Furthermore, this website will be drastically changing soon. The company has grown, and the site is going to have different needs in the future. We will still offer great production services include video and audio, and we are going to move towards producing original stories.

We are excited to move forward!

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
–Samuel Butler

Click here to read why you need to learn how to sell.

I have been tweeting a lot about Crossfit recently, and I thought I would post a link to an interview with the founder in order to answer a lot of the curious readers of this blog. I am enamored with the Crossfit workout routine, the philosophy, and the community. I have been doing the workouts for 2 months, and I have no plans of stopping.

Why post about Crossfit, an exercise regimen?

Good question.

Crossfit has been around for over 15 years, but in the last 7 its popularity has grown tremendously. Look at their site, every day a new workout is posted, and look how many comments are on each workout of the day… hundreds! And the workout is free! And there is no one to make sure that you do it. And if there is an exercise posted that you have never done or don’t even know what it is, just click on the exercises link and there are hundreds of videos explaining each exercise in massive detail. For free.

Yet, Crossfit does hold certification seminars, which it charges for… and you can become an affiliate, which costs money.

But overall, Crossfit is one of the best examples of a business using the Internet to combine the benefits of “free” with a way to monetize those free provisions. It is incredible! Plus, they are building a community of people who are absolutely sold out to their program. (Yes, I am one of them.)

Here’s another link to the interview with Coach Glassman.

That’s all I’m saying for now because I want you to read the article. But don’t worry, I have many more thoughts about Crossfit…

Here’s a link to the Crossfit Games.

The Crossfit games crown their winners, “the fittest person on earth”… there’s a marketing genius somewhere around here – how would you like to be called the fittest person on earth?

A YES is not always good.

And a NO is not always bad.

In fact, there are a few things better than a yes…

For instance, if I’m a writer, and I’m going to pitch a story idea, then sure, I’d love to make a sale. Money in the pocket feels great!

But what if I do such a great pitch that I turn everyone into the room into a raving fan. Maybe I don’t even get the job. But if they remember me… if I make a fan… then I just had a huge victory. It will help you. Trust me.

And what about getting a no, but learning something. Failure is just an opportunity to learn. Sometimes you need to work to learn, then to earn.

So, if you ever think it’s all about yes’s and no’s, think again.

If you enjoy Raiders of the Lost Ark, check this out!

Anyone else think this is fascinating?

Produced, written, and directed by Adamo Paolo Cultraro. He chronicled the making of his first feature on dvxuser.com and then put all of the forum posts together in three sections: pre-production, production, and post production. Here’s the link again. I recommend starting with pre-production and reading in order.

The guy has a great story and a fantastic way of living his life. If you want to know how movies really get made, how distribution works, how Brandon Lee died, how to raise $300,000, how to be a better salesman, how to get an agent, and how to hire a name actor without any money… READ THIS!!!

Just remember one thing – “It is a mistake to doubt me.”

The rarest thing in the world is someone who does what they said would do.

Sorry for the short post, but I’m going to go do something right now… something I said would do.

Here’s the link. Let me know what you think.

I hope we never lose sight of one thing. It all began with a mouse.

I just keep thinking of how big DISNEY (the company) is right now. Theme parks, movies, TV, investments, travel, hotels, and everything else. And it all began with a mouse.

How many dreams do you have that are so big you can’t even see how they’re going to be accomplished?

Maybe they need to start with something smaller, like a mouse…

But there’s a part of the story that’s missing.

Michael Eisner, former CEO of Disney, once said:

Walt Disney used to walk around and always say, “I hope we never lose sight of one thing. It all began with a mouse.” Well, here at Disney, we know the truth. It started with a mouse, and a man.

Are we looking for the mouse, or the man? Any thoughts?

The huge room was silent – nobody wanted to miss a word. And then he asked, “What’s the difference between a win and a loss?”

After a moment of silence people started shouting out answers.

The coach responded to each answer as he heard them.

“Good defense!” someone screamed.

“Defense helps a lot, but it’s not the difference,” said the coach.

Another yell, “Rebounding!”

Another answer, “Rebounding is important, and can help you a lot, but that’s not I’m talking about.”

After a few more shouts that were off the mark, the coach relented and just told all of us what he was thinking of.

“The difference between a win and a loss is pretty simple. Don’t complicate it. It’s just one point.”

That exchange has stuck with me because so much of what I have experienced in life has come down to small moments. Such small things separate winning and losing, success and failure. Sometimes it’s scary to think of how many failures I might have had if one thing had been different. But even more scary is how many successes I might have had if I tried one more time, if I spent just a few more hours, if I made one more phone call, if I stayed up just a little later.

Really, the difference between success and failure comes down to one of something.

Anybody know who the coach was…?