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When is the Right Time to Take Big Career Swings?

59 min • 1 september 2022

When thinking of making a big career swing, we have all asked ourselves the question, “What’s the right move here?” Making big swings can be tricky since there is no way to know what the outcome will be and if we are making the right decision. Charles, Todd, GG, and George give their insight into this tricky situation.

In this episode, we talk about…

Changes happening at Warner Bros and how their branding approach seems like a bad idea
Should filmmakers put themselves in a box by self identifying as a certain “brand” of creator
Making project decisions based on cash flow or based on ambition
Incrementalism and how any progress toward the larger goal is good
Realizing there are large factors outside of our control
Not expecting a specific outcome when deciding to take the big career swing
Aiming back at the center of the target every time you get pushed off course
How the editing process is just like cooking

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