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Leslie Becker, owner of the website, www.OrganizedActor.com, sends out a terrific motivational newsletter each month (you can sign up on her site). This month it is about affirming what you want and how to keep that desire alive each day:

June is such an exciting month for actors. You might be packing up for a season of summer stock, others may be gearing up to shoot that summer film, or you may be staying home, enjoying the summer in your city. And oh yes, there’s the big finale to Award season…the Tonys!

The Tony’s are always inspiring. Not only do you get to see many of your friends being honored for their work, it’s also a chance to see your future too! Yes, you heard me correctly….A CHANCE TO SEE YOUR FUTURE!
You have as much of an opportunity to win a Tony Award someday as any of this year’s nominees. YOU COULD WIN A TONY AWARD OR ACADEMY AWARD TOO. Each day that you get up and wait in line for an audition, we are putting in motion the work it takes to win a Tony Award (or Academy Award or Grammy, Emmy, whatever!) To some actors, shooting for something so big is scary, or feels egotistical, but if you don’t shoot for it, then how are you ever going to get it?

I want to win a Tony Award. I’m very clear about that and I’m not embarrassed to say it out loud. The “intention” is there which makes me pursue my career differently than someone who “just wants to work as an actor.” To me, a Tony represents the pinnacle of recognized achievement in theatre (not to be confused with all the great achievements you have regardless of whether you ever win). But let me be clear here. Winning a Tony Award is not WHY I pursue my acting career. It is simply the standard of pursuit I hold myself accountable to. It is an “act as if” choice that creates a specific intention and actions. Will I ever REALLY win a Tony Award? Who knows. But I have the opportunity EVERY DAY, EVERY MINUTE to make choices that lead me closer to that goal.
~ Leslie Becker, The Organized Actor.

8 Ways To Keep Your Award (& Acting) Dreams Alive

1. Keep pictures of the award you want to win in your presence at all times, on a vision board, in your audition book, in your wallet…the places you look at daily.

2. Speak it out loud. Share your intention with others. Keeping it inside only shuts it down.

3. Don’t just speak it. Take the actions to make it happen.
Practice, practice, practice.

4. Act “as if” you’re already an award winning actor which forces you to delve deeper into each role you create whether it’s an under-five on a soap or a starring role in a Broadway play.

5. Study the winners. With IMBD, IBDB and all the other countless resources on the internet, learn as much as you can about people who have won. Read their autobiographies if they’ve written one and get in the psyche of a winner.

6. Don’t wait for your happiness to come from winning an award. Be brave, creative and passionate about your work and you shall be rewarded regardless of whether you ever get a trophy for it.

7. Do the work. Do the work. Do the work. No award winner has been honored for being lazy. They have worked and worked and worked to get there. Choose your intention of creating great work and the rest will fall into place!
~ Leslie Becker, The Organized Actor.