Overcoming The Dip, Illustrated: Denis Leary
April 16th, 2009
It's Good to Be King
How many times do you think Denis Leary was told his dreams were too big? How many agents didn’t want to rep him, how many clubs didn’t want to book him? How many friends told him to maybe try something else? How many empty rooms he did stand-up in, how many hecklers he endured? How many pitch meetings were cancelled because the executives thought his career was over, when he knew it had just begun?
Think about that the next time you are watching his critically-acclaimed, long-running FX show, Rescue Me, or reading his best-selling book, Why We Suck. (Good job, Denis!)
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Filed under: college grads, entertainment industry, mid-career professionals, miscellaneous career advice
Tags: career advice, Denis Leary, Rescue Me, seth godin, the dip
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1. Julia Frey | April 23rd, 2009 at 6:35 am
After reading that book I was really inspired to A) have a voice and B) use that voice! His voice is clear and loud and true to him. I didn’t agree with all he had to say and his voice is certainly not my voice, but I find myself remembering to be honest and true to myself. That is what counts, that is what is most important. You can’t bend yourself into knots to make others happy, that will only make you miserable.
And I also think that photo above is so HOT of Denis Leary.
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