Face Your Fear

 

Fear is a powerful force, and one that can hold you back from reaching your full potential. But fear doesn't have to be a bad thing. If you let fear in and learn from it, you'll be able to overcome the obstacles that keep you from achieving success as a voice actor. This may seem counterintuitive, but when you're afraid of something, whether it's a new genre, emerging technology, or a difficult conversation, you can use that fear as motivation to push yourself beyond your comfort zone. Bosses, you can't grow without fear. Listen up to learn how you can turn what you're most afraid of into positive actions that will transform your voice over career…

 

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>> It’s time to take your business to the next level, the BOSS level! These are the premiere Business Owner Strategies and Successes being utilized by the industry’s top talent today. Rock your business like a BOSS, a VO BOSS! Now let’s welcome your host, Anne Ganguzza.

Anne: Hey hey, everyone, welcome to the VO BOSS Podcast and the Business Superpower series. I'm your host, Anne Ganguzza, and I am so happy to bring back to the show, Lau Lapides. Hey Lau.

Lau: Hey, how are you, Anne?

Anne: I'm doing good, actually. oh, wait, I should start that over because I need like, ooh, .

Lau: Ooh. Are you doing sound effects or no?

Anne: I'm doing sound effects, Lau. I needed sound effects for today's --

Lau: I got one for you. Ready? 

Anne: All right. (breathing sound) What's that?

Lau: You know, that's the serial killer. That's Mike Meyers and all of that. Friday the 13th.

Anne: Oh my God. See, so I don't watch horror films or scary movies.

Lau: Gotcha.

Anne: But what, that actually brings us to a great topic for today since it is near the holiday, the scary, spooky holiday. What scares you? What scares you, BOSSes, and how do you deal with fear? I think that's a really great topic. Lau, I mean, we've talked about fear prior to this, but we haven't really concentrated on it. I am a firm believer that you need to do something scary every single day, in order to grow. 

Lau: I love that. 

Anne: In order to grow.

Lau: That's what the great Eleanor Roosevelt said, right? I do something every day that scares you. I would agree with that. I would definitely agree with that. And if i