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Wait, What? Audacity Records In The Background?!

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Audacity records perfectly, even when you can’t see it working.

In a recent workout, I casually mentioned viewing your scripts on your screen when auditioning, rather than printing them out.

One of my students happily freaked out, and claimed she didn’t even think that was possible.

It is. Here’s how.


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Sooner Or Later, I’m Really Going To Tick You Off

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I get a lot of support and a very small amount of pushback on what I say in these videos.

And most people seem to appreciate the fact that I try really hard to think through the issues and challenges I talk about (and try to help you solve) before I share with you my take on things.

But sooner or later, you and I? We’re going to have a parting of the ways.

It’s inevitable.


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Don’t Waste Your Time: Talk Shows Aren’t Meant To Be Fair

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Confessions of a former talk show host…that’s what this video is all about.

We listen to or watch issue-based talk shows, get some sort of charge from them, become devoted to them, set aside time to continue to consume them.

Yet we completely miss their purpose when we laud shows we find fair and balanced, or criticize those who aim to divide us and prolong the argument.

That’s hardly their purpose. Their actual purpose is to make money. Here’s how they do it.


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Of COURSE You Wonder What Porter’s Five Forces Are. Who Doesn’t?

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OK…I’ll admit it. This video isn’t for everyone, but I found this discovery fascinating.

I read two articles and heard a podcast episode in one 24 hour period that made reference to Porter’s Five Forces.

I’d never heard of that before. I looked it up. It made a lot of things fall into place for me. And it’s something we can all use before we decide to take on a new project.

On Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter%27s_five_forces_analysis


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Regarding Apple’s App Store: Be Careful What You Wish For, Pepper

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There’s been a lot of commentary recently about the US Supreme Court’s decision to allow a lawsuit to proceed, brought by app users, claiming that Apple has a monopoly over what apps are allowed in the App Store.

I guess they do. And I’m really glad about that.

On the other hand, that suit also claims that that monopoly creates unfair pricing of those apps, because Apple takes a 30% commission.

As someone who sells an app through the App Store, I have to say that I find this accusation not only ludicrous, but the argument and remedy more than a bit dangerous to the end user. And we should all be careful what we wish for, as we just might get it.


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What’s Better Than Willpower? Grit.

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I’ve had a few discussions in this video series with you on how to get started, how to keep going, how to make things stick.

What about how to resist the backwards slide? The dropping of great habits? Going for that bagel or doughnut when you’ve sworn off carbs and sugar?

Turns out it’s got a great name: grit. Angela Duckworth wrote a whole book on Grit. And Jessica Stillman, writing in Inc. Magazine, recently listed 10 ways to be gritty and put grit to world-class use.

Link to Inc. article: https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/10-strategies-that-work-better-that-willpower-for-resisting-temptation.html


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