Bruce: May fifth, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” is launching. And that will be premiering on Paramount Plus, and I play the character of Hemmer. Chris: This is the Penny Forward podcast, a show about blind people building bright futures one penny at a time. I’m Chris Peterson. Liz: And I’m Liz Bottner. Chris: We…
Bruce: And I asked one of my mentors at the time, “What school should I go to and how should I follow this career path?” And he said, “At the end of the day, it’s not gonna matter what school you went to. When … When you write a script and it goes across somebody’s…
This week we continued talking about the SMART framework for defining our financial goals. More specifically, we talked about defining measurements that help you to keep track of how you’re progressing toward your objective. Finally, we talked about how to define milestones that make your progress feel so real that you don’t want to stop…
This week we followed up on some concerns brought up on last week’s call about wrestling with “what-ifs” and introduced the “SMART” framework for defining goals. Each member defined a goal and we spent a short time finding a way to make it more specific. Next week we’ll be talking about how to define measurements…
This week’s guest is Star Trek’s first blind actor, Bruce Horak. Bruce is originally from Calgary, Alberta where he trained in theatre and Improvisation. Horak lost over 90% of his eyesight to Retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer. He has worked for over 25 years as an actor, writer, musician, composer, and painter, often creating work which…
Bruce: And I asked one of my mentors at the time, “What school should I go to and how should I follow this career path?” And he said, “At the end of the day, it’s not gonna matter what school you went to. When … When you write a script and it goes across somebody’s…
This week we talked about wrestling with “what-ifs”. When ever we encounter something new, our brains are wired to think about what could go wrong. This is a healthy instinct when we use it productively, but it can often hold us back by making us unreasonably afraid to make a change. We talked about some…
This week’s guest is Star Trek’s first blind actor, Bruce Horak. Bruce is originally from Calgary, Alberta where he trained in theatre and Improvisation. Horak lost over 90% of his eyesight to Retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer. He has worked for over 25 years as an actor, writer, musician, composer, and painter, often creating work which…
Bruce: And I asked one of my mentors at the time, “What school should I go to and how should I follow this career path?” And he said, “At the end of the day, it’s not gonna matter what school you went to. When … When you write a script and it goes across somebody’s…
This week we weren’t able to hold a live group chat because Chris Peterson was flying home from presenting at a conference in Las Vegas. Instead, he recorded this brief message from his hotel room about why saying no can be a powerful tool in achieving our success. To enjoy this content, simply sign up…