I’m not sure why so many people seek out shortcuts to being successful in the field they’re interested in when it’s so obvious there isn’t a shortcut.
“How did you become such a great writer?”
“How did you become such a successful improv actor?”
“How did you become so muscular?”
They read and wrote. They practiced improv on a regular basis. They lifted a lot of weights.
The closest thing to a shortcut you will get is figuring out how to be more passionate than others, more willing to fail than others, more motivated to write, to act, to lift.
There are no shortcuts to being great at some form of art, but there are shortcuts to being more passionate about it.
Stay Positive & Ask How They Got Passionate About Their Practice
Garth Beyer is a Certified Cicerone®, Senior Content Specialist at Encompass Technologies, owner of Garth's Brew Bar and a Madison-based freelance writer.
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