Save Us From Our House
Toronto based General Purpose Pictures producers of the reality TV series, Save Us From Our House, is looking for a life coach to appear on their show.
Last week I was in New York City. I was on my way to client meeting on Thursday when I fell victim to my thoughts as I walked to the 86th and Lexington subway station. I started to think about the day I left my career to start my own company… The thought brought a smile to my face as I whispered, only one more year… They say it takes three years before you can enjoy the fruits of your labour. On October 5th It was exactly two years since I became an Entrepreneur.
I continued to walk to the subway station as I had my final thought before walking into the station, I looked up into the sky and said, “I am thankful for all I have received, I’m thankful for all that I have learned… but I really could use a break right about now.”
My meeting went very well. This was a corporate client. My business partner and I own a consulting company that provides Strategic Sourcing, Project Management and Requirements Gathering services to medium size companies. Based on my meeting, it looks promising that we will close a piece of business in the coming days.
Later that evening when I returned home I checked me email and I found this note: “Hello! I work for a television show shooting in Toronto called “Save Us From Our House.” Currently we are working with a family who has trouble communicating with each other. Too much yelling and not enough listening. We are looking for someone to appear on the show to help them with this problem. If this is something you might be interested in I’d love to talk to you more about it.”
It took me all of one minute to respond to the email. I was so excited – another opportunity to do what I love doing on television. When I spoke to the executive producer on Friday, we chatted briefly about my techniques, she asked me if I had any on-camera experience, I said yes and told her I appeared on Style By Jury.
Just a few months ago I was writing about how I was afraid to be in front of a camera – I toyed with the idea of sending Breakfast Television a request to appear as a guest on the show. Today I’m writing about appearing on a reality TV show.
Do you think the Law Of Attraction has anything to do with this?
Master Life Coach, Toronto native Bruno LoGreco
Its A Wrap
I’m wiped out — six hours for only a minute and a half, maybe two minutes at most of air time. I did my final interview regarding the subject, all was good. I was not intimidated by the camera facing right at me. I spoke acing just to the left of the camera lens.
All and all, it was a successful day, less my less than perfect acting. 
Now I could honestly say, I could never do nor want to do what actors do – not only are they talented, but they have a huge amount of patience.
I’m in one more scene that will be filmed in about three weeks with the subject to look over her assignment and to see what the future holds for her. What I learned tonight that I could bring with me to the next filming is all the directions given to me by the crew, from how to make a statement on tv (they had a word for it – I forgot), what not to wear, and a whole lot more.
Everything we do in life is a learning lesson. This happens to be a big one, but lessons are in everything we do especially in the things we do, or don’t do, that we are hard on ourselves for. I will be honest with you, my heart was thumping earlier today before the crew showed up.
Anyway, that’s it for tonight, just before 10pm and I should already be in bed.
Action
Okay everyone, I’m sitting in my apartment waiting to start shooting. The subject is outside with the host, they are making their way to my unit. I have the slight jitters, but overall I am feeling very confident. I have a basic guideline as to what I will be saying, but other than that, it’s reality. I hope when you all watch the show, you will realize it’s made for tv.
There was once a time I had a HUGE fear of being in front of a camera – today, just like my acrophobia, my fear of cameras will come to pass.
More to come… Bruno
He’s back…
Good morning to everyone, and welcome to the unofficial close of the summer season. Today is September 2nd, the first day of school for many, and my first day back to blogging.
So much has happened since I last posted a blog at the beginning of August. Let me start with my uneventful trip to New York. For those of you who read this blog regularly, you will know that I once feared heights, acrophobia is the correct name. If you recall there was one particular bridge that would put me into a frenzy each time I approached its metal structure. I’m happy to report the last time I crossed the bridge the conversation I had with myself was quite different than past conversations I’ve had about crossing the bridge. The conversation I had with myself on the last trip went something like this: “Remind me why I’m afraid of this bridge… the scenery down below is spectacular. I can’t believe I was afraid to cross this bridge before.”
Although I was not blogging these past three weeks, I was still providing my life coaching services to clients in both Toronto and New York. I find it very interesting how people in Toronto are far different than those in New York. New Yorker’s have a bit more noise in their life, about 3x greater than those living in Toronto. That’s due largely because of the sheer size of New York. New Yorkers prefer therapy, while Torontonians prefer Life Coaches. Why the difference? That is what I will try to explain over the next couple of weeks.
Lots to come in the next couple of days/weeks. New style of writing, new coaching ideas and concepts, new tools to learn how to deal with fears, anxiety and depression among other emotions. Over the next couple of weeks I will be focusing on the Inner Child, Ego and awareness.
Aggressive or Assertive?
Last week I spoke about EMOTIONS. In my post last week I began to explain how all EMOTIONS are all connected with each other, similar to the five pillars: Intellectual, Financial, Spiritual, Physical, and Emotional. Should any ONE of your pillars be off balance, then you can assume the others are off too. It’s like a domino effect.
Do you ever wonder why you have a hard time saying NO? Some days it flows off your tongue while other days it’s the hardest word to get out of your mouth. Why is that? Why is saying NO such a hard word for most people to use? And if we do say NO its followed by a HUGE explanation, a justification of sorts.
Would you be surprised if I told you the reason why you cannot say NO has to do with your level of CONFIDENCE & SELF-WORTH? Of course you’re not surprised. Deep down inside you already knew this, so this post will only serve to confirm what you already know.
What is the difference between Aggression and Assertiveness anyway? AGGRESSION is someone with a hostile or violent behavior or attitude towards another person. Being ASSERTIVE is having and showing a confident and forceful personality.
If you continue to say YES to the things you don’t want to do, you will only continue to to destroy your self-respect. Didn’t I tell you all emotions and feelings are connected? SELF-WORTH, SELF-RESPECT, SELF-ESTEEM the list goes on and on. But for TODAY we will be focusing on being ASSERTIVE.
So the next time you are asked to do something you do not wish to do, just say NO, say NO with authority and leave little to no explanation. Remember, this is YOUR life and if you do not want to do something, It’s your choice not to do it.
Saying NO to the things you don’t want to do in your life will help rebuild your CONFIDENCE and restore your SELF-RESPECT. By saying NO it does not mean you are being aggressive, it just means you’ve decided to stop being a push over and decided to retake control of your life.
QUICK EXERCISE:
1. Write down all the people you have a hard time saying NO to.
2. Write down all the things you do not wish to do that you often say YES to.
3. Practice saying NO, thinking of the people and things you do not want to do.
4. Know the person you want to say NO to, and learn how best to deliver your NO without engaging the other person’s EGO.
Come back soon so we can talk about some of those other emotions that get in your way each day. And if you still want to talk about how to say NO or learn how to deal with your emotions, get some SUPPORT, or check out Life Coach, Toronto native Bruno LoGreco @ www.brunologreco.com – I’m sure he will provide you the SUPPORT you need.
Happy Tuesday!
