What Actors Can Learn From Silicon Valley and The Power of Changing Your Mind - Best Hits | Ep 23

Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World, Episode 23!

This episode is going to be little different than our past episodes - E-Kan will be doing some traveling so for a few weeks, we will mix together our best hits, a few of our favorite segments from past episodes -  in case you missed it or if you're still catching up. 

We have some a lot of new stuff coming for the podcast, follow us wherever you find your podcasts, Youtube, Substack, on all social media @actorsguidepodcast. 

This episode, you'll hear about the time Rían almost got scammed by a big tech company that was, ahem, targeting the Irish? How dare they. Take care of your data, people! 

Then an excerpt from Episode 10, the guys will dissect actors' tricky relationship with money, balancing side jobs with their passion, and E-Kan talks about how actors can learn from Silicon Valley tech entrepeneurs. Rían talks about his friend who "stopped asking his art to pay for his life" and why he used to not tell people he was an actor when he bartended, and E-Kan shares powerful words that his sister told him that he never forgot. They share personal stories about juggling odd end jobs over the years and lessons they’ve learned along the way. Desi Lydic's story about waiting to live your life. Actors, this might change how you look at your career. 

Then, from Episode 3, the guys talk pivotal life changing moments, including how E-Kan first got past his ego and started creating things on YouTube. It was a big shift in mindset and changed everything for him, including his life and career. Rían also describes how a life event changed his mindset. They also discuss how fame has changed and been democratized with the internet in this new age of Hollywood. 

Time stamps:

(00:00) Intro

(02:10) Rían almost gets scammed

(06:30) Stop asking your art to pay for his life

(07:30) What actors can learn from the tech world

(09:00) How an actor can be unstoppable

(10:55) Why Rían didn't tell people he was an actor

(13:20) The power of mindset work

(14:45) Being embarrassed being an actor

(16:58) Desi Lydic and why waiting is the worst

(20:10) Having big dreams

(22:30) Ride the horse in the direction it's going

(23:00) E-Kan changed his mind on YouTube

(26:30) Actors can do more than one thing

(30:15) Fame is not the same in the YouTube era

(33:15) How Rían's approach to life changed after a break up