Mick Hunt discusses how making and self-distributing an early film taught him to gain confidence through execution, raise funds, and pitch work to investors. He argues you need some arrogance to pursue success rather than waiting for passion to strike.
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I helped him to make our first little tiny movie, and I helped to distribute it, self distribute it, get in front of investors, get in front of distributors, get in front of audiences. And ultimately, that was the foundation for me saying, I can do this. I can be a storyteller. I know how to go out, raise a little bit of money, execute a film project, and get it out there to the masses. So I didn't wait for my passion to hit me in the face. And I think too many of us do that now.
Understanding how you tell the story and like, really being a student of you, I just want to tell you thank you. Because that's made me the speaker that I am.
You. You don't have to be a Hollywood filmmaker to understand the need and the value of telling your own story. There is power in telling your own story, but.
You'Ve got to have some healthy arrogance in yourself, man. So I love that I was instantly relatable to that title alone.
That's a question that we have to constantly ask ourselves, because typically, especially in a world where we're all connected digitally, social media is rampant in all our lives. You can begin to doubt how much you deserve success. You can begin to doubt your readiness for success.
