By James Barbour® There is a performance that changed my life forever. Ironically… No one was there to applaud. As performers, entrepreneurs, leaders, and dreamers, we spend much of our lives believing our defining moments happen in front of other people. The standing ovation. The promotion. The sold-out event. The
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Aug
Aug
Clarity in Chaos: Choosing Direction in a Fragmented World
By James Barbour® This summer, people online started calling it the “brain rot summer.” A season without a defining moment, without a unifying song, without the kind of cultural spark that usually ties people together. Instead, it was chaos: fragmented trends, half-remembered throwbacks, and endless scrolling from one thing to
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Apr
Apr
You Don’t Need Permission to Move Forward | James Barbour
You Don’t Need Permission to Move Forward It’s easy to fall into the trap of waiting. Waiting for the plan to be perfect.Waiting for someone to give you the green light.Waiting until the timing feels just right.Waiting for permission. But here’s the truth: You don’t need permission to move forward.
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Jan
Jan
Yesterday
How often do you focus on what happened yesterday? “Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.” – Gautama Buddha Are you holding onto things in the past and allowing them to influence your decisions of today? Learning from the past is
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Dec
Dec
Weekend Warriors
Perhaps because I’ve spend my career in the theatre I’ve never looked at working on the weekends as anything other than normal. Theatrical performers work 6 days a week 365 days year (one day off a week) with one week off every 6 months (should you wish to take that
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Dec
Dec
Some Good News
I think it’s time we start spreading some good news don’t you? Help is a super simple concept yet sometimes hard to do and moreover to accept. Things get in the way of helping, lack of time, lack of money, fear and even pride. But help is something I think
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