mcqueso
Dear fellow screenwriters,
Years ago my father offered this advice:
"Son, it takes 100 calls, to get 10 prospects, to close 2 sales."
My dad is a 'good ol boy' from Oklahoma (everyone adores my father - for he is *genuine* fellow) - and he was (and still IS with the ladies - at 75 years 'young') the consummate salesman.
So - if you want to *succeed* - you must adopt the salesman's creed (above), learn how to accept rejection (the ratio above *is* 100 to 10 to 2) - and most of all:
How to PERSERVERE.
HOWEVER - and this is from the hysterical "De-Motivaltional" series a friend sent me a while back:
"Winners never quit, and quitters never win - however, if you never win, and never quit - then you are an idiot!"
Yes - there IS a time in which to 'give up' and move on to something different.
It may be you lack the requisite TALENT to succeed, or don't have the contacts or experience *neccessary* to succeed in a particular field.
So - "know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em' - as Kenny Rodgers sang in his famous song, "THE GAMBLER".
Hope this advice helps some of you.
It is advice that I LIVE by.
My father is/was RIGHT - and, I follow my dad's lead *with* this advice!
All the best,
Michael Carr
Film and Write On,
Michael Carr
Director: Telluride and Key West IndieFests
Executive Producer: Queso Productions
tellurideindiefest.com
keywestindiefest.com
quesoproductions.com
Showcasing the best *independent* films and screenplays in the world - high in the mountains, and by the sea!
:thumbs
Years ago my father offered this advice:
"Son, it takes 100 calls, to get 10 prospects, to close 2 sales."
My dad is a 'good ol boy' from Oklahoma (everyone adores my father - for he is *genuine* fellow) - and he was (and still IS with the ladies - at 75 years 'young') the consummate salesman.
So - if you want to *succeed* - you must adopt the salesman's creed (above), learn how to accept rejection (the ratio above *is* 100 to 10 to 2) - and most of all:
How to PERSERVERE.
HOWEVER - and this is from the hysterical "De-Motivaltional" series a friend sent me a while back:
"Winners never quit, and quitters never win - however, if you never win, and never quit - then you are an idiot!"
Yes - there IS a time in which to 'give up' and move on to something different.
It may be you lack the requisite TALENT to succeed, or don't have the contacts or experience *neccessary* to succeed in a particular field.
So - "know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em' - as Kenny Rodgers sang in his famous song, "THE GAMBLER".
Hope this advice helps some of you.
It is advice that I LIVE by.
My father is/was RIGHT - and, I follow my dad's lead *with* this advice!
All the best,
Michael Carr
Film and Write On,
Michael Carr
Director: Telluride and Key West IndieFests
Executive Producer: Queso Productions
tellurideindiefest.com
keywestindiefest.com
quesoproductions.com
Showcasing the best *independent* films and screenplays in the world - high in the mountains, and by the sea!
:thumbs