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Monday Motivation from: Les Gaddis
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Know Your “Why”
I want to talk to you today about knowing your why. Not the letter the “y” The question why. Why do you want to make films. Now this is something that’s talked about in business quite often and you maybe thinking “how is this supposed to motivate me” Well if you want to make films because you just think it’s fun than you could potentially be successful in making films, but your why isn’t strong enough. So me, I’ll use me as an example, if someone ask me why do I make films, my answer would be because I have a huge passion for filmmaking. I want to make films that touch and inspire people. I also want to inspire future film-makers through my films and educational content. See know that’s a strong why. And when I realized that about two years ago, that’s when I started my first feature and it just snowballed from that to the blog and podcast.
You have to have passion in order to be a filmmaker because you have to rely on that to get you through projects. Having a lot of energy can only take you so far. If you don’t think you have a strong enough why, dig a little deeper. Take time for yourself and find out if you are truly passionate about film. What about film are you passionate about. One way that I think is helpful in finding out what you are passionate about is looking at what irritates you. Sounds crazy and counter productive but think about it, if something irritates you enough that you want to change it or fix it, that’s another way to find your passion and a reason why you are doing what you are doing. This could apply to film or anything for that matter.