A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative Coach

To become present in every moment is an aspiration of many. So why is it so difficult? More importantly, how can you overcome that hurdle and be present? Tune in to learn and afterwards, please share your thoughts down in the comment section or hit me up on social media @PhilSvitek. Lastly, for more free resources from your 360 creative coach, check out my website at http://philsvitek.com . RESOUR...

What a life we get to live! It really is. That's what I reflect upon at the beginning of this vlog, talking about birthdays, the deeper connections of life and newfound realizations thanks to people like Rabbi Steve Leder and Gabor Mate. Then I get into the creative side of things for me, discussing the various genres of writing I've been doing: a novel, a script, a nonfiction outline, final revis...

Rabbi Steve Leder has been a guest on multiple shows that I've worked on, and it was him who turned me onto the term "ethical will." If you're like me, you hadn't heard this term before. So, first off, what is it? Secondly, how does one benefit you? Tune in to learn and afterwards, please share your thoughts down in the comment section or hit me up on social media @PhilSvitek. Lastly, for more fre...

I'm a big advocate of personalizing any application (college admissions, job search, etc). In my experience this yields better results because it shows to the person reading the application that you've done your homework about them and put in effort rather than blindly applying randomly to anywhere. This same notion applies to film festival submissions. And as part of that homework phase, I encour...

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it” (Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist). This quote represents the common theme from last week where I found a way to show up for people and events that I wanted to make, even when I thought it wouldn't be possible. More importantly, I extract techniques you can use to do the same. I also talk about writing new projects...

What a kaleidoscope of a week it's been. Lots of it has involved movies—either making them or watching them. Through each experience, there's been lots of insights that I share. And it all starts with another opportunity for people to enjoy my latest film A Bogota Trip anywhere in the world, for a limited time. Thanks to the Lift Off Film Festival, you can stream it until Oct 2nd. The link to view...

It's so difficult to make great art, especially on the indie level. And when you do, rightfully, there's a sense of major accomplishment. The sad part is that it's not enough. Regardless of whether you're a writer who has a publisher, a podcaster signed with a company, a musician with a label, a filmmaker with a distributor and so on, YOU have to take charge of the promotional efforts to see it su...

We all have internal beliefs but oftentimes we don't question where they come from or how those belief systems might actually be holding us back. One of my resolves in life is to eradicate all limiting beliefs by being an example of what's possible. I do that through exploration and examination. That's what I discuss in this episode. So tune in and afterwards, please share your thoughts down in th...

A lot of times the advice we hear in life is to "be patient." But what does that truly mean? That's what I explore in this episode. So tune in and afterwards, please share your thoughts down in the comment section or hit me up on social media @PhilSvitek. Lastly, for more free resources from your 360 creative coach, check out my website at http://philsvitek.com .    RESOURCES/LINKS: -Coa...

Byron Katie says, "When you argue against reality, you suffer." And that's what I'd been doing in the past few weeks. What I'd realized is I wasn't even aware I was. See, it's one thing to argue willingly against reality, it's a whole other thing to do it unknowingly. But, either way, one suffers. So I explored and shifted my perspective. Funnily enough, all I had to do was turn to past guiding pr...

Marisa Serafini (@serafinitv) and I are book lovers and we've decided to do a monthly in-depth book discussion. Our sixth book is Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years Of Solitude and next month we'll be chatting about Salmon Rushdie's Midnight's Children.   What's 100 Years Of Solitude about?    "One Hundred Years of Solitude is a 1967 novel by Colombian author Gabriel García...

In most instances, the difference between a thought leader and an intellect is trivial. However, if you don't recognize the difference, you can easily get caught up in marketing schemes. So tune in and afterwards, please share your thoughts down in the comment section or hit me up on social media @PhilSvitek. Lastly, for more free resources from your 360 creative coach, check out my website at htt...

Satya Doyle Byock (@satyabyock) is a psychotherapist and founding director of The Salome Institute of Jungian Studies who recently came out with a book titled Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood. I absolutely love her work and its message. In fact, it resonates in my own artistic work. Which is why I thought it'd be fun to invite her and discuss quarterlife through the lens of popu...

Sometimes you have to make hard decisions that serve everyone's interest. And recently, I had to do that. In this edition of the vlog, I explain my thought process and why I feel good about the decision I made. More importantly though, I highlight my desire to create new strategies moving forward. So check out this episode and please share your thoughts down in the comment section or hit me up on...

Every new year is a chance to recalibrate ourselves, and financial income should be included. But how do you begin to approach that? That's what I discuss in this episode, both for freelancers and employees. So tune in and afterwards, please share your thoughts down in the comment section or hit me up on social media @PhilSvitek. Lastly, for more free resources from your 360 creative coach, check...

I think there's a couple of myths when it comes to self help which really hinders people. In this episode, I talk about the major ones. So tune in and afterwards, please share your thoughts down in the comment section or hit me up on social media @PhilSvitek. Lastly, for more free resources from your 360 creative coach, check out my website at http://philsvitek.com .    RESOURCES/LINKS:...

There's surprisingly a lot of instances where I see athletes say, "I could have easily been like Michael Jordan" or "We could have easily won today." What? If it was so easy, then they would have done it. Not only does it diminish the accomplishments of others, it also creates a false narrative that these things are easy. It allows for excuses. And this sort of thinking carries into creative endea...

One of the biggest advantages I have is I've trained for years to overcome financial limitations in creative projects. In the film world, I see so many people raise tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars to make a short film. Stop! Especially when you're starting off, do it for cheap. Then you can learn to do more with less and with hundreds of thousands of dollars, make a great feature fi...

Every film needs credits, right? How do you create them? Well, there's a few ways to approach them, but there's a trade off. The cheapest way tends to be the most time consuming and vise versa where the easiest way tends to be the most expensive. It depends which you want. In this episode I overview those options for you. So tune in and afterwards, please share your thoughts down in the comment se...

You'd be amazed at how many times I see people ask a favor from someone and then try to also dictate that favor on their terms. It doesn't work like that. Whoever is asking the favor needs to comply with the demands of the person being asked. This thinking extends itself into other areas of life and then people wonder why their projects aren't getting done. So, in this episode, I explore this topi...

There's always a lot happening in the world and we feel compelled to say something about it. But what do we say? That's the question, especially since many times what people put out backfires on them. As artists, we should want to add something meaningful to the conversation, so to speak. After all, that's what art is: the lie that reveals the truth. How we do that is exactly what I explore in thi...

In this vlog, I share my thoughts about what's happening with Warner Bros and HBO Max. More importantly, I walk you through my thoughts on how this will affect creators and how you can manage to keep making the art you want regardless of anyone else, thanks to today's technologies. Then I talk about my projects and where things are at with my latest movie (A Bogota Trip) and working on new project...

Words like content, IP, asset, consumer, franchise, tax incentive, etc have become common phrases in our culture. But if words hold power, are we essentially devaluing art based on how we discuss it? That's what I explore in this episode so tune in. Afterwards, please share your thoughts down in the comment section or hit me up on social media @PhilSvitek. Lastly, for more free resources from your...

There's an old adage that states, "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good." But don't we strive for perfection? At the very least, don't we want to avoid mediocrity with our work? Yes, and the adage doesn't advocate this either.  So what does it mean? Well, that's what I go over in this episode in order to try to release your creativity into the world. Afterwards, please share your thoughts d...

As I finesse my feature film, A Bogota Trip, I've been thinking more about what elements need to go into making a successful montage through sound design. That's what I share here. Afterwards, please share your thoughts down in the comment section or hit me up on social media @PhilSvitek. Lastly, for more free resources from your 360 creative coach, check out my website at http://philsvitek.com .&...