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CAREER Money, Power, Status? Try Three Other Ways To Measure Your Success October 31, 2013  By Dave CourvoisierVoice Actor & TV News Anchor Success is one of the most over-burdened, misunderstood, and maligned notions in American culture. The popular - and most unenlightened - definition invariably includes some mention of money, status, or power. It’s unlikely I am going to shake that foundation here. No one really can. Much better writers than I have tried. Money, status and power DO reflect success on many levels, but those marks are just convenient and largely measurable affirmations of success … not very deep or reflective of the work that’s gone into it. So let’s keep money, status, and power in the mix, but I’m going to peel back some layers, and mention some other factors that you can legitimately claim as measures of success in voice acting. 1. MEASURE YOUR PROGRESS This is a tough one to define across the entire population of voice actors, but YOU know. You know how much progress you’ve made. So this can only be judged on a personal scale. Remember when you started?…the mic you were using, the questions you had, the environment you were recording in…the auditions you first sent out? Makes you cringe? Then you’ve made progress … maybe a little, maybe a lot, but there’s forward movement to celebrate there, and always room for more progress. Progress is a success marker that can always be depended upon. Today reveals more progress than yesterday. You’re going somewhere, and it’s contributing to your success. 2. ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR AUTHORITY Now you’ve arrived. You understand what it takes to call yourself a "success.” There’s a plan …goals … |
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