Consistency Breeds Greatness: Becoming Who You Are, Staying in Fighting Shape, and Playing the Small Stage

Let's get backwards now. I think this is a good note for everybody out there. This is Mornings with Matt, the Dearing Acting Studio Podcast, where we discuss the connection between life and acting. All righty, good morning, everybody. Welcome to Mornings with Matt on the Dearing Acting Studio Podcast. Woo! I don't know why I felt that sound specifically. It was great. I like the sound. Don't judge yourself.

Don't judge my sound. I won't judge my sound. Don't cheat and check yourself before you wreck yourself, because you didn't wreck yourself. Today we're talking about consistency breeds greatness. And I got to tell you, Brian, you consistently bring weirdness to the show. Why, thank you. Thank you. It's a trademark for me, really. Consistently Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Consistently Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Which, you know, to be honest, that's something we're going to talk about, guys.

And not today, but on another day. Maybe, or, I'm sorry. We might talk about it today, us, but we're not going to talk about this on the show. If I had a dollar for every time Matt said that, I would have, like, five dollars now from just season two. If I said what? That, oh, we're going to talk about that, but not today. But we're going to bring it up on a future show.

Oh, no, no, no. At some other time. No, no, no. We're not bringing this up on a future show. This is a, this is, that's a, I was saying something. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. I was saying, I was saying what we're going to talk about is not a show thing. It's a. I see. It's a, it's a us thing. I see. So I just lost a dollar is what you're saying.

You did. I'll take it. I'll take it. That's really unfortunate. Um. No, but for real, because we want to be able to stay consistent. And, and, and so here's, here's what we're going to talk about. I'll bring it up, but then we're not going to discuss it now. So the idea being, we haven't been consistent, but the truth is, things have changed. The reason, our why for starting the show is, is different now, right?

So it's like, we started the show for a purpose, and now like, that purpose is there, but this So, so if the timing needs to change, we need to be open to that. Yeah. That's all I'm saying. This is fact. Sure. So that we can be consistent, because consistency breeds greatness. Yeah. You like what I mean? I see where you're going. It's a good, it's a good little tie in there.

All right, Bri Guy, let's hit up the Daily Devotional. All right. Ah! Ah! Yeah. All right. It's like a church choir. Yeah, I got it. I got it. Yeah, until we have a sound effect for it, I'm just going to make one every single morning. Perfect. It's probably going to be different. I love it. All right, our first one here is 1 Samuel 15, 29. Also, the glue, he was like, yeah, I did not expect the drum roll.

You're right. It's so funny to drum roll for a Bible verse. For a Bible verse. Yeah, 100%. Try it again, Brian. And it catches me every time. Stay serious. It catches me every time. 1 Samuel 15, 29. Dang it. All right. Come on, bro. Take three. Take three. All right, here we go. We got this. 1 Samuel 15, 29. Also, the glory of Israel will not lie or change his mind, for he is not a man that he should change his mind.

You know what I'm saying? It's like a backwards, like, double thing here. Yeah, I was about to say, can you please repeat that? I'll repeat that one more time. Yeah. Also, the glory of Israel will not lie or change his mind, for he is not a man that he should change his mind. Who? The glory of Israel. And we were just discussing this, actually, because obviously we're not scholars in the Bible, so we're just followers and, like, trying to understand ourselves.

But we're getting there, Brian. We're getting there. We're getting there. When you go over it every day, you get better. Absolutely. So we were thinking, like, that's specifically referring to God, and in that verse, that specific chapter is the chapter where God basically tells Saul, like, you're no longer my chosen one for Israel, because he was the first king of Israel. And Saul just kept messing it up, messing it up, messing it up, and not listening to God over and over and over.

And God just finally is like, for the glory of Israel, I basically led you into the hand of your enemy and let them win. And I'm like, you're done. And you're welcome. You're welcome and you're done. Yeah. And at that point, he even asked for forgiveness in that point, but it wasn't a real forgiveness. I mean, we talk about a lot of, like, whether you're genuinely, like, feeling something, genuinely sorry.

And he was not genuinely, truthfully sorry. He just kept doing the same thing over and over and expecting, because he's this great person or whatever, that God would just keep going, like, yeah, it's fine. Yeah. And then God's like, no, I hold to my word. I, like, I'm serious about what I say when I say it. Yeah. Kind of deal. So. God's like, God's like, you silly if you think you can, you can trick God.

God. I'm God. Yeah. Yeah. Well, and he's saying, too, God is consistent. Mm-hmm. God's going to consistently do what he said he's going to do, and he's not going to, he's not going to change his mind. Mm-hmm. And so, I look at this, the glory of Israel. The glory of Israel, he's saying, it's me. I'm God. Mm-hmm. I'm the glory. I don't lie. I don't change my mind.

So, therefore, when you're in that position where you're lying or changing your mind, you know, it's not coming from God, I think that's, that's something you can take from that, too. Absolutely. A hundred percent. And, and, and sometimes that's also, like, trying to be something you're not, which we're going to talk a little bit about today when it comes to consistency. Awesome. So, cool. All right, let's move on to our next verse there, Braga.

Next one is Psalm 89, 34. He's all about the sound effects of the Bible. I love it. I was just, I was hoping this morning that when he, you failed on the first drum roll that he was going to play, Did You Stay, Say Steak, and just throw a curveball at you. He didn't. Hey, it's like they laughed with me. That's what happened in my mind. Love it.

I'll read it one more time for you guys. Psalm 89, 34. My covenant, I will not violate, nor will I alter the utterance of my lips. All right. This is obviously God again. Right? It sounds, is this an, uh… My covenant? Yeah, yo, is it David talking to him, I imagine, probably, since it's a psalm. So, yeah. Or is it David? Is David saying his covenant, or is he saying, or is he, or is it God saying my covenant?

I mean… You guys, what is a covenant? A covenant. Covenant is like a pond. It's like a restaurant up on Tatum and Shea. Oh. Or it used to be. I don't know if they went out of business. Decently priced food? Yeah? Oh. Yeah? Decently priced? Yeah. Okay. All right. It's a little expensive. Have to check it out sometimes. It's a little expensive, but it's classy. But I think they changed names.

Oh. Oh, I know exactly what you're talking about. Yeah. Yeah, like the yellow sign on the corner of the wall. Yeah, I never went there. Yeah. Well, they're done. Yeah, well, they're done. Forget about it. Forget about it. What are you doing, Brian? I'm seeing if it's… You're trying to figure out what's what? Yeah. I think he's trying to Google covenant. No, I know. Covenant's a promise.

Oh, well, then why… It's like a pact. See, I wish… It's like a contract. Like my contract, I will not violate. Yeah, it's God. It's God. That's what I thought. Yeah, you're right. I mean, because, I mean, nobody else gets to have a covenant, not really. It's true, yeah. Nobody signs David's contract. It's God's contract with David. My covenant, I will not violate, nor will I alter the utterance of my lips.

It's the same thing saying before. Like, I'm not going to lie. I'm not going to change. I'm not going to, you know… This is my promise. I won't alter it. Yeah, that's right. I make a promise. The promise is going to… We're going to keep that promise. Mm-hmm. Yeah. This is great. Yeah. You do what we talked about you doing. Remember, like, you felt like it was going to work out.

Like, you feel like… It will. But you've got to trust, and you've got to do it. And you've got to follow through. Big trust. Yeah, absolutely. Big trust. And that's what's so hard, okay? So, today's… Today's all about consistency, and consistency does breed greatness, but it is difficult. It's hard to do the little things over and over and over again when nobody's watching. It's hard to stay consistent, and I think that, for me, and probably a lot of people can relate So here's the outline for today.

Segment number one here after our intro, after our first commercial break, is going to be becoming who you are. Then we're going to move into the ability to seize the moment. And then we're going to end with consistency breeds greatness, our big takeaway. So once again, that is becoming who you are. Then the ability to seize the moment and consistency breeds greatness. I just want to point out that all three of these segment titles are Eminem songs.

Just thought I'd throw that out there. Really? Yeah. Becoming who you are? I am. Whatever you say, I am. Is that what the name of the song is? If I wasn't? No. But that's like. I'm saying they're all title concepts. Yeah, I misspoke. But I'm saying like those are the main points of three of his songs. Well, there you go. There you go. Yeah. Good job, Eminem.

Nice work. All right. We will be back after this commercial break. Well, I mean, normally I call my uncle. He's a plumber. And he comes over, and I buy him lunch, and then he unclogs my pipes. How does he unclog your pipes? What does he do? Honestly, I haven't paid much attention. Usually I go get the lunch, and he unclogs the pipes. It's like a trade-off situation.

All right. Let me try something else here. With… Nick Mulata. Corrine Freese, Isabel Ramirez, Dakota George, Truman Hendrix, Astrid Gabriel, Sia Luke, Vicky Sweeney, Do it, do it, do it. Welcome back, everybody. Consistency breeds greatness. And I got to tell you that we are consistently becoming who we are. You are becoming who you are every day by the little choices that you make. And we know that to be true. And yet, once again, it's very difficult to be making the choices that you know are in your best interest long term.

So, so, uh, Anthony Robbins, Mr. Tony Robbins says, uh, it's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistency, consistently. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently. That's Tony Robbins. Anthony Robbins says that. And, uh, and it makes sense. I was, I was thinking of this like a, like if you see a river flowing, it's, it's, you know, it's where the water goes consistently over and over and over again.

And it creates these long grooves, you know, and, and, and over time, water can cut through rock. Just from just the same motion over and over and over and over again. You know, that consistency, it, it, it creates a pathway, you know, and, and that's pretty much what we're doing. We are, we are creating these, um, these different pathways in our minds, in our bodies. Like, like we're creating like what we, what we believe to be true.

Um, like the, like, like think about it like a neural pathway. Okay. So let's say, let's say there's a forest and nobody's walked in the forest before. And then all of a sudden somebody walks in and they go down to the river. Okay. And they walk back same exact way. And then they do it over and over and then a hundred people do it. And then a thousand people do it.

Same path over and over and over again. There wasn't a path. Now there will be a path just from the feet. Yeah. Just from the consistency of people walking on that. Mm-hmm. It's crazy. Yeah. And you'll see the same thing like trails, you know, on the mountain, like it's where the trailblazer came, like the idea of going away from the trail. Right. Um, but it's, it's consistency everywhere.

Um, I know Joey, when we were on the river was, uh, he, he was a master at realizing where the consistency spots were and in the river and the way that it moved and stuff. And so like he was, uh, my uncle Brian was talking about what a great guy he was right away because he was able to see those things. He was able to kind of see how it's moved and where it's moving and follow along those paths.

Right. And I think, um, the big thing, you know, in when it goes to life is like the challenge of being able to create that, like you said, every single day. Well, and here's the thing. So, okay. So let's say there's that pathway that I'm talking about and all those people are walking down that path. Okay. And, and, and that's, that's society. That's like the normal going down this path.

And then all of a sudden you can see it. You realize it. There's a better way to get there. There's a faster way, uh, you know, or, or, or, or just a better way there. There's, there's a, there's a better destination. Let's just say. Okay. But it's a harder path because no one's ever gone that way. And you go once and you're like, oh, dang, it's beautiful.

It's so much better than where everybody else is going. Yeah. So you go there a couple of times, but then it's like, ah, I need water. And you just take the easy way and you go back to your old habits where everybody else is. Right. And that's what I think we do constantly is we're trying to fight against the current there. Yeah. Fight against our instinct to just go the easy road instead of, instead of taking the path less traveled that we know is going to take us to our own personal, beautiful destination.

But to do that consistently, consistently when you're the only one on that path is really hard. Yeah, totally. Agree with that. This is facts. Yeah. Uh, speaking of the river specifically, it goes back to the idea of consistency. So, you know, why was I able to see that? Well, we go out there every summer and it's the same river. And when you're paddle guiding, it's the same four moves that you have to choose from.

Turn right, turn left, turn back, turn other back. Other back. Yeah. Yeah. Like, and, and so once you have been out there for two or three days, you get yourself re-put into the calls and the mindset and the leadership out there. And then you're like, okay, cool. It's, you know, it's, it's, I can read this because I've seen it year and year and year again and I've, and I've heard the calls and I remember it and it all comes back to you because of the consistency of being out there.

Sure. I think that's where a lot of it comes from. Well, and, and, and, and I'm going to add on to that, Joey, because it's also a mindset. So you could go out there and you could, you could be where you, where you are with that understanding, or you could go out there twice as many times as you've been out there and still not have that skill.

And the question is, when you went, did you have a mindset of, you were excited? Did you have a mindset of, you wanted to learn that you were paying attention, that you were totally in the zone? Or were you a passive, just sort of like observer? Like, did you just kind of sit back and do what you were told when you were told, but weren't really looking to understand the whys behind what was going on?

Right. Yeah. And, and from, from that, from you being curious and learning the whys, paying attention and being like, I wonder, I wonder what I would do if I were the one running the boat right now, you know, not everyone's doing that. A lot of people are just sitting there or they're drinking beers or they're like, kind of not paying attention. And, and so, so that's like, that's the difference between using that and, and becoming something from it or just like, okay, I'm going down the river.

Totally. Yeah. And really neither one is necessarily wrong. It's just kind of mindset going in. And for me, like, I think the mindset comes from, well, well, well, I, I, I don't want to say right or wrong. So you're right about that. But, but I'm, I'm saying like, you become what you are right now, but it's, but it is really all based on the choices that you've made.

Right. So, so that, that's what, that's what I called this, this, you know, becoming who you are. Like we're always in this state of becoming and, and, and what, what are you becoming? Are you becoming more lazy? Are you becoming more disciplined? Are you becoming smarter? Are you becoming dumber? You know, and every single day, we're in the state of becoming something. So, so you go to the river and are you becoming more of what you're capable of?

Or are you becoming less? And the truth is you can go either direction and, and, and right or wrong. It's hard to say right or wrong, but there's probably in the instinct we know what's best for us. Mm-hmm. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. For sure. No, that makes a lot of sense. Um, my, my point about like right or wrong is, uh, depending on the person, the why you're out there, depending on who you're with, you might not want to learn that stuff.

You might not want to, you might just want to take the orders and then sit back because this is your relaxation time. And I don't think that's a wrong choice either. Um, it's just about who are you, what are you doing and, and why are you there? So for me, it's for fun, but also like, I think, uh, every time we go out there, they talk about the importance of the dangers of the river and knowing what's up.

So I pay close attention because I'm like, cool. If I fall out of the boat, I don't want to die. Yeah. You know, I'd, I'd rather know what's going on and trust my instincts versus feeling like I came here from Arizona and fall into the river and then panic because it's freezing in the river. Totally. And I don't know how to get out. So, so, so going back to this, it's, I don't, I don't, I agree with you.

I don't think there's a right or wrong, but I do think there's a better, yeah, I think, I think so. There's a better choice. It comes from just most people probably not even fully seeing every choice as something so important and their own greatness, their own potential, right? Yeah. So I think that's where you're getting at is like, even if that person is that way, really, they don't even realize that they'd get so much more out of it.

They'd grow so much more if they were moving towards becoming something greater and using this experience for that. Yeah. Sure. And, and every moment of life can be like that, you know, I mean, um, I told you guys a little while back, I took, I took my son up to the cabin, right? When there was a crazy snowstorm and you know, it's, it's funny cause we were joking about you being right that I should go up there and we had a great time and the timing was good, but honestly, you were wrong.

He was right. Brian was right. I should not have gone because if it was 10 minutes different, my car would have slid off the road and I would have ended up like on the side of the freeway with my son in the middle of a snowstorm. Like that's how bad it was. It was the worst snowstorm I've ever driven through now. But, but I also learned a lot about what I should and shouldn't do, what my car was capable of doing, how to get myself by myself dug out of the snow, you know, I mean, and with, with a two wheel drive car, like it wasn't easy by any stretch of the imagination.

It was not easy, but I feel like I now have a different skillset because of the mindset I came in with was, Hey, this is going to be an adventure. This is going to be fun. I don't think it's going to be easy. I told my son that right away. It's not going to be easy. Uh huh. We're going into the storm. Yeah. Literally going into the storm.

So, so, so we, we know ahead of time, it's going to be hard. We have to look at this, like it's going to be an adventure and that we're learning new things. And we did love it, but that's, but that's only from mindset without that mindset. Honestly, the, the trip is a drag, you know, and I can complain about it and I can go, Oh, it stinks.

Oh, it was so hard. You guys didn't hear me say any of that. You know? I don't think I've ever heard you say any of that. No. All right. Cool. So, so we are always becoming who we are always. Always. Mm-hmm. We got, we got, we got to hold ourselves accountable for that. All right. So when we come back after this next commercial break, we are going to be talking about what, how consistency enables us the ability to seize the moment.

Cause the moment's going to come and you want to, you want to put yourself in a position to seize the moment. So consistency is the key to that. We're going to talk about it when we come back. Well, I mean, normally I call my uncle, he's a plumber. And he comes over and I buy him lunch. And then he unclogs my pipes. How does he unclog your pipes?

What does he do? Honestly, I haven't paid much attention. Usually I go get the lunch and he unclogs the pipes. It's like a trade-off situation. All right, let me try something else here. With… Nick Mulata. Corrine Fries. Isabel Ramirez. Dakota George. Truman Hendrix. Astrid Gabriel. Sia Luke. Vicky Sweeney. Bryan Sweeney. Matthew Dearing. And… Joey Sweeney. All right, so consistency enables us the ability to seize the moment.

Seize it. Seize a moment. You gotta seize it. Carpe diem. So, here's what I mean by this. People think they want to be on the big stage. They think they want the big opportunity. They want the big gig. They want the big movie. They want the big commercial. They want the big job. The big promotion. The big… Whatever. They think they want it. Mm-hmm. But the problem is, most people that want those things have not consistently prepared for them.

Mm-hmm. And I always say, it's the most unlucky thing to get put on the big stage before you're ready. Yeah. And that's where… That's where a lot of people end up crashing and burning. You see, like, the overnight success thing that just like… Because people can see. Like, you don't have anything real underneath. You had a little one-hit wonder and then it's like… It's a bummer, almost.

Yeah. 'Cause I had this one-hit wonder. I became famous for a second. Maybe I even made some money. But then it's very depressing. 'Cause people are like… They want to… They're like… Well, yeah. …ready to see you fall. Who gets the lottery. Right? And you'd think they'd be super happy. Yeah. They got all this money. But they're totally unhappy and they don't know what to do with it.

That's the main thing. Like, they don't know how to handle it and manage it. I'm so sad I got all this money. But for real, like, I think the reason I use that example is because they don't know how to manage it. Yeah. So I think… And I think what you're trying to say, too, is that the money doesn't change their happiness necessarily. Like, they feel… Of course it feels good.

Of course, yeah. But the problem is… Yes. Then they lose all the money. So then they feel worse than they had before they started. Once the money's gone. Yes. 'Cause it's like, oh, man. I've been in… I had a million dollars. And now it's gone. Yeah. Now I feel worse. Mm-hmm. Because I'm an idiot. Yeah. 100%. Freakin' Lamborghini, man. Shouldn't have bought the Lamborghini. So my thought is that the big stage is gonna be there.

And it's ready and it's perfect for the person that's been playing on small stages consistently. Yeah. Totally. Play the small stage. Play the small stage. I play the stage whether or not anybody shows up. I play it. Mm-hmm. For the sake of playing it. Yeah. Then, when the big opportunity comes, you're already ready. Mm-hmm. You know, I don't wanna be in a position where I need to get ready.

Yeah. I wanna… I wanna… I wanna stay ready. I wanna be in the ready position always. So that when opportunity strikes, I'm already there. Yeah. Totally. You know? Our… One of the local agents likes to say, "Stay in fighting shape." Mm-hmm. And what she means by this. "Stay in fighting shape." This is as an actor. And I think you can apply this to anything in life. It's fighting shape.

It means, essentially, when it comes to like your body and your health or whatever as an actor, whatever your ideal is, be within five days of that thing. Mm-hmm. Five to ten days it would take you to be like your ideal body shape. And that's like you're fighting, you know, you're ready to fight. Mm-hmm. So then if you get the gig, in five days you can easily just like lose three pounds or five pounds or whatever.

Yeah. Like you can shift your body quickly. You can't 30 pounds, 40 pounds, right? Right. Like you can't completely change in that way. Mm-hmm. So staying in fighting shape means like you're always just consistently there, ready to go. And if you need to put a little extra push, you will. But you never completely walk away or lose sight of whatever it is that you're doing. Totally. And that goes obviously in the industry and in any industry with skills also.

Right. Like with growing. So like I got an audition for Joey right now and it just came up. I think it fits him, but he hasn't been doing anything with his training or classes. And then he comes in and his improv is total trash. Well, like he just missed an opportunity because he wasn't ready for it consistently. Right. Like continuing to work at any time you expect that that thing could come and you're ready the moment it comes.

Yeah. And we've had that multiple times. I mean, we've had several castings in the last month and students have fit a role and were just like, boom, let me grab you and put you in this. And they were training and they were ready. And they got great, like even just feedback and help because they were in the position where they were grateful and ready to receive it.

Yeah. I'll throw out some love for one of our students in chaos comedy players, Nick Malata. Not sure if Nick is listening right now, but Nick Malata. Woo. Woo. So speaking of consistency, so he's he's at a place where he was already making little videos, doing things that were putting out comedy, putting out things that were just sort of interesting to him and trying to make an impact on the world through acting and through his art and, you know, some better than others or whatever.

But the things that would honestly make me laugh and were interesting. Well, then all of a sudden, yeah, we start throwing him some auditions here and there. And his his audition videos, in my opinion, and Joey watched all of them, but my opinion, they were they were some of the most creative, if not the most creative of everybody who turned in videos for these auditions. And and so he stood out like he popped off the page.

He's been in the call. He I don't think he's laying anything yet, but he's been in the callbacks and a couple different things or he's or he's been in the in the shortlist anyway, for some of these gigs. And the reason is because consistently doing that work. Well, then what's interesting is he came up to the desk the other day and he's like, hey, so I'm thinking about I want to, you know, get signed with an agent and I have, you know, this one in mind and whatnot.

And he's like, I don't know what if I should talk to you. And I was like, yeah. And not only not only like, yes, but I can't wait to write that recommendation letter because I know exactly what I'm going to write and what it's about, because it's about what he's consistently been doing. It proves that I can that I can refer him with confidence. Yeah. And I can say I know what product I'm referring to you, agent, because this person has shown this over the years over the years.

So they're only going to continue to get better. Yeah. And you're lucky to have them. Also, I mean, you look at what are you referring them to an acting agent? What's an acting agent's job to send you on auditions? You look at the last month and a half when he's had three auditions and done the work for them, like you said, and that gets to be a part of your letter, which is, you know, most people walk in and they apply for an agency based on sometimes training, sometimes look, sometimes none of that, just because they want an agent.

Yup. And so the fact that you get to write that in the recommendation letter, like he's, he's been in auditions that you've sent people on the last months, at least three of them. Right. Totally. And, and, uh, this quote here, um, from Ademi Yunus, Ademi Taiwo Yunus is what I never heard that name, but I love the quote here. Consistency in, in little will pay off on big days.

Mm-hmm. Consistency in little will pay off on big days. So I think it's consistency in, in every day. Mm-hmm. Pays off when, when, when that one day comes and it's that big day, that big event, that big audition, whatever. If you've been auditioning every day. Mm-hmm. The big audition, it's still big, but it doesn't feel as big. Right, yeah. 'Cause you're like, well, I do that every day.

So now I'm just doing it for somebody else who happens to be famous. Okay, no big deal. Yeah, totally. Um, that's interesting. And, and this other one here says, uh, "Your consistency must outlast the world's ignorance of who you are." I love this quote. This was, uh, Dr. Billy Alsbrooks. Dr. Billy Alsbrooks. He says, "Your consistency must outlast the world's ignorance of who you truly are." Mm-hmm.

So, what, what I think, what happens is, oftentimes, because we're human, we tend to judge a book by its cover. Yeah. We tend to judge somebody like, oh, you're that, oh, whatever. But, but, it's interesting that when you can consistently work on something, consistently do something over and over and over and over again, it becomes much harder for people to ridicule you for that thing. Mm-hmm. Totally.

For them to pick on you, and for them to, like, bring you down, because it's like, no, I mean, like, you, you, you say what you're, you're, you say what you mean. Mm-hmm. You know, you do what you say you're gonna do, and, and you do it consistently over and over and over and over again. And then when someone says, well, yeah, well, you're that way, you go, yeah.

Yeah, I am. I am. Or they say, oh, you're this way, and you go, really? Prove it. Yeah. Yeah, look at my actions. In my track record in the last four years, when have I done that? Mm-hmm. Totally. You know? Yeah. And, and, and that's where it pays off dividends, because you get to say, this is who I am consistently. Mm-hmm. And, and some of it, you know, if you're always, if you're consistently in the path of getting better, that's even, I think that's the best.

Yeah. Because then, that, that's what you're consistent about. Yeah, what's up, Joe? Speaking of judging a book. Time now for Brian Sweeney's Shameless Plugs. Shameless Plugs. I want to do that, do it like the graphic does. Uh, acting is my day job. You look so cute today, Brian. Aw, thanks, buddy. You look cute. Yeah, I, I just want to say, I'm, I'm pretty proud. I've started a blue light, um.

Yeah, started a blue light. I can't believe that Brian's single. Look at this kid. Wow. Thanks, guys. Look at those clear glasses. Like, you look cute today. Thanks. I'm getting all blushy. Yeah. He's backwards hat guy. I'm gonna make it more awkward now. Good. Good. Because, because the book doesn't sell when you're, when you're not awkward. No, no, it really doesn't. This is for awkward people and non-awkward people alike.

Acting is my day job. Seven strategies to market and make money as an actor. Uh, you can get it on Amazon, get it on our website. The cuteness went away. It's like weird how that. It did. I know. I don't know. Because confidence is, confidence is attractive and you lost your confidence. I did. I did. As soon as I complimented you. You're like… Shrinky. Shrinky. I don't know how else to describe it.

But this may be, this will help with confidence, guys. Big time. Big time. I've heard it. I've heard it from so many people. There's a lot of quotes in here about the confidence. Shrinky. Pop quiz. What is chapter one? Go. Chapter one. Get out there. Shrinky. Can't fit on that. All right. So that is the end of our segment here on the ability to seize the moment.

Brian seized that moment. Yeah. That was fun. You seized the moment. Right there. Thank you. To advertise the book, Acting as my day job. Seven strategies to market and make money as an actor. Which y'all should read. Buy. Get it. All right. We're going to come back with our big takeaway today. Consistency breeds greatness. We're going to give you a takeaway right after this message. Well, I mean, normally I call my uncle.

He's a plumber. Um, and he comes over and I buy him lunch. And then, um, he unclogs my pipes. How does he unclog your pipes? What does he do? Honestly, I haven't paid much attention. Usually I go get the lunch and he unclogs the pipes. All right. It's like a trade-off situation. All right, uh, let me try something else here. That's me, guys. Hey. All right. Uh, we were playing the same commercial there.

And the reason is we've got a big show. Woo! This weekend. Chaos Comedy. Yeah. It's gonna be hilarious. Ha ha ha. Studio audience agrees. Um, all right. So, welcome back. Consistency breeds greatness. Here's a nice quote for you by Roger Staubach. Do you know who this is, Joey? No. You ever heard of Roger Staubach? No. He says, "In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry." Hmm.

"In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry." He was a, uh, quarterback. Hmm. Interesting. That's for Roger Staubach. And anyway, um, he's right. I mean, think about this, right? So, uh, what did the Golden State Warriors have when they were winning? Star power, money. They had consistency, and they had chemistry. There's a lot of star power out there that doesn't win. As a matter of fact, when you put two stars on a team, if they don't have the chemistry, Yeah.

Oftentimes, they're worse. Yeah. Absolutely. Because they don't know who's supposed to get the ball. Like, they're not unselfish, et cetera. There's a reason why Tom Brady won. Yeah. And it's because he brings a particular consistency to a team. A particular mindset to a team. And he built a super team. That's awesome. Well, no. And then bringing in Rob Gronkowski, who he has chemistry with. Yeah. There's something where, like, I trust you, you trust me, we've got chemistry, I believe in you, I kinda know where you're gonna go or what you're gonna need, and then you make that happen.

And we're gonna build a super team. You know? Oh, man. This debate can't happen right now. Joey, what is your problem, man? Oh. Oh, I do not want this fight. No. Um, so, so, so, so the point here is, um, okay, right now, because Joey's trying to be funny, we don't have chemistry in this moment. Mm. Makes the show awkward. It does. It's more awkward than me.

When we're building and pushing and growing together, like, the show becomes better and we gain chemistry. But chemistry comes from consistency, too. So, going back to, like, back in the day, when we had to, you and I had to go back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, Joe, um, we had, we had to discuss even being able to speak on moments like this. Mm-hmm. Like, having the willingness to do it, and then, and then we built, we earned, I believe, chemistry.

Mm-hmm. You know what I mean? Yeah. I would say, too, here's an interesting thing. We got our boondocks show coming up next month. Mm-hmm. Everybody looks forward to that. Yeah. St. Patrick's Day. Um, it's not on St. Patrick's Day, but it's our St. Patrick's Day show. Yeah. Anyway, Brian and I had been doing boondocks for a long time. Mm-hmm. We had chemistry. Why? I don't know, we've been working together for 10 years, 15 years, you know?

Yeah, yeah. We built chemistry, we earned chemistry, we know how to work around each other. Now, we brought Joey in. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And before you were like a staple at the studio, like all the way in, we brought you into Boondocks. Mm-hmm. And it was a gamble because we didn't share the same chemistry. Mm-hmm. You know? It was like, okay, we have to do this thing. And then we've now earned that, and I freaking love having you in that show.

Oh my gosh, yeah. And it's something that we have gained that trust, gained the chemistry from consistently working together. Anytime you add another team member, anytime you add an outside force, it makes it harder. Totally. Mm-hmm. Right? Yep. But let's just say like with our team. So we got the three of us now. We built the chemistry, like we're good to go. And we built a super team.

Well, we earned a super team, Joey. I'm sorry, we earned it. Yeah. You don't just become super by like overnight. So we take who we are, right? If you add somebody from the outside, and we've done this. Mm-hmm. We've added Joey, a superstar teacher, a superstar marketer, whatever. Dude, if they don't fit with our values, if they don't work the same way we work, it doesn't work out.

Mm-mm. Yeah. Matter of fact, they bring the team down. That superstar can bring the team down. Yeah. Okay. You bring somebody like just from the outside could ruin our team, could take our team to be where like we're worse. Or you bring in somebody like Leeann, who we've already built chemistry with, already built trust with, she's already been in the company. It would take her a week to come in here and make this place better, to make us as a team better.

Mm-hmm. For her to get on page, because we've already earned that. You know, like we have that kind of symmetry, or you know, chemistry. Chemistry, yeah. I guess, yeah. Yeah. That makes sense? Yeah, totally makes sense. Yeah. Long story short here, there is a magic that happens with consistency. There's something just magical that happens when you do something over time, over and over and over again, where all of a sudden it's like, you pop.

And then, and it just becomes like, next level good. Yeah. I like the word you chose here with, uh, breeds. Consistency breeds greatness. Mm-hmm. So, the challenge, I guess, is how to, I guess, remain that way. You know, because you're totally right. When you're doing something consistently over and over and over, it becomes like super easy. Uh, and I think a lot of times when people get stuck is when it does become easier, then they stop doing the consistent thing that got them to wherever they were.

Yeah. I know I've been guilty of that completely. So like, you'll do something over and over. So, so maybe we should clarify because, because consistency and then settling for the same are two different things. Yeah. So, to be consistently doing something is different than settling and saying, like, this is good enough. Mm-hmm. And we're, and we're not saying that. Right. Okay. To be consistent, but not necessarily do the, like, do things the exact same way.

You should be consistent in your work, but also consistent on trying to make even that thing better. Yeah. So, let's just take, um, something like karate or whatever. If you were learning a martial art, the greats of the greats, what do they do? You should practice the, the very specific, like, very easiest moves. Mm-hmm. But then, they try to make that move better and more perfect. And, and they, and they understand it'll never get perfect.

So, they can always consistently work on the fundamentals. Yeah. Totally. And I, and I think that's when we've seen some of our greatest successes. And, and we're doing this a little bit right now is when we, in order to do more, you, you, you first focus down on less and doing the less better. Mm-hmm. So, it's not just doing less. Cause that, cause that's easy. Yeah. Oh, I can just do less things.

That, that's easy. Yeah, sure. So, can you do less better than you've ever done those things that you think come easy to you? Can you do them even better? Mm-hmm. I, I like this other quote here. Um, people like consistency, whether it's a store or a restaurant, they want to come in and see what you're famous for. That's Mickey Drexler. Mm-hmm. People want to come in and see what you're famous for.

You, so, so think about this. You see a, you see a, a, a breakfast place. Mm-hmm. The name of the breakfast place is biscuits and gravy. Yeah. What do you want to try there? Like what, what, what? The biscuits and gravy. Right. Yeah. You're not going to go there and order the steak. Yeah. Right. You know, you're like, I want to try their biscuits. Like, that sounds good.

It's like when someone goes to a Mexican restaurant and they're like, I'll have your chicken strips. That's right. Yeah. They probably didn't pick the restaurant. Right. But you go to a restaurant called chicken strips. I won't try that chicken. They must be good. Like those guys specialize in that. Like, I want to know what you're, I want to try what you're famous for. Yeah. Because you do that one thing very well and you've done it over and over and over again to the point that you're trying to get better at the smaller thing.

Mm-hmm. And sometimes companies, and we've been guilty of this, where you kind of expand, you get into too many things all at the same time, you try to be really good at a bunch of things instead of narrowing down and finding a way how does everything connect. Yeah. Into, like, who you really are, what you're really trying to be great at. What? Like when IHOP changed their name to IHOP.

Oh my gosh. It just didn't work. That was nuts. Wait, what? When IHOP, there was a season where they changed it to the International House of Burgers. Shut up. No, 100%. It was everywhere. IHOP. Shut up. They were straight up changing it. I did not hear this. And the world was like, no. Like, they wanted to compete with the burger places and everybody- That's a terrible idea.

I know. It was, I don't know. Somebody had to get fired. I was going to say, whoever's in charge of that needs to be fired. Yeah. That's funny. Yeah. IHOP? It changed back. Yeah. But they were legit, like, signs. Like, legit. It was a full turnover. It was just an epic fail. Yeah. Epic fail. International House of Burgers. Wow. That's so bad. Yeah. That's really bad. Yeah.

You can't just change it. Okay. So, let's take a company like McDonald's. Okay. What's McDonald's known for? They're- Fast food. Cheap food. Yeah. Cheap, fast food. That's what they're known for. Now, if they tried to sell a quality burrito, it'd be a weird messaging. Completely weird. Completely weird. So, instead, what they did was they opened up a brand new business under the same umbrella called Chipotle. Yeah.

Yeah. Brilliant. But you can't put those two restaurants in the same location. No. No. It wouldn't really work. Right. I'm gonna go to Chipotle for a burrito because you guys are good at burritos. You guys are good at being fast and delivering food over here for cheap. Mm-hmm. Okay, cool. Like, I know what I'm getting. I wanna get what you're famous for. Yeah. Totally. So, that's the key to consistency.

You mentioned, I mispronounced his name. What was it? Billy Alsbrooks. Billy Alsbrooks. Yes. He's a motivational speaker. And then once you said his name correctly, he's like, "Oh, yeah, I know that guy. I didn't need to stumble over his name." Sorry, Billy. Why do I know his name? And you mentioned this because he says it at the end of every video. He says, "I'm Billy Alsbrooks." Billy Alsbrooks.

Yeah. He doesn't just say it. I'm Billy Alsbrooks. I'm Billy Alsbrooks. You should be successful. He says that, but what does he do? He consistently says the same thing. Mm-hmm. And Joey even caught me on this the other day. We ended the show, and I don't remember what it was, and he looks at me and he's like, "Dude, you're supposed to say it. God bless." What are you doing?

He did a peace sign in the show. Yeah. He's like, "What?" So, we cut our outro, halfway through the outro, and I said, "I'm sorry. I meant to say God bless." Because he was right. There's a consistency to the end of this, and it should be a certain way because that's the brand. Mm-hmm. Totally. And that's what I mean. I mean that. I don't mean like, "Peace." Like, "See ya." It's not me.

It's me trying to be something I'm not. It's like the Easter egg at the end of the show. The people that actually stay and watch the Easter egg, if we don't play the Easter egg, they're like, "What the heck?" What's an Easter egg? Where's my Easter egg? Yeah. Easter egg is a video game reference, in case you didn't get that, but it's like a hidden, you know, same as like a hunt, but it's like a hidden thing in the game.

It's like a hidden thing in our show. You know? It's an Easter egg. Yeah. It's actually referring to Easter, where you hide an egg and have to find it. Yeah. If we're really going back to the reference. I mean, Easter is actually about the rise of Jesus, but the bunny is cute. All right. All right. All right, everyone. That is our show. Thank you so much for tuning in to this little Easter egg.

Hunt? Question mark? Jesus rises. Yeah. There you go. No question mark there. It's super quiet. God bless. Thanks for listening to Mornings with Matt. Please like, subscribe, and follow us at Dearing Acting Studio to keep up with the latest content. For more information on classes, private lessons, or professional development coaching, visit www.DearingStudio.com. Have a Dearing day, everyone. Have a champy day, everyone. Ruff.