Tricia Brouk is an award winning director. She also writes and choreographs for theater, film and television. In addition to her work in the entertainment industry, she applies her expertise to the art of public speaking. She’s the executive producer of TEDx Lincoln Square and has choreographed Black Box on ABC, The Affair on Showtime, Rescue Me on Fox, and John Turturro’s Romance and Cigarettes, where she was awarded a Golden Thumb Award from Roger Ebert. And the series she directed, Sublets, won Best Comedy at the Vancouver Web-Festival. She’s written two musicals, a play, a sitcom pilot, and a feature film. The documentary short she directed and produced This Dinner is Full was the official selection at The New York Women in Film and Television Short Festival. Tricia also hosts The Big Talk, a podcast on iTunes, where she interviews people who talk for a living.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- John Lee Dumas
- Cass Mccrory
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I had zero online credibility, I was not on facebook, I had limited linkedin profile, I didn’t know what an opt in was and I had 0 credibility in the world of public speaking so when I started the big talk, just like I do with any project I dive in head first and I learn as I go and I ask for help as I go. The biggest issue was I had to find out how to immediately create credibility”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness Book by Lolly Daskal
- When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times Book by Pema Chödrön
Favourite Quote:
“Steal what’s good”
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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Ask for help when you need it and give yourself a clear cut off at the end of the day because we can work 24/7 and it’s important that you also give yourself free time”…[Listen for More]
More About Tricia Brouk:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility.” Arthur Miller
Other Quotes From the Chat with Tricia Brouk:
- “There is nothing permanent besides impermanence”
- “Being consistent and showing up. When you fall down get back up because we’re all going to fall down”
- “If we can let go of judging ourselves, that will save so much time. Trust me everyone else is judging you so just let them have that”
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