Steve Martin says forget the agent and networking checklist. Get so good at your craft that people can't ignore you. Consistent small steps compound over time, even when you don't feel like it.
When people ask me, say, "How do you make it in show business?" or whatever, I've said it many years and nobody ever takes note of it because it's not the answer they wanted to hear. What they want to hear is, "Here's how you get an agent, here's how you write a script, here's how you do this, here's—" But I always say, "Be so good they can't ignore you." I just think that if somebody's thinking, "How can I be really good?" people are going to come to you. It's much easier than doing it that way than going to cocktail parties.
Even if it's not 100% your best effort every day, at least making small steps, small strides towards what you're trying to achieve, especially when you don't feel like it. Successful people don't always want to be doing what they're doing, man. Just do stuff every day even when you don't want to. Pays dividends.
How YOU Can Make $15,000 Per Week from ANYWHERE ft. Keenan Stockling Jr | Ep112
