Ep. 83: Lightning Bolts and Daisies: Embrace Your Personal Symbol

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Careers, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Sparked by a gift from The Fix actor, Merrin Dungey, Liz has finally discovered her personal symbol: a lightning bolt! Liz and Sarah discuss what personal symbols are and how they inspire people to live up to their full potential. Then they answer a listener question about why Hollywood assistant salaries are so low. This week’s Hollywood Hack is fun and festive: have a work holiday party for your floor or building. Finally, in this week’s Celebrity Sighting, Liz was all a flutter when she and Sarah saw NUMEROUS Bravo celebrities including Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna, and Teddy Mellencamp at the AC2 event. Links: Gift of Podcast: giftofpodcast.com Merrin Dungey: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242257/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Electric Human: https://electrichuman.com/ Randall Winston: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935631/ Tracey Robertson: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732053/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Larry Wilmore: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932831/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Bob Humphreys: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1338122/?ref_=nv_sr_2 Sabrina Wind: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934649/?ref_=nv_sr_1 AC2: http://www.ac2live.com/ Anderson Cooper: https://www.cnn.com/shows/ac-360 Andy Cohen: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169212/ Kyle Richards: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724202/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Teddi Mellencamp: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9487671/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Lisa Rinna: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005362/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Harry Hamlin: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002122/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Jeff Lewis: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2742730/?ref_=nv_sr_2 Photo by Mélody P on Unsplash To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:03.4	Sarah, you know what I just realized?
0:05.5	What?
0:06.3	We have Christmas off.
0:08.6	Oh my God.
0:09.7	This is the first year and how many years when we actually don't have to work on Christmas.
0:15.5	More New Years.
0:16.5	I mean, I literally cannot remember the last time we didn't work over the holidays.
0:21.3	I plan to like seriously enjoy myself.
0:25.4	I'm going to relax my ass off.
0:31.0	Hi and welcome to Happier and Hollywood.
0:35.5	The podcast about how to be happier, healthier, saner, more creative, more successful, and more productive
0:42.0	and a backbiting superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.
0:48.0	I'm Liz Craft, a TV writer and producer, living in LA.
0:51.5	And with me is my high school friend and writing partner of 18 years.
0:55.2	Sarah.
0:56.5	That's me, Sarah Fane.
0:58.0	On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career and friendship
1:02.5	and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles.
1:06.2	In this episode, we'll discuss our personal symbols and why it's a good idea to have one.
1:11.0	We'll also answer a listener question about Hollywood assistance salaries.
1:15.3	And we've got a festive holiday Hollywood hack.
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