Dean Film Grants and fiscal sponsorship for independent filmmakers. She hosts the weekly podcast, The Art of Film Funding, interviewing those involved in all aspects of indie film production. Her new class “How to Fund Your Film” is available on Vimeo on Demand. She is also the author of The Art of Film Funding, 2nd Edition: Alternative Financing Concepts. See IMDB for producing credits
