I'm now a LAWYER; Speaking at AFTRA tomorrow night; more great news!

December 6, 2010

Yo Monroe,

All I have to say is that persistence pays off.  Yeah, okay, granted, persistence takes a really long time, but... it does have its upsides.  Here are a few cases in point:

A)  I'M NOW A LAWYER!  Yes, folks, you now know an attorney by the name of Monroe Mann.   After 3 years of intense study, I graduated law school in May, passed the NY/NJ bar exams last month, and was just admitted as an attorney in New Jersey a few weeks ago.  I expect to be admitted to the state of NY as an attorney in mid/late January as well.  And finally, I'm registered to take the California bar exam in February out in Los Angeles and am finishing up my LLM in commercial real estate law.  Bottom line: if you have any legal matters, feel free to bring 'em to me.  I'd be happy to assist you however I can.  Legal Note: I am slowly beginning the transition of Unstoppable Artists into a law firm but the current Unstoppable Artists website is NOT a legal website and has not yet been updated to reflect a law firm; I am currently practicing law under the umbrella of Mann & Mann, Attorneys in Port Chester, New York.  Unstoppable Artists is still a career consulting and coaching firm until further notice.

B) SPEAKING AT AFTRA TOMORROW NIGHT: Come see my first inspirational career seminar as... an attorney!  I am speaking tomorrow night (Tues, Dec 7th, 6 - 8PM) at the radio and television union AFTRA on the subject, "Make Your Own Break; Be Your Own Manager".  I'll be including a lot of new material based on legal concepts I didn't understand or know about before, so... come on down and hear me speak.  It's free, but you must be an AFTRA member.  Get in touch with AFTRA NY for more info.

C) MOTIVATIONAL ROCK ALBUM DONE: I am more than thrilled to report that my full-length rock album entitled, "Monroe Mann -- Get Off Your Ass" was just mastered yesterday, and will be completely done, packaged, and ready for sale in about 3 - 5 weeks.  It is a 30-track CD, and over 80 minutes, with 15 original inspirational songs, and 15 motivational mini-speeches by yours truly.  I will let you know when it's officially available---you're gonna love it.  I really think it sounds great.

D) FEATURE FILM ROUGH CUT ALMOST EDITED: Well, our editor in Los Angeles just finished editing pages 30 - 60 into a basic rough cut of the feature film, "You Can't Kill Stephen King", and we expect a finished first cut by Christmas.  More info soon.

E) STRAWBERRY ONE-ACT FESTIVAL: I am co-producing and acting in an awesome new play written by Arthur S. Brown in the Riant Theater's Strawberry One-Act Festival this February.  Art's play, "Three Smart Fellows" was recently accepted into the festival, and we're having our first rehearsals in a couple of weeks.  FYI, Art also plays the role of 'Dale' in 'You Can't Kill Stephen King'.

E) I AM AGAIN OFF FACEBOOK: For those who haven't yet realized, I have been off Facebook (deactivated) for the last 4 weeks, and I don't think I will be returning---for a whole slough of reasons.  If you need to get in touch with me: email, or phone.  Romp on!  

F) $375 COACHING PROGRAM; $750 TOTAL CAREER MAKEOVER:  I will send out more information about this shortly, but for now, take note: I offer an inspirational and practical 3-week $375 coaching program to help you with your career, life, finances, and dreams; as well as a 5-week $750 program that revamps absolutely everything you are working on in even more detail.  I would love to help you get lots of great things accomplished this coming year, so please, reply or give me a call for more information, or to register.  I look forward to hearing from you!
    
Thanks for reading!  I hope I inspired you in some way.  At the very least, thanks for staying up to date on what's going on in my world. 

TO THE TOP!

No Rules. No Excuses.  No Regrets.

Monroe Mann, Esq., JD, MBA, Master of Entrepreneurship, Guerrilla Marketing Coach
(Admitted to practise law in NJ, NY bar admission pending)
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Monroe Mann's Awesome Summer Update

August 24, 2010

Yo Monroe,

Greetings from the state of Maine!  I'm writing tonight from the set of my feature film, "You Can't Kill Stephen King" (AKA Shush or Die).  It seems like ages since I have written to you folks, and I thought now would be an appropriate time to share some inspiration, and to share a little about that latest in my world.  As always, remember, I'm not bragging... I'm just sharing the vibe baby. 

To start with, here's a quick lesson in persistence for you.  Back in 1994, I starred in the play Equus, playing the role of Alan Strang.  I was 17 years old.  I received (according to the local newspapers) "A standing ovation on stilts to young Monroe Mann, who totally amazing performance belies the fact that this is only his 3rd production, the other two being school plays."  That play and those reviews determined my future: I wanted to act.  And more than that, I wanted to be a movie star.  To star in a feature film.  That was 16 years ago. 

How did it all play out?  Completely unlike how I planned.  And yet, in many ways, even better. 

16 years later, I am writing to you from the set of a feature film.  I co-wrote the script.  Am producing it.  Am co-directing it.  And... I play one of the two male leads.  In the words of Matt Damon in a nice Boston accent: "How do you like them apples?"

Truly, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!  I am doing it!   Or rather... I DID IT!  I am starring in a feature film!  Pretty surreal.  Gotta say.

What did it take to get here?  Oh, now that's where it gets interesting.  Let's see: I probably went on over 200 auditions and callbacks over the years.  I got to a final callback to be Michelle Pfiefer's son in "Deep End of the Ocean"--didn't get cast.  I almost got my band signed to Atlantic Records--didn't get signed.   I did get cast in Swimfan... but... that led no where.  I wrote a romantic comedy about wakeboarding, "In the Wake", found my $5 million investor, got every pro wakeboarder on board, and every wakeboard manufacturer, and was ready to start shooting.  A reality show about my rock band, "Running For Famous" was also in the works with the producers of "Trading Spaces".  And then?  I got deployed to Iraq with the Army. My film fell apart.  The tv show fell apart.  My band fell apart.  My business fell apart.  I then spent a year in a combat zone.  A very long anxiety ridden year.  I got back, and tried to put things back together.  Try as I did, my wakeboarding film just never got back the momentum.  But I did end up writing a few more books, and getting onto the college speaking circuit.  I met a fellow author/speaker Peter Bielagus.  In 2006, I joined Bielagus at Book Expo America in NYC.  He introduced me to some standup comic dude named Ronnie Khalil.  Who would have thought that the following weekend, my friend Graham would bail out on me on my trip to Maine.  Who would have thought that none of my other friends could take his place.  Who would have thought I would end up calling up this guy Ronnie on an awkward whim and inviting him away for a nice quiet weekend at the lake.  haha.  well, I did, and we did.  And that weekend, he and I wrote a horror comedy script about Stephen King.   We did it because we were bored and it was raining.  And we happened to have a copy of Final Draft with us.  Who would have thought that over the next 4 years, he and I would stay in touch and continue refining the script, and bring on a 3rd writer (stephen king expert Bob Madia), and that I would end up getting a Masters of Entrepreneurship, and an MBA, and a law degree, and going to film school, and then starting my OWN film school, and then put it all to good use by raising money for the film, and putting together a team (with Ronnie's help) to actually shoot the film, and end up actually making that film come to life? 

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE WRITING THIS EMAIL TO YOU FROM THE SET OF THAT VERY FILM?  And that we'd be getting interviewed by channel 6 news, Portland Press Herald, Conway Daily Sun, Fangoria Magazine, and the list goes on?  That the feature film I would end up starring in would be one I wrote, produced, and directed?  That I would actually end up having a conversation with Stephen King himself about the film I am shooting about him that I co-wrote?  Um, craziness!

What's the point of all this?  The point is that no matter what, do NOT let your dreams die.  No matter how long it takes.  No matter how much you may have to sacrifice.  I have sacrificed so much for the sake of my dreams.  Many say to me, "Dude, you are running yourself ragged in pursuit of these dreams."  They say it out of concern---but out of their concern for what they think is best for me; not about what is truly best for me.  For me, all we have are our dreams, and as soon as you give up on them, or worse, COMPROMISE or SETTLE ---- whether it's a dream job, a dream girl/guy, or a Barbie dream house --- that's when your soul begins to die.  Yeah, it is undeniable that I have given up a lot to get where I am.  But hey, I guess for me, it was worth it.  I have done what 95% of wannabes in showbiz never do: star in a feature film; direct a feature film; fulfill the dream you once set for yourself. 

So my advice to you?  Don't let the spark die.  Keep up the perseverance.  If what you are doing now is not working, figure some other way to get to where you want (or need) to be.  If the dream is worth it, I assure you, compeltely and without any hesitation: YOU WILL GET WHERE YOU INTEND TO GO> 

It took some reminders from a few friends to help me realize that MY DREAM HAS COME TRUE.  I am starring in a full length movie.  When I sat back and actually realize that I had done it---that I am actually doign what I once set out to do when I was 17 years old, only one word came to mind: H  O  O  A  H.

IN OTHER NEWS:

* FILM UPDATES: So yeah, the film shoot is going great.  We've been shooting for about 15 days, and have another 7 or so to go.  And it looks really really good.  Amazing footage, actors, and performances.  In the words of our DP/Co-director Jorge Valdes-Iga... "HOTNESS!"  After this film, I am directing/producing another comedy feature I wrote entitled, "Outtakes", and continuing the development of my wakeboarding feature, "In the Wake"

* BAND UPDATE: My band is finishing up our latest album, and is in the midst of a name change.  Formerly "Running for Famous" and "Monroe Mann & the Ass Kickers", I'm trying to decide between "Polymath", "The Polymaths", or just "Monroe Mann"  If you don't know what a polymath is... look it up. :)  We should have the full album done with 15 songs in mid October, and up on iTunes and Rhapsody and all that.  If you want to see us play live, we have some upcoming shows planned at Pete's Candy Store in Brooklyn as well as Sidewalk Cafe in Manhattan.  Potentially good news: Dave Matthews record label asked me to send them the CD when it's done.  Hmmm...  More to come....

* LAW: Yeah baby, I graduated with my MBA and Juris Doctor degree two months ago, and took the NJ and NY bar exams (BARF!) this past July.  I have to wait until November until I find out if I passed, and even then, I'd have to wait a few months before I actually get my law license.  so, in the meantime (I know, I'm crazy), I have enrolled in a post graduate law program (an LLM, i.e. Masters of Law) in Commercial Real Estate investment and development.  That starts September 2nd, one day after we wrap shooting this film here in Maine.  And finally, I am beginning the transition of Unstoppable Artists (my consulting firm) into an entertainment law firm.  More to come on that in the months to come.

* BOOKS: My book Guerrilla Networking (with co-author Jay Conrad Levinson) is now stocked in most Barnes & Noble stores across the country.  That's super exciting.  I am working on a new book now called, "T.R.U.S.T.", which is a book on how to successfully raise money for projects.  The TRUST acronym stands for: Track Record, Return on Investment, Unique Investment Opportunity, Systems, and Team.  If you've been trying to raise money for film, music, or other projects or businesses, this is the book for you.  And if you haven't yet, I hope you'll check out my other books on Amazon and BN.com, particularly The Theatrical Juggernaut and Time Zen.

* SPEAKING: By popular demand, I have been invited to again speak (for the 7th time) at AFTRA in Manhattan this fall, so stay tuned for which Tuesday that will be.  I'm also stoked to report that my Swiss alma mater, Franklin College, in Lugano, Switzerland, has asked me to give a speech at an upcoming New York City alumni party.  Molto bene!  Sono molto contento! :)  I also have another speech pending at Writer's Guild, Drama Book Shop, and at a local high school in the city.

* SOME CLIENT UPDATES: My client Jesse Fahay just finished writing her first book, "Which Method" which outlines the four major acting methods performers can use--it'll be published in a month or two.  Anne Marie Stefani, one of the NY Jets Flight Crew dancers, was in Maxim again. Jeff Goldstein's screenplay, "Knock 3 Times" is now a quarterfinalist in a number of screenplay competitions.  Arthur Brown just shot a scene in the soon to be blockbuster, "You Can't Kill Stephen King".  If any of you need help with your artistic or business pursuits---hire me!  I'm here to help you get where you need to go. 

* OTHER RANDOM STUFF: I am now a PADI rescue diver and am starting my Divemaster certification this fall with Empire Divers in Manhattan.  My little sister is getting married this september.  I landed a full heelside 360 on a wakeboard!  I actually saved someone from drowning last week in the lake, and feel really great knowing I was there to help.  I love my mom.
      
Thanks for reading!  I hope I inspired you in some way.  At the very least, thanks for staying up to date on what's going on in my world.  FYI, for those wondering what the big job interview was... still can't tell you because I have to go back in February for another interview.  If anything comes of it, I'll let you know. :)

TO THE TOP!

No Rules. No Excuses.  No Regrets.

Monroe Mann, JD, MBA, Master of Entrepreneurship, Guerrilla Marketing Coach
(Bar Admission Pending)
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Monroe Mann & the Ass Kickers - GET OFF YOUR ASS! - live in concert

April 4, 2010

Yo Unstoppable One,

Ever been to a motivational rock concert? Here's your chance.  And it will be a night you will NEVER forget.

 

Monroe Mann & the Ass Kickers -- GET OFF YOUR ASS!  A night of kick ass original songs, uplifting motivational speaking, and alcoholic refreshments at NY's most famous cabaret club, "Don't Tell Mama", right on restaurant row in midtown west.

Think of it as a cross between a Tony Robbins seminar and a Weezer concert--except with guitar, piano, violin, and drums... and an inspirational and practical worksheet to help you get control of what you are doing with your life!  If you want to be entertained; if you want to experience intense inspiration coursing through your veins; if you want to hear what Melody Online has called some of the most catchy songs in Manhattan; and if you want to revel in victory with motivational dynamo Monroe Mann at the helm, we heartily encourage you to GET OFF YOUR ASS and reserve your tickets to this uplifting spectacular today.

All 15 songs and speaking topics written by Monroe Mann, who appeared last year on CNBC's The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, and has presented motivational talks at colleges and organizations across the country.  His song, "Hollywood Girls"--which you will hear at the show--was once played on NY's hit music station, Z100.  You will also be the first to hear four of Monroe's newest songs, one of which is his personal favorite of all time, "The Sun is Always Shining Somewhere" --which is guaranteed to make you smile a grin a mile wide with renewed faith in all your dreams.

Come on out!

The Band Lineup:
Monroe Mann -- Vocals/Guitar/Speaking
Jonan Keeny -- Drums/Percussion
Brad Gardner -- Piano
Ela Polak -- Violin

TWO Show dates:
Sunday, April 25th, 7:00PM
Friday, May 7th, 9:15PM

You MUST reserve your tickets via the Don't Tell Mama box office:
a) www.DontTellMamaNYC.com
b) or even easier, just call 212-757-0788 anytime after 4pm daily

Tickets are an unlucky $13 (cause there is NO such thing as luck) plus two drink minimum. Cash only.

The show is at:
Don't Tell Mama (Zagat Rated)
343 West 46th Street (Restaurant Row) New York City
Come early for some delicious food at their highly rated classy restaurant, DTM!

Really hope to see you there. Bring your friends! (They have to RSVP too.)

ROMP ON!
-Monroe Mann & the Ass Kickers
www.MonroeMann.com
www.RunningForFamous.com <--old band site, where you can hear a few of the original versions of the songs

NOTE: You can find the show as an event on Facebook.  Just search for "Monroe Mann & the Ass Kickers", or find me (Monroe Mann) and either become my 'fan', or add me as a friend.  Any questions, send me an email in response to this email, or call my cell: 646-764-1764.

Sincerely,

Monroe Mann, Master of Entrepreneurship, Guerrilla Marketing Coach
(JD/MBA, May 2010)
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Battle Cries for the Underdog - Fightin Words for an Extraordinary Life
To Benning & Back - The Making of a Citizen Soldier
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Monroe Mann -- LIVE AT AFTRA, Dreams, Time Management, Get Off Your Ass!

 

March 15, 2010

Yo Awesome One,

I've got some pretty awesome and inspiring things to share with you folks, live and direct from the RoMann Empire.  Yes, folks, live and direct to YOU (a valuable and crucial part of the RoMann Legion).  So read on, and get drunk off the grog of fortune and success.  Whose fortune and success?  YOUR fortune and success, duh!

This is probably the longest email I have sent in a long time, but rest assured, it's chock full of worthwhile reading material.  Enjoy!

Oh, and always remember that you can hire me as your personal one-on-one career, life, or business coach.  I would love to help you reach your dreams, and well, I'm damn good at it.  How do I know? Well, I was hired to write the book on the subject.  ("Start Your Own Coaching Business" by Monroe Mann, 2008).  Call or email to set up a free 20-minute consultation by phone with yours truly. :) 

In this email:

A. I'M SPEAKING AT AFTRA TOMORROW NIGHT, TUESDAY, MARCH 16th

B. EXCERPT FROM MY TIME MANAGEMENT BOOK, "TIME ZEN"
C. WATCH MY CNBC INTERVIEW AND LEARN ABOUT GUERRILLA NETWORKING
D. OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
E. DECISIONS, DECISIONS, DREAMS, AND DECISIONS
F. BATTLE CRY # 52 (Ayn Rand)
G. LATEST NEWS FROM THE ROMANN EMPIRE & LOCO DAWN FILMS, LLC

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A. I'M SPEAKING AT AFTRA TOMORROW NIGHT, TUESDAY, MARCH 16th

For those rockin' individuals who live in the tri-state, come get motivated and intellectually challenged at my 2-hour seminar ("Producing Your Own Projects") tomorrow, Tuesday, at AFTRA in Manhattan.  For those who don't know, AFTRA is short for the "American Federation of Television and Radio Artists".   Really cool organization (of which I am a member).  If you want to learn the ten steps to successfully producing a film or television project, stop on by at 6PM tomorrow, AFTRA HQs on Madison Avenue.  You'll learn why the script is the most important part; why most people can't seem to ever raise the money they need to shoot their projects; why the smartest actors are PRODUCING actors; and so much more. 
 

FYI, those that come are invited to an 'after party' of sorts.  It's my tradition to invite anyone who wants to continue the conversation and meet fellow actors, writers, producers, and announcers for a bite to eat/drink afterwards.  And two of my cool showbiz buddies, Christopher Stadulis and Jeff Goldstein, should be there too--and they are both cool guys to meet.  Both are movers and shakers in this biz.

NOTE: You must be a member of AFTRA to get in.  IT IS FREE.  You need to RSVP with Michelle at AFTRA.  If you want to come, but are not in AFTRA, send a text message to me at 646-764-1764 and I can potentially get you in as my VIP guest.
 

B. EXCERPT FROM MY TIME MANAGEMENT BOOK, "TIME ZEN"

My latest book, "Time Zen - Winners Do It Now" was just released--you can find it on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. 

Here's are two inspiring excerpts, "5 Minutes or Bust" and "Winners Do It Now":

5 MINUTES OR BUST

But we're not done yet.  The next key is to make sure that no single item on your daily to-do list will take more than 5 minutes of your time.  Sounds weird, right?  Stay with me.

The reason why most people don't get as much done as they would like during each day is because the tasks they ask of themselves ARE WAY TOO BIG AND UNWIELDY!  For instance, you cannot, "Wash the car," in ten minutes; or "Write a book," or "Buy a house."—and yet how many of us put large tasks like that on our to-do lists?  You can't do those tasks in five minutes, but in that same time frame, you most certainly can, "Fill up bucket with water," or "Come up with five potential book ideas," or "Look in the newspaper for local real estate that's for sale."  Does that make sense?  The latter group of tasks are far more likely to get done.  And why?  Because they are doable—they are not overwhelming. 

So you see, the key to a well constructed daily to-do list is not just that it is based on a ten-year plan.  That's only part of it.   The other part is to ensure that every task on your daily to-do list is easy enough for you to wrap your head around.  It may sound silly, but I sometimes find things on my list such as, "Drive to gas station," "Choose a new book to read from the bookshelf," and "brush teeth."  Those tasks get done.  As opposed to, "Get ready for trip," "Become more educated," and "Get ready for bed,"—which I just don't have time for.  But when I break down each task into something I can do in less than five minutes—it's truly amazing how much I can get done, simply because I realize that I 'have the time'.  Another way of doing this is breaking your to-do list down into 5-minute subcategories.  In other words, you list the major task, and break it down into its subordinate 5-minute tasks, i.e.

[ ] Wash Car

                -Buy bucket at home depot

                -Cancel appointments on Saturday

                -Pick out old clothing to wear for the task

                -Drive car down driveway into back yard

Make sense?  In this way, you have all of the component tasks broken down.  Now, even if you just drive the car around back and pick out the clothing for the job, you know that you are making progress.  You can check off those two tasks, and feel good knowing that you are getting very close to washing the car.

Why does this work?  Simple: we often have a poor conception of time.  We think something is going to take us an hour, when in actuality, it would only take us ten minutes.  But we never get started because we think it will take us an hour, and we don't have an hour.  By breaking down everything you do into five-minute tasks, you often end up getting a lot more accomplished in an hour than you normally would because you help your brain realize that you actually do have the time.  While no one has a free hour, we all have 5 minutes to spare.  And this leads to my next point: Winners do it now!™

 

WINNERS DO IT NOW!™

Look, it's all nice and good if we all can find five minutes to spare, but who cares if we have five minutes to spare if we don't do what we're supposed to be doing during those five minutes?  Makes sense, right?

                So… do it now!  DO IT NOW DAMMIT!

This is the most basic and fundamental time management technique on the planet.  And it is so simple that most people will think it's too simple to actually have any impact on their productivity.  But mark my words: if you take no other advice from this book, take this advice: DO IT NOW.  Don't think.  Just: DO IT NOW.  It will turn your life around.

When to do it?  DO IT NOW!  Now does not mean tomorrow.  Now doesn't even mean 'in five minutes'.  'Do it now' means just that: NOW!  As in, "Stop thinking about it, and start doing it!"  IMMEDIATELY DAMMIT!  Why are you still reading?

                Right at this very moment, think about something you know you should be doing, but you are putting off.  Here's my magical advice: stop reading this book, for a moment, and do what you know you are supposed to be doing!  My gosh, doesn't this make such logical sense?    Becoming better at time management is as simple as making one simple change in your life: Learn how to do it now.  Do it now.  DO IT NOW.  DO IT NOW!  GET OFF YOUR LAZY PROCRASTINATING ASS AND DO IT NOW ALREADY!!!!

NOTE: You can purchase your copy of TIME ZEN at Amazon.com or BN.com.

C. WATCH MY CNBC INTERVIEW AND LEARN ABOUT GUERRILLA NETWORKING

Have you still not seen my 10-minute interview on CNBC's The Big Idea from last year?  I was invited on to the show to talk about my Barnes & Noble # 1 bestselling book I wrote with Jay Conrad Levinson called, "Guerrilla Networking".  Where can you watch it?  Right on my company's homepage at www.UnstoppableArtists.com   Remember: traditional networking is about meeting people; guerrilla networking is... BECOMING THE TYPE OF PERSON OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO MEET BABY!

D. OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

1. GOYA (GET OFF YOUR ASS).  Monroe Mann & the Ass Kickers are coming to you live this spring at New York's most famous cabaret club, Don't Tell Mama!   Ever been to a motivational rock show?  Imagine a cross between a Tony Robbins seminar and a Dave Matthews/Green Day concert.  Yeah, pretty awesome.   The three shows are scheduled for the last week of April, and the first two weeks of May.  Stay tuned for specific dates and times!

2. MORE SEMINARS!  I'm gonna be teaching two seminars regularly at 36 Street Studios starting next month.  One will be basic career management for actors and musicians.  The other will be advanced career management for actors and musicians.  Stay tuned!

3. AFTRA IN JUNE: I've been asked to return to AFTRA in June to teach another seminar.  Details forthcoming.

4. PUBLISHING SCHOOL.  You know what?  I believe that EVERYONE should write and publish a book.  Why?  Because it is so damn cool, and talk about a great conversation starter: "So what are you up to?"  "Oh I just published a book.  You can find it on Amazon and BN.com"  That breeds interest from ANYONE.  If you are interested in this 3-week TELEPHONE-based course that teaches you how to write, publish, and market your very own book, and all for less than $200, let me know!

5. CASTING FOR MY FILM, "THE QUIET".  Yes, ladies and gents.  The casting for our SAG horror film, "The Quiet" is starting soon.  Probably in early May.  Stay on this email list for all of the details.

E. DECISIONS, DECISIONS, DREAMS, AND DECISIONS

I am at an incredible crossroads in my life.  I am in a very strange and (ironically) difficult position: I am being forced to choose between two different dreams.  As my mom always says, "Rejoice Rejoice You Have No Choice!"  But here, I do have a choice, and it's a HUGE choice.  This decision could impact the very trajectory of my life irrevocably.

On one hand, I am nearly done with law school.  6 more weeks to be precise.  I have finished my coursework for my MBA.  I take the bar this summer.  My horror film is going into production this summer.  I have honed my business and marketing skills to such an extent that I know exactly what I need to successfully finish my climb to the top of Hollywood.  If I just continue moving forward... I am assured success.  I don't think I'll get there; I KNOW IT.  But only if I continue on the same path that I am currently traveling on.

On the other hand, a dream of mine that I had ever since I was 21 years old---a dream that I thought was gone, dead, and never to be revived--suddenly reared its beautifully ugly head.  And it's moving forward at full speed. 

This is all good news, right?  Well, not really.  The reality is that I am being forced to choose.  If I choose Hollywood, I am quite certain I'll get where I'm heading, but will I always regret turning my back on this secondary dream?  If I choose this other path---which would take a minimum of three years of my life---it would require me to shut down all my businesses and get out of showbiz completely.  And while I am confident I could regain my current momentum, I would have to abandon showbiz for three years, and I don't know if I can handle that again after my (wonderful) experience in Iraq.

What's my point?  My point is that I don't think I have to choose between dreams.  I think giving up one dream to pursue another is a cop out.   STANDARDS, NO COMPROMISE PEOPLE!   So I am plotting feverishly a way to ensure that on my deathbed, I can say, "I made both dreams come true." 

Is this going to be easy?  No.  It's probably in fact going to be very painful in some ways.  And it is going to require a hell of a lot of work.  But ya know what: I DO NOT TAKE MY DREAMS LIGHTLY, AND MY DREAMS ARE WORTH IT!!!

The big question is: are yours?

F. BATTLE CRY # 52 (Ayn Rand)

This is an excerpt from the book, "Battle Cries for the Underdog" by Monroe Mann

BATTLE CRY: "Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all.  Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach.  Check your road and the nature of your battle.  The world you desired can be won.  It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours." - AYN RAND

FIGHTIN' WORDS "First, if you haven't yet read the book Anthem by Ayn Rand... go out and read it right now--it'll give you goosebumps.  Second, think back to your childhood.  All of us have at some point wanted to be the superhero, or the war hero, or even just the neighborhood hero.  Unfortunately, at some point between our childhood and adulthood, the word 'hero' merely became a term for a sandwich (and for some people, the word 'hero' doesn't even mean sandwich).  I'm urging you to find that original meaning of the word 'hero', and to once again discover your childhood yearning to be someone amazing.  Rediscover that hero you always wanted to be.  For you ARE that hero.  You have everything within you to be that hero right here, right now; to be what you always knew you could and should be.  And becoming what you always knew you could and should be is certainly a battle worth sacrificing everything for.  Isn't it?  Is so, go forth and propser.  If not, where exactly are your priorities?" - MONROE MANN

G. LATEST NEWS FROM THE ROMANN EMPIRE & LOCO DAWN FILMS, LLC

And finally, here are some cool things going on in my life right now that I wanted to share with you:

1) Haiti Pictures -- I posted all of my Haiti pics on my Facebook profile.  If you're not my friend yet, friend me!

2) New Awesome Job! -- I'm super stoked to report that out of 25 applicants, 17 of whom were native French speakers, I was the one On Locations Tours chose to be their very first French-speaking tour guide for French tourists on a 'movie bus tour' of Manhattan.  In other language news, I have restarted my studies of Chinese, Arabic, Italian, and German.  Ahh, feels so great.

3) Swing Lesson! -- Yay, I am dancing again.  I have started intermediate swing dance lessons again at Dance Manhattan.  It is so great to once again be on the dance floor.

4) CFP -- I am finally approaching the end of my CFP (Certified Financial Planner) studies at BU's Boston Institute of Finance.  I should be taking the CFP exam in November.

5) BAR EXAM! -- Hard to believe, but I am but 6 weeks from graduating law school.  I just registered for the NJ bar exam, and will be registering for the NY bar exam in April.  Bring it on!!

6) SCUBA INSTRUCTOR -- Finally!  I have begun my training to progess from a PADI Rescue Diver to a PADI Divemaster.  Divemaster is the first 'professional' scuba diver level, and the first 'instructor' level.  I'll be getting certified through Empire Divers in Manhattan.  Check this out: I just found out the owner, Cliff, is also... an attorney!  So needless to say, we hit it off immediately.  ROMP ON!

7) LIFE/CAREER COACHING -- You guys know that I am one kick ass career and life coach?  Whether you're seeking to put together your ten year plan, a personal investment strategy, publish a book, change careers, or just want someone to help put your life into perspective... contact me for a free 20-minute consultation by phone to see if one of my coaching programs is right for you.


Oh, if you need help figuring out the life you are meant to be living, or how to make it happen, I am offering 10% off my 5-week coaching program until Dec 31st.  Instead of $750, pay only $675.  Save $75!  Mention the discount when you call or email me.  I also offer a free 20-minute consultation. 

Sincerely,

Monroe Mann, ME, GMC
(JD/MBA, May 2010)
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Books by Monroe Mann
Time Zen - The Shortest and Most Effective Time Management & Success System Ever Created (December 09)
The Theatrical Juggernaut - The Psyche of the Star
Guerrilla Networking (with Jay Conrad Levinson)
Start Your Own Coaching Business
Battle Cries for the Underdog - Fightin Words for an Extraordinary Life
To Benning & Back - The Making of a Citizen Soldier

Your 2010 New Year's Checklist -- Monroe Mann Style

YOUR 2010 NEW YEAR'S CHECKLIST -- MONROE MANN STYLE
December 28, 2010

Yo Monroe,

Are you ready to make 2010 your most productive year ever?  Print out this checklist and make your dreams come true already!  This checklist is derived in part from my new book, "TIME ZEN", from my book, "GUERRILLA NETWORKING", from my book "BATTLE CRIES FOR THE UNDERDOG", and my book, "THE THEATRICAL JUGGERNAUT"

YOUR 2010 CHECKLIST

[ ] DREAM BIG -- Make a list of everything you have ever wanted to do with your life.  Don't edit.  Just write everything--no matter how crazy it may seem.  Do this before New Year's Day.

[ ] SYNERGIZE -- Figure out which of these projects you can combine, i.e. if you write down "cooking", "write a screenplay", and "spend more time with kids", why don't you write a screenplay about a kids cooking academy, and spend time with the kids cooking the recipes that you're going to include in the screenplay.  SYNERGY BABY (which is a key tenet of my book, "Time Zen")

[ ] CREATE A PLAN -- Write out all the steps you need to take to make those dreams come true.  Figure out which steps you can accomplish within two years.  Make that your strive for THIS YEAR. 

[ ] CREATE SOME TO DO LISTS -- Nothing of great magnitude gets done without a checklist.  Just as you are using this checklist to figure out what to get done this year, you should also use a checklist to help you figure out what must be done over the next month. 

[ ] STRIVES, NOT GOALS -- Don't kick yourself if you don't get things done exactly at the time you expected they would get done.  Don't think of inflexible goals; think always of very flexibly adaptable strives.

[ ] DREAM BIGGER -- Stop editing yourself!  Make a new list of dreams, and this time, put down the absolute crazy dreams!  The really outlandish ones: *astronaut, *movie star, *president of the United States  ----  I kid you not, you can do anything you set your mind to.  People who say that is not true just didn't try hard enough, and gave up before they found their solution.  GET OFF YOUR ASS ALREADY

[ ] HELP SOMEONE ELSE -- Seems crazy, but the more you help others, the more you end up on the receiving end of help from others.  What goes around comes around, they say.  Spend some time each week helping someone else, and you might just

[ ] SAY THANK YOU -- You know that feeling of not being appreciated?  Well, don't be one of those people who is making people feel underappreciated!  SAY THANK YOU DAMMIT!  Say thank you to everyone and anyone who helps you in the slightest of ways.  It costs nothing, and can mean everything (so thank YOU for reading this newsletter, and an even bigger thanks if you forward it along to a friend!)

[ ] WRITE A BOOK -- I honestly believe that everyone should be a published author.  The feeling you get when the first copy of a book you wrote arrives on your doorstep, and you tear open the box from Amazon, and you see your name in print, and you flip through the book---that feeling can't be beat.  The adrenaline rush is just indescribable.  I want you to have that feeling too (and yes, I can help you with that if you like)

[ ] GET OFF YOUR ASS -- bottom line, we all have dreams.  Most of us just hide them away in the shadow of a secure job and a 'play it safe' mentality.  WAKE UP OUT OF YOUR STUPOR!  Rekindle those dreams.  Live the life you always knew you should be living.  I would rather die trying than live under the pestering answers of 'what if' I had tried'?  In fact, I have an even better idea---don't try.  DO IT!

I come up with a lot of quotes.  Here's one that is completely appropriate. 

 

"How do you know when you've given it your all?  WHEN YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED."

On that note, go out there and kick some butt in 2010.  You know I sure am.  I want you to do the same.

Romp on!  Meet you at the top!
NO RULES, NO EXCUSES, NO REGRETS.

-Monroe Mann

NOTE: Here is a link to Time Zen's Amazon.com page:  Buy the book from Amazon.com

Here is a link to Time Zen's Barnes & Noble page: Buy the book from Barnes & Noble.com

And P.S. - I offer one-on-one motivational career and business coaching, a cool time management program known as Accountability School, and a unique film school known as Actors Film School.  Get in touch to set up a FREE 20-minute career or business consultation.  I'd love to chat with you.

Sincerely,

Monroe Mann, ME, GMC
(JD/MBA, May 2010)
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Books by Monroe Mann
Time Zen - The Shortest and Most Effective Time Management & Success System Ever Created
The Theatrical Juggernaut - The Psyche of the Star
Guerrilla Networking (with Jay Conrad Levinson)
Start Your Own Coaching Business
Battle Cries for the Underdog - Fightin Words for an Extraordinary Life
To Benning & Back - The Making of a Citizen Soldier
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YEAH!!! MY BOOK "TIME ZEN" IS # 96 ON AMAZON! LET'S GET TO # 1!

YEAH!!!  MY BOOK "TIME ZEN" IS # 96 ON AMAZON!  LET'S GET TO # 1!
December 26, 2010

Yo Unstoppable One,

First off... PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS!  PLEASE REPOST!  PLEASE RETWEET! 

Second...  I wish you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, and Happy Festivus for the Rest of Yuz.

Third... Guess what?!!!  We are already outselling Time Management for Dummies!!!   My book "Time Zen" is #96 on the "Time Management" bestseller list.

Here is a link to the book's Amazon.com page:  Buy the book from Amazon.com
Here is a link to the book's Barnes & Noble page: Buy the book from Barnes & Noble.com
And please repost on Facebook and retweet on Twitter!

Here's some cool background information.  Right now, if you search for "Time Management" on Amazon, the following results come up:

# 1: The 25 Best Time Management Tools & Techniques by Pamela Dodd and Doug Sundheim
#13: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing Your Time -- a standard guide
#37: The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris -- you've all heard of this one
#60: No B.S. Time Management by Dan Kennedy -- a classic book on time management
#72: Time Power by Brian Tracy -- a classic book on time management
#96: Time Zen by Monroe Mann -- the book that is going to help your dreams come true
# 101: Time Management for Dummies -- we're beating them!

Come on!  Let's get this book to # 1!  Let's push past the 4-Hour Workweek!!  Wouldn't you like to be a part of this fun adventure?  NO JOKE: Your assistance will help.  If you buy the book--even one copy--it will push the book up on the charts.  Why?  Because on any given day, most books sell NOT EVEN ONE COPY.  So your purchase of the book will ABSOLUTELY help me out.  And your reposting and retweeting will help get the word out AROUND THE GLOBE!  We really can do this!  Together!!

Here is a link to the book's Amazon.com page:  Buy the book from Amazon.com
Here is a link to the book's Barnes & Noble page: Buy the book from Barnes & Noble.com
And repost this on Facebook and retweet on Twitter!

Now, why do I say 'WE'?  I say 'we' because it is YOU GUYS who are pushing the book up the charts because the more people who buy the book, the higher the book goes on the bestseller list!!  It's a team effort baby, and together, we're gonna get to number one!

Jay Conrad Levinson, author of Guerrilla Marketing with over 20 million copies sold says, "I never expected such a short book to be the definitive volume that cracks the elusive code of time management.  But in retrospect, it makes absolute perfect sense."

Help me out!  Buy the book today!

Here is a link to the book's Amazon.com page:  Buy the book from Amazon.com
Here is a link to the book's Barnes & Noble page: Buy the book from Barnes & Noble.com
And repost this on Facebook and retweet on Twitter!

Now, many of you were on my email list back in 2007 when I released Guerrilla Networking--the awesome book I wrote with the great Jay Conrad Levinson that teaches you--not how to meet people--but how to become the person everyone else wants to meet.  If you were, you remember me asking you all to help me get the book to # 1.  Well, we did.  YES, WE DID!  By everyone banding together to purchase the book at the same time, it rocketed the book to the # 1 spot on the Barnes & Noble bestseller list in the "Careers and Business" category. 

Well, we can do it again with my book "Time Zen -- The shortest and most effective time management and success system ever created" here on Amazon.com.

First step: Please forward this email to your friends and family.  Please repost on Facebook, and retweet on Twitter. 

Second step: Please buy the book!  Buy another copy for yourself.  For a friend.  For a New Years Gift!

Now, I need your help to get up to number 1!  How can you help further?

1) Again, tell your friends and family.  Repost.  Retweet.
2) Buy the book yourself!
3) If you already have the book, THANK YOU!  Will you please post a glowing review up on Amazon and BN.com.  (Thank you to Jaime Carvalho for the first 5-star review on Barnes & Noble.com)
4) If you know someone with a big dream or who is having trouble getting things done, buy a copy of the book for them
5) Ummm, can we all say, "Awesome New Years' Eve Gift"?  Help your friends kick off their new year with a productive bang!

Here is a link to the book's Amazon.com page:  Buy the book from Amazon.com
Here is a link to the book's Barnes & Noble page: Buy the book from Barnes & Noble.com
And repost this on Facebook and retweet on Twitter!

If you have not yet purchased my book, "Time Zen"...    In all seriousness, it's an amazing book, and here's why.  I get a lot done.  More than most.  I'm not bragging; just sharing my reality: people ask me every week, "How the heck do you get so much done?"  Well, the answer is now available in a tiny 96-page book called, "Time Zen - The shortest and most effective time management and success system ever created". 

Are you ready to become one with time?  My book is super short because... ta da... it's a book on time management.  If you are buying such a book, it's because you are already SHORT on time.  Why should I compound the issue by giving you a long book to read?

The book focuses on three basic principles: a) Figure out where you are going to be in ten years, b) Create your to-do list, and c) do what it says.  Sounds simplistic--and it is--but the key to success is the psychology behind all this.  If it really were 'that easy', then everyone would be multimillionaires and success stories.  My book explains why--if it's so easy--most people still refuse to do the hard work that success entails... and shows you how to make sure you become one of the rare successful few who see their dreams through to the end.

Here is a link to the book's Amazon.com page:  Buy the book from Amazon.com
Here is a link to the book's Barnes & Noble page: Buy the book from Barnes & Noble.com
And repost this on Facebook and retweet on Twitter!

 

A) I want you to buy this book FOR YOURSELF.  You deserve to kick some ass in 2010.

B) I want you to buy this book FOR YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.  You know they deserve to kick some ass in 2010 too!

Here are three reader testimonials:

"Time Zen tells you how to prepare for the life you know you deserve to life." - Dennis Hurley, Boston

"Time Zen lays out a simple and realistic program to manage your time and accomplish your goals." - Debbie Bordelon, Chicago

"Time Zen provides the technology you need to pursue your projects with newfound psychology and clarity.  Read it." - Jessie Fahay, New York City

Here is a link to the book's Amazon.com page:  Buy the book from Amazon.com
Here is a link to the book's Barnes & Noble page: Buy the book from Barnes & Noble.com

From the back cover:

 

"Monroe Mann is a master of his time, and in Time Zen--the shortest book on time management ever written--he shows you how to get 96 hours out of every 24-hour day.  Read Time Zen in one sitting and start living the life you have always wanted to live--on the very same day you begin.  Welcome to Time Zen.  Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life."
 

Here is a link to the book's Amazon.com page:  Buy the book from Amazon.com
Here is a link to the book's Barnes & Noble page: Buy the book from Barnes & Noble.com
And repost this on Facebook and retweet on Twitter!

Seriously, I want to beat the 4-Hour Workweek on the charts!  WE want to beat the 4-Hour Workweek!  Come on ladies and gents!!

LET'S GET TO # 1!

Please Please PLEASE forward this email to your friends and family, Repost, and ReTweet!  Thank you for all your support!  I'd be nothing without you!

Here is a link to the book's Amazon.com page:  Buy the book from Amazon.com
Here is a link to the book's Barnes & Noble page: Buy the book from Barnes & Noble.com
And repost this on Facebook and retweet on Twitter!

Sincerely,

Monroe Mann, ME, GMC
(JD/MBA, May 2010)
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Romp On! Hooah! Meet You at the Top!
NO RULES. NO EXCUSES. NO REGRETS.®

-Monroe Mann, ME (JD/MBA 2010)
646-764-1764
UnstoppableArtists.com
MonroeMann.com

Read my latest books, "Guerrilla Networking" with Jay Conrad Levinson, and "Start Your Own Coaching Business" with Entrepreneur Press! New book: "Time Zen" coming Dec 2009!

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My New Book, "Time Zen" Is Now Available!

MY BOOK "TIME ZEN" IS NOW AVAILABLE!
December 17, 2009

Yo Unstoppable One!

THE BOOK YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR IS FINALLY AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!

Here is a link to the book's Amazon.com page:  Buy the book from Amazon.com
Here is a link to the book's Barnes & Noble page: Buy the book from Barnes & Noble.com

So many of you have been asking me, "How the heck do you get so much done?"  Well, the answer is now available in a tiny 96-page book called, "Time Zen - The shortest and most effective time management and success system ever created".

Are you ready to become one with time?

Here is a link to the book's Amazon.com page:  Buy the book from Amazon.com
Here is a link to the book's Barnes & Noble page: Buy the book from Barnes & Noble.com

Here's a blurb from Jay Conrad Levinson, the Father of Guerrilla Marketing:
 

"I never expected such a short book to be the definitive volume that cracks the elusive code of time management.  But in retrospect, it makes absolute perfect sense."

A) I want you to buy this book FOR YOURSELF.  You deserve to kick some ass in 2010.

B) I want you to buy this book FOR YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.  You know they deserve to kick some ass in 2010 too!

Here are three reader testimonials:

"Time Zen tells you how to prepare for the life you know you deserve to life." - Dennis Hurley, Boston

"Time Zen lays out a simple and realistic program to manage your time and accomplish your goals." - Debbie Bordelon, Chicago

"Time Zen provides the technology you need to pursue your projects with newfound psychology and clarity.  Read it." - Jessie Fahay, New York City

Here is a link to the book's Amazon.com page:  Buy the book from Amazon.com
Here is a link to the book's Barnes & Noble page: Buy the book from Barnes & Noble.com

From the back cover:

 

"Monroe Mann is a master of his time, and in Time Zen--the shortest book on time management ever written--he shows you how to get 96 hours out of every 24-hour day.  Read Time Zen in one sitting and start living the life you have always wanted to live--on the very same day you begin.  Welcome to Time Zen.  Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life."
 

Here is a link to the book's Amazon.com page:  Buy the book from Amazon.com
Here is a link to the book's Barnes & Noble page: Buy the book from Barnes & Noble.com

Please forward this email to your friends and family!  Thank you for all your support!

Sincerely,

Monroe Mann, ME, GMC
(JD/MBA, May 2010)
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MY INSPIRATIONAL CHRISTMAS GIFT TO YOU

December 15, 2010

Yo Unstoppable One,

First off, Merry Christmas and all that jazz.  Jesus rocks. :)

What's my gift to you?  It is not something tangible.  It is not something physical.  It is something far more important than that.  The gift that I offer to you is something called HOPE.  Hope.  Faith.  Confidence.

I wrote a new song yesterday called, "Keep the Promise".  The chorus reads, "Keep the promise that you kept."  In other words, keep the promise to yourself that I KNOW you kept within your heart and soul all these years.

So many people tell me that they 'gave up' on their dream without an ounce of regret.  That after years of pursuing something so clearly part of them, they could just 'give it up' and move on as if that yearning just disappeared.  I DON'T THINK SO.

Consider this analogy.  Let's say you find a guy/girl that you really dig.  You're attracted.  You pursue.  You court.  You... GET YOUR HEART BROKEN.  You realize it's never going to work out with this person.  Honestly, in this situation, sometimes it does make sense to give up... but on the person; NOT on the dream of finding true love and being happy.

My point is that it's the same with your dreams.  Your crazy childhood dreams.  Your crazy yesteryear dreams.  Your crazy TODAY dreams that you are losing faith in.  Give up on a particular route, but not on the trip!  Give up on a particular opportunity, but not the dream!

My advice to you this Christmas season?  Do not lose your faith.  Do not lose faith in your future; do not lose faith in your dreams; don't you DARE lose faith in yourself.

2010 is right around the corner.  A new year.  A new possibility.  An opportunity for you to rekindle your dreams--and I mean those big huge wildly outlandish dreams that everyone else laughs at---yeah, THOSE dreams-- and dust them off, put them on, and wear them proudly, publicly, and rebelliouslessly baby!

Life does not always work out the way we want.  Nor does it often work out on exactly the timeline we imagine.  But that doesn't mean that you have to give up on your dreams.  NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS.  Perhaps your pursuit of them slows down slightly, and that's okay, but NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS.  Perhaps you change the dream slightly, and that's okay, but NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS.  Perhaps your dream should even be getting bigger!  Yes, BIGGER!  With every failure, make the dream bigger; not smaller!!!

I just saw the film, "A Star is Born" with Judy Garland and James Mason.  Here is an excerpt, which I actually spent ten minutes copying down using the play and pause buttons:

ESTHER: Don't you realize that I would be giving up everything I ever worked for?
NORMAN: Yes, but it's served it's purpose.  A career is a curious thing.  Talent isn't always enough.  You need a sense of timing; an eye for seeing the turning points; for recognizing the big chance when it comes along and grabbing it.  A career can rest on a trifle, like us sitting here tonight.  Or it can turn on someone saying to you, "You're better than that; you're better than you know."  Don't settle for the little dream.  Go on to the big dream.

Bottom line, I want you to be 95 years old and look back and think, "I always knew I could do it... and that's why I did it."  Lately, I've realized that a large part of my mental psychosis is because of my ambition.  Or rather, my inability to say 'no' to my ambition.  But even more recently, I realized something else.  It's not my ambition that drives me crazy.  It's the fact that I know that I have the ability to realize my ambition.  You see, ambition alone is harmless.  It's only when you couple it with knowledge that the ambition can be realized that you run into 'trouble'.  It's ironic that I say 'trouble', because it's this two-sided coin (ambition plus the knowledge of my ability to realize my ambition) that has allowed me to do all that I have, and all that I know I am destined to do.  Go figure.

Did you read that third to last word?  DESTINED.  That's how deluded you need to be.  I actually believe I am destined to do the things that I do.  That I am destined to be great.  To change the world.  That is how strong the faith in my abilities and ambition is.  More importantly, that is how strong the faith in YOUR abilities and ambition need to be.

I am here to tell you right now that you have your particular dreams for a reason.  They didn't just appear by mere chance.  They appeared because THAT IS YOUR DESTINY. 

My Christmas gift to you is more than just faith and hope.  It is more than that.  I am giving you the confidence to know that your dreams are acceptable and commendable.  I am giving you the confidence to know that your ambition is acceptable and commendable.  I am giving you the confidence to know that you have the strength and ability within you to succeed.  To thrive.  To prosper.  To see those dreams come true before your very eyes.

No matter who you are.  No matter where you live.  No matter what your dream.  No matter how much money you don't have.  No matter how many excuses you try to come up with... YOU KNOW IN YOUR HEART WHAT YOU ARE DESTINED TO DO.  So I am here merely to gently remind you to...

DO IT DAMMIT! 

Get off your ass and live the life you know you are meant to be living!

I wish you all a very happy and merry and successful year.   ROMP ON!

Oh, if you need help figuring out the life you are meant to be living, or how to make it happen, I am offering 10% off my 5-week coaching program until Dec 31st.  Instead of $750, pay only $675.  Save $75!  Mention the discount when you call or email me.  I also offer a free 20-minute consultation. 

Sincerely,

Monroe Mann, ME, GMC
(JD/MBA, May 2010)
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Books by Monroe Mann
Time Zen - The Shortest and Most Effective Time Management & Success System Ever Created (December 09)
The Theatrical Juggernaut - The Psyche of the Star
Guerrilla Networking (with Jay Conrad Levinson)
Start Your Own Coaching Business
Battle Cries for the Underdog - Fightin Words for an Extraordinary Life
To Benning & Back - The Making of a Citizen Soldier
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Romp On! Hooah! Meet You at the Top!
NO RULES. NO EXCUSES. NO REGRETS.®

-Monroe Mann, ME (JD/MBA 2010)
646-764-1764
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Read my latest books, "Guerrilla Networking" with Jay Conrad Levinson, and "Start Your Own Coaching Business" with Entrepreneur Press! New book: "Time Zen" coming Dec 2009!

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Monroe Mann's Inspiring Labor Day Update

September 6th, 2009

I. MY DEFINITION OF LABOR DAY
II. I NOW GO BY THE NAME... PROFESSOR
III. OTHER STUFF I AM UP TO.
IV. ACCOUNTABILITY SCHOOL


Yo Unstoppable One,

I hope you had (and are HAVING) an AWESOME labor day weekend!  You deserve a day off!

But seriously...

I. MY DEFINITION OF LABOR DAY

Labor Day  (Noun) - 8 months after New Years when you finally realize you have not been doing as much as you thought you would, typically associated with a rekindling of your inner flame and a resolve to KICK SOME ASS AND STOP BEING SO LAZY during the last 4 months of the year.  

 

So without further ado, will you please GET OFF YOUR ASS and make your dreams come true already?

II. I NOW GO BY THE NAME... PROFESSOR.

For about four years, I have unsuccessfully been applying to higher ed in an effort to become an adjunct professor.  Every semester I would receive the same response: no vacancies.  Ugh!

But what goes around comes around as they say.

First, about 4 years ago, I decided to become a member of the big brother big sister program.  I became the big brother to a freshman in high school whose mother doesn't care for him and whose father is less than an ideal role model.  He lives with his grandma, and has no father figure/big bro in his life.  So I became that for him.  I took him to the bronx zoo.  We went to Playland together.  Even today, as he begins his first semester at Westchester Community College (WCC), we go out and see a movie together maybe once a month.  But I am getting ahead of myself.

Second, I resolved to continue to pursue my education and continue to accomplish cool things until I finally got hired.  Enter: MBA, Law School, Masters of Entrepreneuship, writing books, giving speeches, etc.  Sure, part of all that was an end in and of itself---it made me cooler and more successful--but it also made me more desirable to schools.

Now, about two months ago, my little bro Mike asked if I would take him to WCC to help him register for classes.  I said sure.  Little did I know that I would end up walking by human resources.  Little did I know that an epiphany would strike: GO IN AND GET HIRED!  The first time, I hit a dead end.  They said, "We have your resume on file."  Ugh.  The second time, the following week, I asked, "What file?"  They said, "The full-time professor file."  I said, "I don't want a full-time job.  I want an adjunct position."  "Oh," she said, "then you should reapply as an adjunct."  While I was there, I said, "Who makes these hiring decisions?"  She said, "The chairman of the department you're applying for."  "May I have the business chair's number please," I asked.  She gave me his secretary, and I called her right then and there.  She transferred me to the chair of the business department, and using my kick-ass sales skills, I managed to get an invitation for an interview then and there.  He asks, "Are you on campus right now?"  Even though I was in t-shirt and jeans, I said, "Yes Sir, I am, and I can be at your office in ten minutes for an interview; where should I meet you?"

Long story short: the meeting was a grand success.  When I told him I had a masters of entrepreneurship, he was so impressed.  He told me that of the hundreds of applicants, I was the only one who had the energy and enthusiasm he was looking for.  He wanted me to teach sales at first, but that fell through.  I was so bummed.  Once again, no vacancies.

But then, three weeks later--yes, good news coming!--I got an email from the chair of the department: they needed an adjunt to teach Intro to Business, and Human Resources Management.  Did I say yes?  

YEAH BABY!

Ladies and gentlemen, your good buddy Monroe Mann is now officially a part of academia.   Is now officially a college business professor.  Is now officially employed in the job of his dreams.  Why the job of my dreams?  Well, as I always say, to reach your dreams, you need a source of income that is FFF, i.e. Fun, Flexible, and Financially Rewarding.  I LOVE teaching and inspiring people and I love business; the job is flexible in that it's only twice a week, and I get some paid sick days, and finally, WCC is one of (if not THE) highest adjunct pay rates in the country.  I am getting paid a lot of money for very little of my time.  Translation: more money to put into my career in the arts. :)

LESSONS LEARNED:
a) continue to better yourself no matter how many times you get turned down.  If you are better and better every time you apply, you are eventually going to get picked.
b) what goes around comes around: 4 years of applications and resumes got me nowhere.  Then, it's because I am helping my 'little brother' that I end up getting an interview for the job I had been seeking all along.  GO FIGURE.  But this is why I try to help as many people as I can---it always comes back to me.  Maybe not immediately, but doing the right thing always gives a very high return on investment.

III. OTHER STUFF I AM UP TO

a) TIME ZEN - My new book on time management is going off to the publisher on Wednesday!  NOTE: I am selling $200 longevity ads in the back of the book.  Want anyone who reads the book to read about what you are doing or selling for an entire year for only $200?  CALL ME OR EMAIL ME>

b) PPM DRAFT - I am 75% done with the fundraising documents for my feature horror film, "The Quiet" shooting in Maine, I plan, this spring/summer.  So excited!

c) NEW APARTMENT - I just moved into a super cool new apartment in White Plains, New York.  If any of you want my mailing address, let me know!

d) SEMINARS GALORE - My seminars at 36 Street Studio have been such a success that they are bringing me in twice a month now indefinitely.  Next one: Guerrilla Networking, and then, Personal Financial Management!

e) STARTED UP LAW SCHOOL AGAIN - I started up my last year of law school this past week.  I am taking Real Estate Transactions, Advanced Contracts, Family Law, and Trial Advocacy (i.e. how to represent someone in court).  LOVE IT SO MUCH!  I have also applied for my Masters of Law in Real Estate, which I would start as soon as I get my law degree this May and take the bar in July. 

f) NEW FILM SCHOOL CLASS STARTED - I started my 4th Actors Film School session this past Saturday.  I am SO stoked.  My film school is such a success.  If you're interested, more info is below.

g) SALESFORCE.COM -- I have started using a new sales tool called Salesforce for my client and lead management.  It is AMAZING.  If you are trying to sell something--anything--and you are not using Salesforce, you might want to consider it.  It's awesome.

h) MY IRAQ DOCUMENTARY -- I edited 5 more hours of footage this past month, and am pleased to report that I think I might have a rough cut by the end of next summer.  Gosh, I have SO much footage.

i) NEED YOUR HELP!  -- There's an idiot who posted a horrible and inaccurate review about my book To Benning and Back on Amazon.com.  In his review, he admits that he didn't even finish the book---and the whole point of the book is a coming of age journey of how I changed from basic training to becoming an officer in the Army.  Meanwhile, there are over 20 5-star reviews of the book, but this 1-star review is the one that everyone sees because so many people have voted it as being 'helpful'.  Will you PLEASE go to Amazon.com and find EVERY 5-STAR REVIEW and click 'helpful'.  But ONLY for the 5-star reviews.  Do NOT post helpful or not helpful for the 1-star review.  That will only serve to keep it at the top.  In other words, I want the 5-STAR REVIEWS to be marked are more helpful than that distorted 1-star review.  THANK YOU!

IV. FILM SCHOOL AND ACCOUNTABILITY SCHOOL

Have you still not visited www.ActorsFilmSchool.com and www.AccountabilitySchool.com?  Come on!  Your future is waiting, and I am eager to help you get there! 

Accountability School is my quite amazing online time management program.  Rolling admission, and I have six very satisfied students currently enrolled.  There is room for you too!  Only $300 for three months.

Actors Film School is my revolutionary short film program that requires you to write, produce, direct, edit, and STAR IN, your own short film. 

If you are interested in joining the next class, starting this fall, for only $2495, please contact me.  Yes, I do offer payment plans.  Check out all the details at www.ActorsFilmSchool.com   And P.S. - yes, the film festival rocked.  A huge success.  So happy!!

Thanks for all your support!  I couldn't do what I do if it weren't for you.  (Hey, that rhymes--that's my new song.  No one can take that title!!!! I claim it as my own. :)

P.S. - Check out my new Time Management Program; my Actors Film School short film program; and my career, financial, and marketing coaching program.  Remember: if you'd like to chat with me (at no charge) for 20 minutes about your particular situation, I would be more than happy to do so.  Call me!  646.764.1764 (c) and 914.481.1641 (o).

Sincerely,
Monroe Mann, ME, GMC
(JD/MBA, May 2010)
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