On the creative journey, it's easy to get lost, but don't worry, you'll lift up.

Sometimes you just need a creative pep talk.

Hey, you're listening to the Creative Pep Talk podcast on your house, Danny J.

Pizza. The biggest opportunities always seem to go to those who have all the connections.

Do you ever feel like that? Like it's all a game, it's all rigged.

It can feel extremely disheartening if you don't have big connections.

Like what is even the point of trying? I don't have a relative in the business.

I don't have some super connected art professor that can give me the hook up.

I don't even stand a chance at getting any of the biggest roles or any of the biggest jobs.

And I felt like this for the longest time in my own creative practice until I realized that the thing I needed most in my creative practice was never going to come from playing the biggest parts or getting the biggest jobs anyway.

That wasn't even why I was doing this work in the first place.

So if you feel super discouraged by your ability to get the big jobs because you don't have the connections,

I want to flip this thing completely on its head and bring you a practice and a technique that might help you get some of those bigger roles.

Sure, but ultimately deliver on something even better than that.

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