Chris Pratt learned acting by absorbing knowledge from colleagues on set, from Cursed Part 3 through Jurassic World. Evan Carmichael argues that modeling successful people means studying their early moves and consuming their content with full focus, not passively while multitasking.
Good morning, Believe Nation! Today's message is Be a Sponge. Over to you, Chris Pratt.
You know, some jobs you learn by going to college and they give you an education, then you bring that to your work. And some jobs you learn by just being on the job and from Cursed Part 3 on all the way up to Jurassic World, my knowledge of how to be on a set, how to act, and how to handle myself on set and approach work is continuing to grow. I've learned a lot on every job. It would be smart when on a job to be a sponge. Pick somebody and learn from them. I'm getting to the point now where I have more experience than a lot of the people that are on the set, and I'm actually at a point where I can teach other people, so that's pretty cool.
So one of my favorite success principles, things that I love doing is modeling success. One of the fastest ways to accomplish any goal is to find someone who's already done it and go learn from them. See what they did in the early stages where you are at now. What did they do to get to there and how can you apply those strategies to your situation right now? It's one of the fastest ways to grow and the good news is whatever problem you're facing right now, it's already been solved. Somebody's already figured it out. You have to find their story, read their book, watch their video, listen to their interview, go to their presentation, whatever it is, to learn it and then apply it to yourself. And so I love the idea of being a sponge when you're around somebody who's done a lot more. And I think too many people are, you know, breezing through a book and aren't paying attention to the words and it's like, what were in the last 5 pages? I don't remember. And you just keep going on. Or you're watching one of these videos You're watching a top 10 on somebody that you really want to learn from, and you're doing Photoshop or trying to write an article or doing some other computer work while you're trying to listen to this advice. Like, if you really want to learn from that person, shut everything off and focus. It's going to make a big difference. How many of the videos have you watched that were just in the background playing while you're doing something else? And if somebody asks you, hey, what happened in the past 5 minutes? You wouldn't know. So the fact that you have it on in the background, maybe there's a little bit of learning that's happening, but if that's somebody that you really, really want to learn from, then focus. Be a sponge. You know, to get to some of those videos, we've done hours and hours and hours and hours of research. Now, if you don't like the person, you don't like their message, you're not learning from some of the first points, don't keep watching it, right? Move on to something else. But if you have the opportunity to be around Someone who's done something great, absorb it. Too many people are just thinking about what they're doing next or the other responsibilities they have, and you're missing out on a golden opportunity to be able to really learn something to help you in your life, in your business, or whatever goal that you have. So the question of the day today is, I'm curious, how much of this content, how much of my videos are you actively consuming and paying attention to, or just have on in the background? I'm curious. I might be in for a surprise. Leave it in the comments below. I'm gonna join in the discussion. Finally, I want to give a quick shout out to Edwin. Edwin is actually one of our assistants at Toronto Dance Salsa. Edwin, thank you so much for picking up a copy of my book. Really, really, really means a lot to me, bro. So thank you guys again for watching. I believe in you. I hope you continue to believe in yourselves and whatever your one word is. Much love, and I'll see you again tomorrow morning for another shot Ivan Spencer.
