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WANTS WANTS WANTS VERBS ACTIONS

Wants. Wants. Wants. Wants are what create drama. Wants are what give life to the character. Wants are what the waking individual is never without. Wants are perpetual. Wants cause action. Wants create conflict. Wants are the very energy man's life and the System of Wants is the aspect of character to which the actor gives his relentless and obsessive attention. The actor tracks down the wants. Everything else is classified as a condition. The golden key is the character's system of wants. And after I have studied and structured and tested and assumed the character's system of wants, then, and only then, am I permitted to occupy their inner life and express their personality. Of all the questions I ask the character about themselves. the overwhelming majority have to do with their wants: "What do you want?" "What do you want now?" "What is your ultimate want?" "What do you want from the other person?" "What do you want in the ...

ACTIONS OBJECTIVES 101

CREATING AN ACTION Having narrowed the focus of wants to the choice of specific verbs, let us take the first of two steps in refinement. An adequate expression of the want is a verb by itself. A superior, more subtle, and certainly more actable expression of the want will include the person to whom the want is directed and the response sought from that person so that a first-class actor expressing an individual want of the character would include all three elements: VERB RECEIVER + RESPONSE I want to WIN Gloria's admiration. I want to AWAKEN my father's enthusiasm. I want ...

Overcoming Resistance & Sabotage

How You Sabotage Yourself (and What to Do about It) 6 Most Common Ways to Self-Sabotage Status quo bias When you prefer the current state of affairs, you perceive any changes to the status quo as a loss. It leads to powerful resistance to change. Even if you want to achieve your goals, you can’t help but feel you’re losing something. Consequently, you sabotage yourself and give up in order to return to the previous state of things. Studies suggest that losses hurt twice as much as gains would feel good. Consequently, if you want to set effective goals, the reward you’ll get from them has to be at least twice as powerful as the feeling of loss you’ll experience because of the sacrifices you have to make. Restraint bias Research shows that people who overestimate their ability to control impulses like hunger, drug cravings, and sexual arousal are more prone to overexpose themselves to temptations. Due to this bias, you’re likely to sabotage yourself if you believe you’re great at c...

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