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The headshot expresses the look and feel of the actor at a glance, but the actors resume sells the versatility, skillfullness, and success of an actor before he or she ever shows up to the audition. The purpose of this article is to quickly review the central purpose of an acting resume and from there discuss what should and should not go in it and why.

An acting resume should take up precisely one side of one page, and you will typically have it stapled to the back of your head shot. This single page should represent you as an artist, as an entertainer, as an employee, and as a colleague. So the main thing is to understand what auditioners want from you. What show are they putting up, and how does it compare to their previous shows? What sorts of actors do they like to use, and who do they usually cast for the role you want? Once you’ve considered what they’re looking for, the next step is to try and give them what they want. You’re an actor, so this will come pretty naturally to you.

The only thing you need to realize is that your acting resume is not an extension of you as an actor, it is an extension of the part you want to play. So, you should twist and pull at the facts of your professional life until they fit, as closely as possible, the specific audition. I would never tell you to lie; just list the parts of your acting career in an order which suits the demands of the part. This is a little bit of an extra investment in terms of time and energy, but it’s not that big an investment. Five or ten minutes for each audition could be the difference between your next big break and your next season of waiting tables.

Fat Loss - Even though there is so much information available about weight loss, the same diet mistakes are being made over and over every day. We are not talking here about little slipups where you ate a slice of pie that was not on the plan, but big mistakes that lead to failure to lose the weight that you want to lose. Understanding these errors can help you develop the attitude that will lead to permanent weight loss for you.

1. The All Or Nothing Attitude

All or nothing dieters will often pick out a complicated diet that is almost impossible for them to maintain. Before beginning, they will search the kitchen for anything that does not fit the plan and throw it in the garbage. They are planning to be the perfect dieter, and so they will be, for one day, three days, seven days or even a couple of weeks. Then, inevitably, something happens that means they cannot keep to the diet one time. Immediately the whole thing is ruined in their eyes and the diet is over. They go to the store and buy all the things that went into the garbage last week and proceed to gain back all the weight that they lost, as fast as possible.

If you are this kind of dieter you need to ask yourself some tough questions. Do you really want to lose weight permanently, or just lose a few pounds so that you can enjoy putting them back on again? The way forward is to make small changes to what you eat so that you have a slow but steady weight loss.

2. The Attitude of Sacrifice

Another common mistake is to view your diet as a period of sacrifice. You do not allow yourself the foods that you enjoy most while you are on your way to your target weight. You may have a great diet plan and be very successful in losing weight, but what happens when you reach your goal? You have not learnt to eat ‘bad foods’ in moderation so as soon as you start, you are likely to go out of control. It is better to include a little of everything in your diet and learn to enjoy it in small quantities. Yes, even chocolate!

3. Goal Failure

Setting achievable goals is vital in any weight loss plan. Goals should be clear, realistic and set out in writing. While you probably do have an ideal weight in your mind, unless you are only very slightly overweight it is probably too distant to be useful. A more useful goal would be to lose two pounds per week for the first five weeks and then one pound per week after that. Some weeks you will lose more and some less, some weeks you may even gain, but if you track your progress on a graph you will see that ups and downs are natural and do not stop you progressing steadily toward your major goal.

If you have been making these mistakes, do not worry. The most important point in dieting as in so many other things is to move on. Learn from your failures as well as your success and do not use a mistake as an excuse for giving up. The only way to achieve your goal permanently is to make a commitment to become a healthier person. Remember that eating normally includes eating more some days and less others. Learn to enjoy food in moderation and you have every chance of avoiding these bad diet mistakes.

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So you just three-putted your last hole and you are about to hit your next tee shot. As you take your practice swings , your mind is still on the awful drive that got you into trouble on the last hole. You take your swing and send it deep into the woods . Disgusted you say to yourself ” Oh boy , I’m going to bogey again !” And you do . So much for that new Ping G10 Driver you just dropped $300 on.

Has this ever happened to you ? You know the techniques and mechanics , but you just can’t get either your mind or bodyaligned with each other so that they do what you want them to do . If this is your situation , you are stuck in a rut and your golf game is falling apart .

A hinged golf club like the Medicus (see this Medicus Driver Review here) can make your swing more consistent, but it is ultimately your mind that you must train to overcome this kind of mental breakdown.

Golf requires you to focus and be analytical . These are functions of your brain’s left hemisphere . Golfing also requires you to be spontaneous and innovative which are part of your right brain’s function. To succeed at golf you need to use both sides of your brain simultaneously. You need an integrated approach .

This has implications with how you practice. You have to learn how to lock in all the good shots you hit in practice into your brain . On the other hand, you have to lock out the negative shots and forget them. The best way to do this is to use golf swing aids that help you focus on positive swing thoughts and groove a consistent, repeatable swing. The best tool for this in my mind is a golf club like the Medicus Driver or Medicus 5 iron. Some people feel the hinged drivers are a gimmick , but that has not proven to be the case. Hinged golf clubs help promote a very consistent golf swing that will give you confidence and lock in the positive golf swing thought into your brain.

There are many of other golf swing devices out there, but the best ones are the kind that you can actually hit a golf ball with or that simulate the actual golf swing. One of the hinged golf club trainers like the Medicus or the Refiner are perfect for this. Use them together with the positive mental images they promote and you should see your golf score start to lower in no time.