How I found a bridge from my passion to my purpose. Interview with creative and entrepreneur Anne Alexander-Sieder

 This is an episode for all creatives, anyone trying to find their passion, and anyone wanting to here more about how you can sustain an income while pursuing your passion.  Anne Alexander-Sieder, an actress currently featured in A Heidelberg Holiday on Netflix, shares her adventures throughout her career journey in the entertainment industry. She discusses how she got back into acting later in life, moving from a successful voiceover and presenting career to relaunching her on-screen acting career after raising a family. Anne emphasizes the importance of adaptability, entrepreneurial thinking, and self-driven opportunities. To help relaunch her acting career again later in life and bridge the gap of inactivity -  she discovered how to curate experts and coaches and craft workshops locally.  The workshops she crafted, and now helps others craft, serve to (1) bring top-tier acting coaches to her\you locally to help brush up on acting skills, (2) earn income, (3) build community, and (4) network on a completely different level.  Anne also speaks about how fear and limiting beliefs can hinder progress and how actively pursuing one's curiosity can lead to unexpected opportunities.  You can find out more about how Anne helps actors, and other creatives, take control over their careers and use workshops to master skills across a variety of topics like acting, art, furniture rehab, cake decoration, etc..., all while earning an income at Act-Bold.com. 

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Key Takeaways

• Curiosity Leads to Passion – If you don’t have a burning passion, follow your curiosities and take action. They often lead to unexpected career opportunities.
• Entrepreneurial Thinking Enhances Creativity – Anne built a business by organizing workshops, allowing her to train and make money at the same time.
• Fear Never Disappears, But You Can Control It – Fear often sounds like logic, but taking action is the only way to build confidence.
• Community is Key – Building relationships in your industry opens doors and provides support through career transitions.
• AI is Changing the Creative Industry – The entertainment field is being reshaped by AI, making it crucial for actors and creatives to find unique, irreplaceable human skills.

Chapters

02:46 Target audience description
03:44 Job role description
04:28 Anne’s career journey
16:31 using workshops to brush back up on acting skills
17:48 The role of curiosity
19:18 How to find your curiosity
21:25 Anne’s multifaceted life roles
22:30 work-life-balance
24:44 Entrepreneurship
26:30 Adaptability
28:02 Misconceptions about creative roles
28:34 Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
30:24 Using workshops to meet needs
39:47 Mentorship
42:17 Education
43:33 AI impact in the creative space
48:46 the importance of community and connections
50:12 how to discover your passion
51:27 Income as an actor
54:43 Act-Bold.com workshop walkthrough
56:25 what would you do different and how to deal with fear

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