Ep167: A Contract Isn’t Going to Change Our Lives...It’s Up to Us to Create Change | Mastermind Q&A

<p>How many times have you worked on a project that set an impossible schedule and you felt responsible for meeting ridiculous demands? How many times have you met those demands hoping you would be rewarded for the amazing feat you accomplished...only to be asked to do it again tomorrow except faster, better, and cheaper? These situations have unfortunately become the rule instead of the exception which is why I often say that <strong>Hollywood is where yesterday’s miracle becomes today’s expectation.</strong></p><p>Today&#39;s episode is a very candid community Q &amp; A on the topic of setting boundaries and expectations. I gathered my Optimizer coaching &amp; mentorship students to have a frank and honest discussion about the realities we&#39;re facing on the job and how we can take action to ensure that our time &amp; expertise are not being exploited. As daunting as it may seem, change will only happen from the bottom up - we cannot rely on union contracts to set the boundaries for us from the top down (because frankly a lot of the boundaries we need are already in writing, they are just exploited, ignored, and outright abused).</p><p>Change happens one person at a time, but if we’re all going to collectively change the toxic work culture in the entertainment industry, we’ll have to lock arms and do it together - across guilds, crafts, union and non-union alike. This conversation is all about the practical steps we can take to create a better future for ourselves and the next generation of artists, filmmakers, and storytellers who will come after us.</p><h3>Want to Hear More Episodes Like This One?</h3><p><a href="https://optimizeyourself.me/subscribe/" rel="nofollow"><strong>» Click here to subscribe and never miss another episode</strong></a></p><p> </p><h3><strong>Here&#39;s What You&#39;ll Learn:</strong></h3><ul><li>Jeff Castellucio shares a recent story of an unreasonable schedule for a movie he worked on.</li><li>Our thoughts on why unreasonable schedules and deadlines keep happening.</li><li>The inhe