Day 103: 17 Minutes to Your Dream: Started reading the script for Rocky [VIDEO]
Today home in Vegas. I went to the park to reading reading the script Rocky. I’m on page 17. Nothing popped out of the script yet. Did you know that Rudy was inspired by Sylvester Stalone’s journey to create Rocky? Live back home in 22 minutes towards my dream. What is Darren doing and why? See 17 Minutes to Your Dream: Day 1 What is Darren doing and why? See 17 Minutes to Your... [Read more]
Day 102: 17 Minutes to Your Dream: A Momentum Day [VIDEO]
Today in Vegas and it’s late and I can barely keep my eyes opened. Finished reading The Peaceful Warrior script. Hear what I thought about this movie. It is filled with wisdom and insight. Check out the video. Live back home in 29 minutes towards my dream. Click to play video and see the progress that was made towards my dream. My whole goal is to inspire you to make daily progress towards your... [Read more]
Stage Time: Ouch! Let’s Wait and See.
Have you ever heard the old Chinese parable about the wise shepherd? It’s inspiring that these universal principles are still reminders we need today. What keeps them so relevant? When I heard a revelation of a friend last week, I searched the internet to find the parable I had heard in a speech years ago. Here’s the version I found: There was an old & wise shepherd who lived in the... [Read more]
Day 101: 17 Minutes to Your Dream: A Momentum Day [VIDEO]
Today I’m back at home in Vegas. Today was a momentum day. Possibly the least exciting day towards your dream. Possibly the most important. Curious what a momentum day is? Continue reading “Day 101: 17 Minutes to Your Dream: A Momentum Day [VIDEO]” » Read More →
Day 100: 17 Minutes to Your Dream: Watched and read more of The Peaceful Warrior
Today I reviewed The Peaceful Warrior. Tony Robbins says about the film, “This film will impact the course of your life forever.” This film was based on true events, which is different from based on a true story. I’m not really sure what the difference is. I love the end when it is coming to conclusion where we see how Dan used to “think” through one of his team mates.... [Read more]
Day 99: 17 Minutes to Your Dream: I started reading the script of The Peaceful Warrior
Today I started reading the script The Peaceful Warrior. Read to page 20. This script seems follow the film exactly. That could be because I have a late version (vs early version) of the script. I love Nick Nolte’s character, Socrates. My goal is to create a film like this. The intention of this film is to change lives. Live back home in Vegas 24 minutes towards my dream. What is Darren doing... [Read more]
Day 97: 17 Minutes to Your Dream: Finished reading The Pursuit of Happyness script
Today read the rest of the script the Pursuit of Happyness. Learned that Chris Gardener had studied bios of famous people. Also discovered the Italian director could barely speak English. Live back home in San Francisco, 27 minutes towards my dream. Click to play video and see the progress that was made towards my dream. My whole goal is to inspire you to make daily progress towards your goal. What... [Read more]
Day 97: 17 Minutes to Your Dream: Comparing The Pursuit of Happyness and the script
Today home in Vegas. Watched the movie The Pursuit of Happyness to compare it to the script. I had some surprises. Watch the video to see what I learned. Bare with me, I’m a little tired and it’s late. I think I confused myself. Live back home in Vegas 1 Hours, 52 minutes towards my dream. Click to play video and see the progress that was made towards my dream. My whole goal is to inspire... [Read more]
Stage Time: Please quit! I did!
As I drove with my new friend, Shashank, to the Chennai, India, airport, I asked him about his speaking topics. He surprised me when he said, “I teach people to quit.” What? In the motivational world, we’ve heard so much about never quitting and not listening to naysayers. But teaching people to quit? He had my attention. Once he explained, it made sense and inspired me to write this... [Read more]
Day 96: 17 Minutes to Your Dream: The structure of Ordinary People
Home in Vegas. Today I watched the movie Ordinary People. My homework from Syd’s book was to study it’s structure. See my notes below: This was the one I was supposed to study based on Syd Field’s book which stars Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland. The structure of Ordinary People: Opens in silence with all the credits then slow pan to an ocean front scene and... [Read more]
