Cut out play acting:

Here’s what I dislike about the movie industry.  Their ability to shout ‘cut!’ and do it all over again.  I’m jealous of that.

Imagine having the power to shout ‘cut!’ and to do it over and over until you get it right.  Now that’s the way to deal with your miss-takes.  Did you catch that?  Miss takes.

In real life, you mostly have only one change, one take, to get it right.  Often you don’t even know in advance what the right outcome should be.  After all, you don’t have the benefit of focus groups to design in advance the best outcome or the one that others in your life would prefer.

When you don’t get it right, the trick becomes one of how to re-write your story from this point forward.  So, how do you create a new story starting here and now?

That is the real trick and the true art.  It’s called living, not play acting.

I’m James McIntosh at nonsenseatwork dot com