Success came easily for these people

Tip of the week : 10 Helpful Tips To Succeed 

Henry Ford was know for his assembly line idea for a person who failed a lot. Bill Gates created Microsoft as a college drop out. Walt Disney was one of the biggest risk takers who was poor, fired, and people thought he lacked imagination for having any good ideas before he became successful. These three and others have something all in common, the are people with a specific mindset utilizing certain skills and tools which is why success came easily for these people.

Here are 10 helpful tips to succeed in your life...

1) Don't rely on others : As a business owner it is your job to act. When you first meet a person it is your job to follow up not theirs. Waiting on anyone to act is the same as you doing nothing. 

2) Get ride of distractions : Rent a small office to block out your everyday distractions. Actually go to work and turn off social media. Focus on S.M.A.R.T. Goals written out into a “To Do List”. 

3) Plan : Have a business plan to organize your ideas, look and adjust it quarterly. Where are starting from, plan to go and the situation you are currently in. Use it as a map and a path all in one. 

4) Do work you care about : Steve Jobs was quoted at saying “The only way to be satisfied in your life is to do work that you truly believe in.” choose wisely, if you make it your life, you will be doing it a lot. 

5) Take calculated risks : Why give 40 hours to a career you hate when you could give a life time to making the dream career happen? Time into a career will pay if you utilize a plan and take risks. 

6) Find good people : “The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.” ~ Reid Hoffman. Be around others doing what you do at the level you want to do it at. 

7) Build a great team : Hire character. Those you can learn from. If you are the smartest person in the room you are in the wrong room. Add value to yourself by the people around you. 

8) Take action : Have a plan and GO DO IT! Sitting and waiting for the right time will never come. Begin with small steps and goals while saving a foundation to support a 12 to 18 month overhead. Once you have your foundation you can now open your proverbial career door and focus your efforts. 

9) Budget : Have a budget and spend within those caps. Knowing a personal overhead and a what it takes to run your career each month is a smart start to any venture in life. Spend wisely before spending at all. 

10) Understand your industry : Truly understanding your industry is key to having success. Who is the best player in any game you have ever played? The one who understands how to play it or the person starting out? Know the tricks of the trade and how your industry works so you can play the game.

Do you have what it takes to Make A Right Left Here… Do you!?

If you need a little blurb “about me” here you go. But please, read it with an English Accent. Or a really bad Australian accent.

Originally a Musician playing with the band TENEbRAE for 10 years. Thomas J. Bellezza added Acting, Stand-Up Comedy, Directing, Writing, Producing, and Raising Capital into his life. Having owned a fully polished performance theater in Holbrook, NY he helped others open their shows including his own productions. He is a consultant for businesses and individuals focusing on the process of building success. His areas of expertise are in networking, marketing, management (time, money, and people), and finding solutions. 

BBR Productions Inc : Our mission is to bring reality to your dreams by being an affordable all inclusive production company for every type of venture and those who wish to find success in possibility through Consulting, Marketing, and Developing. 

oh DEER! Productions : The hands on company. Where BBR Productions Inc designs, raises capital, and is there through the development of an idea, oh DEER! Productions does the physical work after the conceptional stage has concluded. 

Team Rise Together : Our mission is to allow artists an outlet to express their vision in an environment to collaborate with like-minded individuals working in a synergetic growth to success by helping one another in a team effort to say YES to a future in entertainment. A gathering of Actors, Crew, Writers, Producers, and Directors working together to bring media projects to life. We take on interns from colleges and give them real time experience. My we work together, grow together, and rise together!

2017... GO!

2017... GO! 

It is officially 2017! Many insane things are going on and have happened from 2016 to now. The mother daughter combo Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, along with a 100 other celebrities, and well over 55 million people died in 2016 year. Lucky for us there are about 131 births a year too. Oh, I almost died in 2016 from kidney cancer, so that was pretty cool... Not. But I lived, or did I? I think I did. Still got them doctors trying to clean up whatever is going on in me. 

BUT... Donald John Drumpf will be the American President this year. John is a toilet bowl where we poop. So he is Donald the Duck Toilet Bowl Drumpf! 

Okay moving on. I am going to set some goals and allow you lovely people to follow along. To see if A) I accomplish said goals by the years end and B) maybe you can utilize said goals to help yourself accomplish what it is you are searching to do! Write out 2, 3, maybe even 4 goals and follow along in life! Here goes, let's do this together! 

Basic S.M.A.R.T. Goals we can all do for ourselves: 

• Grow my networking circle of influence by 25%, including friends and associates. I would like to be more involved with people's lives and projects and increase those around me with value in life that fits alone with my own personal beliefs and ideologies on how we should all work together. 

• Increase my organized finances into my 3 Needs of Purpose by 20% to help my security protect me more, give me investing capital and of course some leisure this year! Maybe leading to a vacation next year. 

• Better my health in any way to make what I am going through physically less painful. Work on me time over others time. Give myself the mornings and sit away from the work desk a little more. 

Now goals that are a little more centered around my needs: 

• Get the TV project “The Circle” picked up and into pre-production. I would like to accomplish this by the end of my second quarter. Taking this idea to the next step utilizing relationships which have been worked on for the last six months. 

• Open up a new office in Manhattan and have all the overhead, line of credit, and equipment in place to be in the door by mid year. To make BBR Productions, Team Rise Together, and oh DEER! Productions come together in a lovely harmonious working environment. 

• Finish my “how to” book, and self publish it. I've been working on this book and a poetry book for two years now. Time to focus effort onto finishing it. 

• Get ready to have the musical acoustic fundraiser show ready for July to celebrate one year not having kidney cancer anymore. 

I am going to read back at these goals and compare how far along I am each quarter of the year. Now I have a larger scale S.M.A.R.T. Goal list implanted into my business plan. Since all life is a business if you align your perspective to be aware of that. I look at my goals each quarter and arrange or change them as needed. Now, let us think of these less like resolutions and more like a plan!

Do you have what it takes to Make A Right Left Here… Do you!?

If you need a little blurb “about me” here you go. But please, read it with an English Accent. Or a really bad Australian accent.

Originally a Musician from Long Island playing with TENEbRAE for 10 years. Thomas J. Bellezza moved onto Acting / Stand-Up Comedy / Producing, and Raising Capital. By utilizing his two companies, BBR Productions Inc and oh DEER! Productions, he helps consult, market, and produce ideas, entertainers, and businesses into reality. From 2005 till now, multiple performance tours were produced, live shows to raise money for both Multiple Sclerosis and Cancer research. Having owned a fully polished performance theater in Holbrook, NY he helped others open their shows including his own productions. One of the founding members of a group of talented individuals known as Team Rise Together, my we work together, grow together, and rise together!

How These 3 Things Will Change Your New Year

Tip of the week : Start Your New Year Off Right

January first is filled with resolutions. By the second week of February that 33-50% increase in gym memberships drops 80% of the New Years Resolutions crowd. What is the purpose of a New Years Resolution if it won't last longer than two months? Well, these 3 things are essential to changing your New Year and starting off right.

Below are a few helpful tips to get auditions on your own.

• Budget : Know your budget. Figure out what your monthly overhead is (cost of living). From there reduce certain expenses to a reasonable amount. Living on a budget with strict caps will help to take control back over in money management. Having a grasp over all income and expenses is directly related to feeling better, less stressed, and helps exponentially with fueling ones career choices.

• Follow Up : This year follow up with people you know or have met. A follow up entails reaching out through any form of communication to establish your relationship with them. A great way to say hi is during holidays, anniversaries, celebrations, even after you have a meet up with them. A follow up will be the deciding factor in building and cultivating a relationship. Relationships lead to opportunities.

• S.M.A.R.T. Goals Over Many Big Dream Goals : A SMART Goal is a very specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely goal over setting Big Dream Goals. Pick 3 important Big goals you want to accomplish this year and place them at the top of a page. Make 3 columns and right below it specific SMART Goals you will have to do to obtain your Big Dream Goal! A plan will get you there.

Each of these tools help in a very direct way. Budgeting is to bring management to your finances easing stress levels and helping fuel purpose. Follow Ups are designed to keep people of note in your life. The more involved they are the bigger opportunities you will fine. S.M.A.R.T. Goals plan out the path which lay ahead of you. 

Remind yourself, when it seems overwhelming, that in life it is about starting a task over completing a task. Tasks will be completed over time. Work smarter by doing a little of a lot each day. Make sure to schedule out your day into 4 to 8 hour days and stick to 30 or 60 minute blocks of action for each task at hand. And if all else evades you, 1 thing a day is 365 things a year. That is a lot. 

Go make this year your year! 

Do you have what it takes to Make A Right Left Here… Do you!?

If you need a little blurb “about me” here you go. But please, read it with an English Accent. Or a really bad Australian accent.

Originally a Musician from Long Island playing with 'TENEbRAE' for 10 years. Thomas J. Bellezza moved onto Acting / Stand-Up Comedy / Producing, and Raising Capital. By utilizing his two companies, 'BBR Productions Inc' and 'oh DEER! Productions', he helps consult, market, and produce ideas, entertainers, and businesses into reality. From 2005 till now, multiple performance tours were produced, live shows to raise money for both Multiple Sclerosis and Cancer research. Having owned a fully polished performance theater in Holbrook, NY he helped others open their shows including his own productions. One of the founding members of a group of talented individuals known as 'Team Rise Together', they work together, grow together, and rise together!

5 Secrets Agents Don't Tell You About Auditions

Tip of the week : Getting an audition without an Agent

Actors rely on auditioning to help grow their career. How can an actor get more auditions to increase their chances of booking work without an agent? An agent does help send an actor out for auditions from time to time. Fear not, there are ways to procure auditions without the assistance of an agent.

Below are a few helpful tips to get auditions on your own.

• Build opportunities : Get together with friends to create self made work. A small team could make Short Films, Web Series, even Sketches and get it on film. Nowadays you can film a high quality project on a cell phone. Building relationship with people for better equipment and locations.

• Reach out to Local Filmmakers : Leapfrogging off the above idea, get a bit more aggressive and contact local student filmmakers or student theater directors. Students are always searching for actors to help them get a good grade and even to see their film win local awards.

• People responsible for it all : Take a little time and research people you would be delighted to work with. Get their information on a site like IMDb Pro. Once their address is obtained send them a personalized letter / post card or even a sincere email. This is what an agent does for you. Go direct!

• Be selflessly generous : Even if you have no work coming in for you and something comes up, recommend talented colleagues and friends for the work. Extending a hand will lead to generosity in return. More importantly, that generosity will spread through the field into the ears of people of note.

• 3 Quick notes : Contact your local film office to see what is filming or in development. Get a heads up on the business end! Utilize your social media and scan what is going on and what others are doing. First and foremost look inward at your own contacts. Build and cultivate those relationships.

Do you have what it takes to Make A Right Left Here… Do you!?

If you need a little blurb “about me” here you go. But please, read it with an English Accent. Or a really bad Australian accent.

Originally a Musician from Long Island playing with 'TENEbRAE' for 10 years. Thomas J. Bellezza moved onto Acting / Stand-Up Comedy / Producing / Raising Capital. Creating 'BBR Productions Inc' and 'oh DEER! Productions' in 2003 to help consult, market, and produce ideas into reality. From 2005 till now, multiple performance tours were produced, live shows to raise money for both Multiple Sclerosis and Cancer research. Having owned fully polished performance theater in Holbrook, NY he helped others open their shows including his own productions. Currently he is associated with a mass media project with a group of talented individuals known as 'Team Rise Together'.

Music, brings us together

• Music, brings us together

Been in a music kick since getting back to things in life. Cancer really kicked my butt. A part of the healing process for me is having a creative outlet to drive my motivation into overdrive. Music comes easy to me. Even if others think it's not top quality, the process of writing and playing is within me. It soothes and calms my soul. Since getting my operation my goal is to keep writing and cleaning up music to play it live, even if for one last time. We will be helping to raise money and awareness toward fighting cancer and giving to a foundation to help others as I was helped.

I am deeply grateful for all the people in my life helping me accomplish things while I get my sea legs back in action. Getting my production company going, writing a TV show and pitching it with six studios interested, and even a bunch of musicians I appreciate coming along and learning music for this show. Friendship is more than a conversation to me it is a connection of possibilities in life. Moving and speaking without words to find a greater good in life. I have some of the best friends in the world. And without them, their love, and support, I would not be sitting here today.

The goal is to have one hour and thirty minutes ready for July. Sixteen songs compiled of old songs from my TENEbRAE days being cleaned up, songs written specifically for my Altayon project and of course I am trying very hard to have one new song completed by then. Everything is coming along as I have nine of the sixteen songs transcribed and sent to my buddies to learn. There is nothing more beautiful than coming together for both a cause and joy of playing together. This is going to be one amazing year 2017 and I am already excited to be alive again since July 18th, 2016. Be alive!

Do you have what it takes to Make A Right Left Here… Do you!?

Tip of the week : 3 Dangers of relying on a safety net

3 Dangers of relying on a safety net

Taking a chance is a risk filled with endless anxieties or riveting sensations of adrenaline coursing through a person's veins. Jumping out of a plane into a hopeful career of choice is deathly scarier. There are people who want that one big break to get around taking a chance. They want to hold on to a safety net before leaping to a great possible fall.

People becoming extremely successful in any given career is at a rate of about 5%. I personally don't believe this. I believe that you can make success happen if you are actively proactive in making your company grow! With a little effort each day, a plan, and turning your inactive hours into active hours toward your ultimate goal, it is with that your chance taking will become calculated!

Here are 3 Dangers of Relying of a safety net.

1) Relying on a safety net will make it so you never truly leave the plane. How can you jump wholeheartedly while holding on to what could be: like waiting for that one in a million chance opportunity to come through. Fearing the failure of chance taking is a part of learning. Our muscles grow by tearing them and working harder at it. Fear lifting too much weight and you will get nowhere.

2) Not having a plan. A plan is the bases of getting ahead of the game. It doesn't have to be a fully complete plan. Just one that has your brain thinking and covers these following areas; How you will Network to build your relationship and inner circle. What Marketing strategy will you put into place for your Brand. Set up a list of SMART Goals, Long Goals, and map out your schedule. AND, budget.

3) Waiting for other people to help, accomplish, assist, or in general be involved to get their tasks completed. Holding onto the efforts of others and waiting for them to come through is a frail way of trying to not take blame. When others don't complete given tasks it is still up to you to come through. If you want to be successful, you have to be responsible for the outcome, not others.

Do you have what it takes to Make A Right Left Here… Do you!?

Things I've learned while learning

• Things I've learned while learning

If I am to be tired of anything it is what I am learning while I am learning. A sad feeling comes over me as I embrace my powers of observational exercises. People can be unaware, unsure, and unkind if you let them. There are good people out there too. I've seen it from time to time. What I never understood is the meanness and hate. But that is not why I am writing this today. I want to explore what I learn from it.

What I do in life starts and ends with actions that make me happy. I want to see a better world so I do better, or as best I can. I want people to help one another so I help and I inspire others to help. Peace is a hope I live with everyday. To see a land without borders. Each day I awake I try and peer into the hole of opportunity. Seeing if I can fill it up with even a grain of sand echoing into change. If my action can change a tear of water, or move a mountain over tens of thousands of years than it is worth it.

I want to know that life is worth it. Fighting Cancer is no joke. It is a life changer, but I am more than welcoming of being cured for good. There is a lot to experience in this life. Yes I feel grander when I am touching it and moving it. Some times the best part of life isn't getting that awesome car, but speaking with a person for days about stimulating possibilities! Happiness comes in many shapes... for me it develops while I learn when learning!

Do you have what it takes to Make A Right Left Here… Do you!?