INDEX

7-38-55 rule, 71–72

90-10 principle, 154–55

Abbey, Edward, 50

acting, xvi, 82–88

locking it down, 102–5

method acting, 106–7

Adler Group, The, 119

ad-libs, 63–64

age concerns, 95–96

Allen, Woody, 30

alliances, 157–60

anxious, as term, 122–23

arrival time, 36–37

arrogance, fear of, 126

artists, 15–16

audience, rooting for you, 93–95

author-clients, 101

authority, 76–78

“bad luck,” xix, 111, 126

Baisden, Michael, 155

baseball examples, 76–78, 112–15, 148–49

basketball examples, 56, 123–24, 147–49

Beautiful Mind, A (movie), 22

belief of others (getting others to believe you), xix, 48–67

develop a communication shot clock, 56–69

embrace dysfunction, 59–62

find your communication rhythm, 50–52

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