| | CF Blog | April 3 "No one will believe in you unless you do." --Dr. Ivan Joseph 
Dr. Ivan Joseph is a sports psychologist and Director of Athletics at Ryerson University in Canada. But when he used to be a soccer coach in Graceland, Iowa, the ability he came to most seek in incoming players was confidence. He defines confidence as "the ability or the belief in yourself to accomplish any task no matter the odds, no matter the difficulty, no matter the adversity." It was the most important skill as a player "because without that skill we are useless as a soccer player because when you lose sight of belief in yourself we're done for," Joseph asserts. While some people believe that individuals are simply born with or without bold and assured personalities, Joseph insists that confidence can be trained. Here are five ways he believes anyone can build a winning mentality. Repetition, repetition, repetition Patiently and consistently practicing what you want to excel in is key. Joseph insists, "The problem is we expect to be self-confident, but we can't be unless the skill or the task we're doing is not novel--is not new to us. We want to be in the situation where we've had so much pressure...--because pressure builds diamonds--we want to be in the situation where, 'Hey, I've done this a thousand times..." It's crucial to overcome the human tendency to avoid tasks that we believe we're failing at. He states, "Practice, practice, practice. And do not accept failure." Self-Affirmation Self-affirmation starts by stopping yourself when you notice you're having a negative inner dialogue. Next, convert your thoughts and words to positive ones that acknowledge the full credit you deserve. Because our thoughts affect our actions, he likes repeat the following manta: "I am the captain of my ship and the master of my fate." For Joseph believes, "If I don't say it, if I don't believe it, READ MORE>>> | | Selected Direct Submit Roles This Week | | Feature Film | Norte Toby, a boy genius and mathematical engineering prodigy, has settled into his life off the grid, away from the bustle of his former life. Commercial | Denny's Angry home Owner, catches kids in his pool. Commercial | Ford confident professional female, career driven, who spends a lot of time working at her mid level corporate job. She often works away from home, which is difficult, but a sacrifice she is willing to make because she loves her job. Commercial | Google Home Family should be healthy and attractive & FUN but not supermodels, no one too edgy or hipster - Real authentic families!!! Commercial | Geico Looking for Jack Black style energy - comics/ improvisers. (doesn't have to be that look but that energy). Feature Film | Almanac Supporting. Emotionally unavailable, quiet, hardened worn-out farmer watching his fear of losing everything he's built come true. Music Video | Dating Music Video Be funny, smart, uninhibited, candid, radiant and fun to be around. Should be comfortable in a swim suit. Commercial | Microsoft Young female DESIGNER we see outdoors in an urban park on a 2-in-1 tablet device that she's just flipped. | CF Blog | March 31 Jennifer Lawrence is quite a success story. At the age of 26 she's already been nominated for four Oscars, taking home one for her performance in Silver Lining's Playbook; the star's films have grossed over $5.5 billion dollars worldwide; her role as The Hunger Games' Katniss Everdeen has earned her the title of the highest grossing action heroine with the Guinness World Records; she's appeared in Time's 100 most influential people in the world; and her charitable organization, the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation has donated millions of dollars to numerous organizations helping children. 
This Top 10 Rules for Success video is a compilation of interviews from over the years in which Lawrence speaks about some of her personal philosophies that guide her in life. Here are three of the philosophies mentioned. Don't consider failure "I've always had this really gross, dangerous mentality of no consideration of failure," she starts off. "If I want something I just go until I get it." Growing up, Jennifer was "tough" like her two older brothers in Kentucky, she wouldn't hesitate to ride untamed horses without a saddle, and was always active in sports. She suffered from social anxiety, but found that it melted away when she performed in church plays and school musicals. By the time she was 14 years old, she felt certain she wanted to pursue acting and convinced her reluctant mom to allow her to move to New York. "I knew, I felt so strongly. It feels insane to be a teenager and know. I knew [pursuing acting] was the right thing to do, that it was going to work out," she reflected. "It was like this fire and also this like--I just knew it, so I eventually saved up babysitting money and went and did it." She also graduated from high school two years early to begin acting. Work very hard at the business aspect of acting "Without gaining some sort of control over the business, I lose some control over the creative--which is most important. So, I used to stay out of it, 'I don't care. I'm an artist. I don't need it.' But this is my business now....And I respect my business," Lawrence asserts. "I've worked really hard to build this, and I want to continue building it. And it's my business--my personal business. So I don't understand how people do slack." Whether it means to be readily available to her agent or cutting members of her team to make sure she's the one making decisions for her career path, she's on top of the business end of acting. READ MORE>>> | | | | | | |
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