:: The Secret life of a Visual FX Geek v01 ::

:: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 ::

My Sister

So my sister wants me to give a talk at her school in 5 weeks when I go vist. I have never realy done the formal public speaking thing before. I am good with crowds as long as things are going well but if I start to bomb Im screwed. I like improve and it's kinda like that so I think it will work out. The usual length of the talks is an hour. I figure I can give alteast 15 min of that, if not 20 to Q&A. I can also make up some projects for the people at talk to work on. I need to write a discription of my talk, i will be working that out in the space below.

Proactive Goal Fulfillment or Don't let stupid people keep you from your goals.
My name is Brad Herman, you don't know me. I am not famous but my name has been on 8 movies. My name won't ring a bell but I am 23, I own a house in Los Angeles, I live with my Girlfriend who is a Chef, and I own my favorite car on the road. So how does someone a year older than some of you do that? I never take no for an answer, I don't let people stand in my way, and I don't take my self to seriously. Let's be clear about this, I work hard enough to get what I want but that doesn't mean I don't slack off. I can surf the net from work like nobodies business. The trick is that I always get my work done as well. It's a balancing act between my internal drive to distraction and my need to do good work. In the end it's all worth it, going to the movies and seeing my stuff on the big screen is a total validation for me. Well except for "Highlander 4" My work was really bad in that one, luckily no one saw the movie... Except my Parents. So in the spirit of a self help speaker I am going to try and impart to you a little bit of what I am all about.
:: Posted by Techno 5:14 PM [+] ::
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