28 JAN 2024 · The Discoverability Problem in freelancing terms ultimately boils down to how effectively a freelancer can make themselves known and appealing in an environment where clients have a plethora of options. OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FilmProProdPod FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/filmproproductivity CONTACT: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/contact INDIE FILM HUSTLE: https://indiefilmhustle.com/ifh-podcast-network-filmmaking-and-screenwriting/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqo0Zld2Lm2lJDpDh3GsuZg QUOTES: - If you don't get noticed, you don't have anything. You just have to be noticed, but the art is in getting noticed naturally, without screaming or without tricks. Leo Burnett - Findability precedes usability. In the alphabet and on the Web. You can’t use what you can’t find. Peter Morville - Networking is simply the cultivating of mutually beneficial, give-and-take, win-win relationships. It works best, however, when emphasizing the "give" part. Bob Burg - Formula for success: underpromise and over-deliver. Tom Peters - Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas A. Edison EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Kris Sommerville of Frontline Kit UK. Uniform hire for TV and film. http://www.frontlinekituk.com Frontline Kit UK Premier police kit and uniform clothing provider. THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY: The Scarescotland Talent Agency. Scarescotland Talent Agency provides uniquely talented performers to the film, television, and Live action industry. Including creature actors, stand-ins, and classic horror characters for events. http://www.scarescotland.co.uk Thanks: - A Himitsu Music: Adventures by A Himitsu - Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... - Music released by Argofox https://www.youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE - Music provided by Audio Library https://www.youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8 ––– - Contact the artist: https://gmail.com - https://www.facebook.com/ahimitsuhttps:/www.twitter.com/ahimitsu1 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFwu-j5-xNJml2FtTrrB3A

21 JAN 2024 · Today I have three more pieces of advice for you to ponder and learn from. - A RISK IS THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR AN OPPORTUNITY - STOP AND SMELL THE FLOWERS - PROBLEMS BELONG IN THE PROCESS OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FilmProProdPod FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/filmproproductivity CONTACT: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/contact INDIE FILM HUSTLE: https://indiefilmhustle.com/ifh-podcast-network-filmmaking-and-screenwriting/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqo0Zld2Lm2lJDpDh3GsuZg QUOTES: - Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it. Agatha Christie - Act as if success is certain. Price Pritchett - If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. Jim Rohn - I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees. Henry David Thoreau - Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson - Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. Ralph Waldo Emerson - Progress is made by trial and failure; the failures are generally a hundred times more numerous than the successes; yet they are usually left unchronicled. William Ramsay - Problems are guidelines, not stop signs! Robert H. Schuller - Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success. Arianna Huffington EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Kris Sommerville of Frontline Kit UK. Uniform hire for TV and film. http://www.frontlinekituk.com Frontline Kit UK Premier police kit and uniform clothing provider. THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY: The Scarescotland Talent Agency. Scarescotland Talent Agency provides uniquely talented performers to the film, television, and Live action industry. Including creature actors, stand-ins, and classic horror characters for events. http://www.scarescotland.co.uk Thanks: - A Himitsu Music: Adventures by A Himitsu - Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... - Music released by Argofox https://www.youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE - Music provided by Audio Library https://www.youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8 ––– - Contact the artist: https://gmail.com - https://www.facebook.com/ahimitsuhttps:/www.twitter.com/ahimitsu1 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFwu-j5-xNJml2FtTrrB3A

14 JAN 2024 · This episode explores the concept of THE FCUKWIT FACTOR - when someone that you believe to be competent takes on a given task, and not only messes it up but drags you down with them. OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FilmProProdPod FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/filmproproductivity CONTACT: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/contact INDIE FILM HUSTLE: https://indiefilmhustle.com/ifh-podcast-network-filmmaking-and-screenwriting/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqo0Zld2Lm2lJDpDh3GsuZg QUOTES: - Sometimes I feel that the world is made up of sensible people who know the plot and bloody idiots who don't. Terry Pratchett - No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot. Mark Twain - The worst kind of idiot is the one who doesn't think they're an idiot. Jeff Garlin - There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot. Scott Adams - Hire slowly and fire fast. Ronnie Apteker - Who's the bigger idiot, the idiot or the idiot who gets fooled by the idiot? Woody Allen EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Kris Sommerville of Frontline Kit UK. Uniform hire for TV and film. http://www.frontlinekituk.com Frontline Kit UK Premier police kit and uniform clothing provider. THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY: The McCommitments - The Scottish Saviours of Soul. Celebrating the music from the multimillion-selling soundtrack to the iconic Alan Parker movie "The Commitments". The McCommitments keep the soul of The Commitments alive with an 11-piece band smashing out classic soul hits such as In The Midnight Hour, Try A Little Tenderness, Take Me to the River, Hard To Handle, and of course.....Mustang Sally [and more.] The McCommitments are available to play shows all across Scotland and beyond delivering a high-energy 2 hours of soul music that will have audiences going and dancing. Available for corporate events, social clubs, charity events, and theatres. - http://www.themccommitnents.co.uk - https://instagram.com/the_mccommitments_soul?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==: @the_mccommitments_soul - https://m.facebook.com/TheMcCommitments/ Thanks: - A Himitsu Music: Adventures by A Himitsu - Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... - Music released by Argofox https://www.youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE - Music provided by Audio Library https://www.youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8 ––– - Contact the artist: https://gmail.com - https://www.facebook.com/ahimitsuhttps:/www.twitter.com/ahimitsu1 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFwu-j5-xNJml2FtTrrB3A

7 JAN 2024 · KIDLIN’S LAW states that “A problem well stated is half resolved.” I only heard about it recently, but it’s a good one and it’s one that helped me to sort out a lot of difficult planning recently. A valuable episode if you are trying to sort out your thoughts. OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FilmProProdPod FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/filmproproductivity CONTACT: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/contact INDIE FILM HUSTLE: https://indiefilmhustle.com/ifh-podcast-network-filmmaking-and-screenwriting/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqo0Zld2Lm2lJDpDh3GsuZg QUOTES: - Creativity can solve almost any problem. George Lois - A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. Albert Einstein - I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and only five minutes finding the solution. Albert Einstein EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Kris Sommerville of Frontline Kit UK. Uniform hire for TV and film. http://www.frontlinekituk.com Frontline Kit UK Premier police kit and uniform clothing provider. THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY: The McCommitments - The Scottish Saviours of Soul. Celebrating the music from the multimillion-selling soundtrack to the iconic Alan Parker movie "The Commitments". The McCommitments keep the soul of The Commitments alive with an 11-piece band smashing out classic soul hits such as In The Midnight Hour, Try A Little Tenderness, Take Me to the River, Hard To Handle, and of course.....Mustang Sally [and more.] The McCommitments are available to play shows all across Scotland and beyond delivering a high-energy 2 hours of soul music that will have audiences going and dancing. Available for corporate events, social clubs, charity events, and theatres. - http://www.themccommitnents.co.uk - https://instagram.com/the_mccommitments_soul?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==: @the_mccommitments_soul - https://m.facebook.com/TheMcCommitments/ Thanks: - A Himitsu Music: Adventures by A Himitsu - Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... - Music released by Argofox https://www.youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE - Music provided by Audio Library https://www.youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8 ––– - Contact the artist: https://gmail.com - https://www.facebook.com/ahimitsuhttps:/www.twitter.com/ahimitsu1 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFwu-j5-xNJml2FtTrrB3A

31 DEC 2023 · In celebration of our 150th episode, I’m diving into the power of positive thinking and why it matters if you are to find success. OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FilmProProdPod FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/filmproproductivity CONTACT: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/contact INDIE FILM HUSTLE: https://indiefilmhustle.com/ifh-podcast-network-filmmaking-and-screenwriting/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqo0Zld2Lm2lJDpDh3GsuZg QUOTES: - Choose not to be harmed, and you won't feel harmed. Don't feel harmed, and you haven't been. Marcus Aurelius - My motto is water off a duck's back. Meaning: don't let negativity weigh you down, perpetuate positive thinking. Jinkx Monsoon - You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind. Joyce Meyer - Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. Willie Nelson - Don't respond to negativity with more negativity. Just put your head down and prove your critics wrong. Frank Sinatra - In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. Lee Lacocca - Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day. Dalai Lama - There is a basic law that like attracts like. Negative thinking attracts negative results. Conversely, if a person habitually thinks optimistically and hopefully, his positive thinking sets in motion creative forces - and success instead of eluding him flows toward him. Norman Vincent Peale - Negativity is cannibalistic. The more you feed it, the bigger and stronger it grows. Bobby Darnell EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Kris Sommerville of Frontline Kit UK. Uniform hire for TV and film. http://www.frontlinekituk.com Frontline Kit UK Premier police kit and uniform clothing provider. THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY: Petra Kolb - - Thanks: A Himitsu Music: Adventures by A Himitsu - Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... - Music released by Argofox https://www.youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE - Music provided by Audio Library https://www.youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8 ––– - Contact the artist: https://gmail.com - https://www.facebook.com/ahimitsuhttps:/www.twitter.com/ahimitsu1 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFwu-j5-xNJml2FtTrrB3A

24 DEC 2023 · In this, the first episode of season 12, I discuss three big lessons that I have learned the hard way during 2023. For a full transcript of this episode please go to the official website. - Cutting your cloth according to your need. - Have a Plan B. - Doubt is what does the most damage. OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FilmProProdPod FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/filmproproductivity CONTACT: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/contact INDIE FILM HUSTLE: https://indiefilmhustle.com/ifh-podcast-network-filmmaking-and-screenwriting/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqo0Zld2Lm2lJDpDh3GsuZg QUOTES: - If you're overwhelmed by the size of a problem, break it down into smaller pieces. Chuck Close · - Every failure is a lesson learned about your strategy. Thomas A. Edison · - The most successful people are those who are good at plan B. James A. Yorke · - Having an environment that is supportive is really important for success. Tory Burch · - If you must doubt something, doubt your limits. Price Pritchett · - Plan B. You've always got to have a Plan B. Sylvester Stallone · - Act as if success is certain. Price Pritchett · - I don't want to be influenced as to what I write in the next book, to hear those voices in my head when I'm writing. The idea of second-guessing your reader is dangerous, trying to please some notional reader looking over your shoulder, instead of just yourself. Maggie O'Farrell · - The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. Bertrand Russell EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Kris Sommerville of Frontline Kit UK. Uniform hire for TV and film. http://www.frontlinekituk.com Frontline Kit UK Premier police kit and uniform clothing provider. THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY: EverydayAthlete Gym in Glasgow Join us at EverydayAthlete Gym in Glasgow and experience the best of CrossFit and Muay Thai training. Our gym is your go-to destination for group fitness classes, personalized training, expert nutrition advice, and authentic Muay Thai instruction. At EverydayAthlete, you'll find a supportive and welcoming community that will inspire you to achieve your fitness goals. For more information, visit our website at http://www.everydayathletegym.com. Let's train together and unleash the everyday athlete in you! - Thanks: A Himitsu Music: Adventures by A Himitsu - Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... - Music released by Argofox https://www.youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE - Music provided by Audio Library https://www.youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8 ––– - Contact the artist: https://gmail.com - https://www.facebook.com/ahimitsuhttps:/www.twitter.com/ahimitsu1 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFwu-j5-xNJml2FtTrrB3A

3 SEP 2023 · Today, in the final show of the season, I feel I need to cover a topic that’s hit so many of my friends and colleagues on social media – Scammers are exploiting the messaging systems on Instagram and Facebook to steal user accounts through various deceptive tactics. For a full transcript of this episode please go to the official website https://www.filmproproductivity.com/ Show links: OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FilmProProdPod FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/filmproproductivity CONTACT: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/contact INDIE FILM HUSTLE: https://indiefilmhustle.com/ifh-podcast-network-filmmaking-and-screenwriting/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqo0Zld2Lm2lJDpDh3GsuZg QUOTES: Who is going to believe a con artist? Everyone, if she is good. Andy Griffith It was the heart of any scam or fiddle -- keep the punter uncertain, or, if he is certain, make him certain of the wrong thing. Terry Pratchett The best, very best scammers will always ask for your advice. This is their favorite technique. It makes them vulnerable. It flatters your ego. James Altucher The fraudster's greatest liability is the certainty that the fraud is too clever to be detected. Louis J. Freeh THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY PETRA KOLB Recommended Podcasts Film THE FILMMAKER'S PODCAST THE CHOOSE FILM PODCAST THE INDIE FILM HUSTLE PODCAST NETWORK Productivity THE PAUL MINORS PODCAST Thanks: A Himitsu Music By: Music by A Himitsu Track: Adventures by A Himitsu https://www.soundcloud.com/a-himitsu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music released by Argofox https://www.youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE Music provided by Audio Library https://www.youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8 Contact the artist: x.jonaz@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/ahimitsuhttps://www.twitter.com/ahimitsu1 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFwu-j5-xNJml2FtTrrB3A

27 AUG 2023 · If using electronic media causes you to have any of the following experiences, it’s a sign that you may need to disconnect. · Depressed mood. · Increased irritability, frustration, or anger. · Feeling insecure. · Loss of sleep or interrupted sleep. · Feeling obligated to consume, respond, react, or check in. If that sounds like you, then listen to this show. For a full transcript of this episode please go to the official website https://www.filmproproductivity.com/ Show links: OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FilmProProdPod FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/filmproproductivity CONTACT: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/contact INDIE FILM HUSTLE: https://indiefilmhustle.com/ifh-podcast-network-filmmaking-and-screenwriting/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqo0Zld2Lm2lJDpDh3GsuZg QUOTES: Things changed when my phone outsmarted me. Once Facebook had a permanent place in my pocket, it became a permanent portal—able to transport me away from my family. Even if we were physically in the same room, I wasn’t necessarily there with them. Facebook was no longer simply a naptime vacation but an all-day form of escapism. Wendy Speake A red flag is if you’re losing interest in being social in person because you’d rather just connect with people online. Kai-Rai Prewitt Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions. Will Smith THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY PETRA KOLB Thanks: A Himitsu Music By: Music by A Himitsu Track: Adventures by A Himitsu https://www.soundcloud.com/a-himitsu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music released by Argofox https://www.youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE Music provided by Audio Library https://www.youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8 Contact the artist: x.jonaz@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/ahimitsuhttps://www.twitter.com/ahimitsu1 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFwu-j5-xNJml2FtTrrB3A

20 AUG 2023 · Cal Newport's book "Deep Work" serves as a counterbalance to the distractions of today's world by providing strategies and principles to reclaim focus, productivity, and meaningful work in an environment characterized by constant interruptions and information overload. For a full transcript of this episode please go to the official website https://www.filmproproductivity.com/ Show links: OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FilmProProdPod FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/filmproproductivity CONTACT: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/contact INDIE FILM HUSTLE: https://indiefilmhustle.com/ifh-podcast-network-filmmaking-and-screenwriting/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqo0Zld2Lm2lJDpDh3GsuZg QUOTES: If you don’t produce, you won’t thrive—no matter how skilled or talented you are. Cal Newport What we choose to focus on and what we choose to ignore—plays in defining the quality of our life. Cal Newport I build my days around a core of carefully chosen deep work, with the shallow activities I absolutely cannot avoid batched into smaller bursts at the peripheries of my schedule. Three to four hours a day, five days a week, of uninterrupted and carefully directed concentration, it turns out, can produce a lot of valuable output. Cal Newport People need to stop thinking about one task in order to fully transition their attention and perform well on another. Yet, results indicate it is difficult for people to transition their attention away from an unfinished task and their subsequent task performance suffers. Cal Newport [Great creative minds] think like artists but work like accountants. Cal Newport Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not. Cal Newport THIS EPISODE WAS SPONSORED BY Scarescotland Talent Agency Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScareScotland Official website: https://www.scarescotland.co.uk/ Thanks: A Himitsu Music By: Music by A Himitsu Track: Adventures by A Himitsu https://www.soundcloud.com/a-himitsu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music released by Argofox https://www.youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE Music provided by Audio Library https://www.youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8 Contact the artist: x.jonaz@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/ahimitsuhttps://www.twitter.com/ahimitsu1 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFwu-j5-xNJml2FtTrrB3A

13 AUG 2023 · The Spotlight Effect is a cognitive bias that often leads us to overestimate the extent to which our actions or perceived flaws are noticed and remembered by others. It's well demonstrated by this quote "You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do." Eleanor Roosevelt For a full transcript of this episode please go to the official website https://www.filmproproductivity.com/ Show links: OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FilmProProdPod FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/filmproproductivity CONTACT: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/contact INDIE FILM HUSTLE: https://indiefilmhustle.com/ifh-podcast-network-filmmaking-and-screenwriting/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqo0Zld2Lm2lJDpDh3GsuZg QUOTES: You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do. Eleanor Roosevelt Self-importance is a trap because the moment we start to think that we actually matter is the moment when things start to go wrong. The truth is that you are supremely unimportant and nothing matters. All of man's striving is for nothing; all effort is wasted. To realize that everything is meaningless is tremendously liberating since it then leaves us completely free to create our own lives and ignore the plans that others have for us. Tom Hodgkinson I am forever grateful that I got some training in the theatre - it reduces performance anxiety. Julia Stiles If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments. Earl Wilson THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY: JV Gibson Photography Official website: http://www.jvgibson.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jvgibsonphoto/ Thanks: A Himitsu Music By: Music by A Himitsu Track: Adventures by A Himitsu https://www.soundcloud.com/a-himitsu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music released by Argofox https://www.youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE Music provided by Audio Library https://www.youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8 Contact the artist: x.jonaz@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/ahimitsuhttps://www.twitter.com/ahimitsu1 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFwu-j5-xNJml2FtTrrB3A