4029: Your Life as a Labor of Love by Eric Teplitz on Living With Purpose

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🗓️ 27 May 2026

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 4029: Eric Teplitz reflects on a powerful lesson from his acting classes: the idea of becoming an “artistic killer” someone who pours wholehearted effort, care, and devotion into their craft. He explores how the most meaningful accomplishments and inspiring creations often come from deep love and dedication, and invites you to approach your own life with that same passion, intentionality, and commitment. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://inspiredlivingblog.wordpress.com/2022/05/12/your-life-as-a-labor-of-love/ Quotes to ponder: “When you put an incredible amount of care and love into something, it shows.” “The undertakings that tend to be the richest and most meaningful to us are the ones we have poured ourselves into.” “An ‘artistic killer’ is, essentially, someone who puts everything they have into their art.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily.
0:02.9	Your Life as a Labor of Love by Eric Teplits of Eric Teplets.com.
0:08.5	And I'm Justin Mollick, your personal narrator.
0:11.0	We're going to get right to it today and start optimizing your life.
0:18.1	Your life as a labor of love by Eric Tepplets of ericteplits.com.
0:24.8	Back in 2001, I took acting classes at a well-regarded studio in Los Angeles. The format of these
0:31.8	classes was scene study. This meant we would work on scenes with acting partners or fellow
0:37.3	students on our own time
0:39.1	outside of class and then present them in class for critique and discussion. The classes were
0:45.4	held in the evening twice a week for four hours or longer at a stretch. The critiques could be
0:51.1	exhaustive and intense. So many different aspects of the art and craft of acting
0:56.6	would come to light via the dissection of our scenes and performances. There was one standout lesson,
1:03.5	though, that I took away from those classes, above all else. It stuck with me for over two decades,
1:09.6	probably because of its applicability to so many
1:11.9	aspects of life outside of the field of acting.
1:15.5	It was the idea of being an artistic killer.
1:19.2	An artistic killer is essentially someone who puts everything they have into their art.
1:24.7	For example, in the context of our class, students put varying degrees of effort and preparation
1:30.6	into the scenes they would stage. When someone went all out, it was obvious. Maybe this meant they
1:37.3	put together elaborate costumes and paid close attention to the physical details of the makeshift set
1:42.9	they created on an otherwise
1:44.2	bare stage. Maybe it meant they had explored so many options of delivery and nuance that they
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