55. Allen Brooks: Take the Stage

Send us Fan MailCan you learn about business, career and life in a theater group? My next guest grew up as an only child of a single mom, and in theater, he found his family of choice.  One of the reasons I loved this chat with Allen Brooks is how he opens up our mind to new ways of learning about traditional subjects like business. In this fascinating conversation, Allen shares the following: - How he went from being an extra on movie sets, making $16000 a year, to becoming a high school theater arts teacher to landing a coveted role at the prestigious John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - Hidden Opportunities in Plain Sight: How Allen met with two veterans at a new parent group, and joined their start up ‘Building Momentum’ as Chief Creative Officer and how they got hired by their very first paying client. - ‘Building Momentum’ is a problem-solving training organization based in Virginia that trains children, service members, teachers, entrepreneurs and pushes the boundaries of what people can learn and build. - How to deal with Rejection: Allen shares career and life lessons from giving thousands of auditions and facing daily rejections, and why Allen thinks everyone should learn about the Arts, no matter what their background - His favourite tips to help those in transition to change careers and land their next role - And so much more. Learn more about Allen:https://www.linkedin.com/in/allencbrooks/[email protected]://buildmo.com/-----------------------------------------------------Liked this episode? A couple of things:1. Share the podcast with three of your closest friends! And please leave a great review on Apple Podcasts here, as it would mean a lot to me and hopefully help others discover this resource for Job Seekers ! 2. You will love my weekly emails called Charge-Up! .. they're no fluff no spam, where I share my favourite career insights from movies, TV shows, news and my own personal experiences, that I don't share anywhere else. Make sure you sign up here!  3. Come hang out with me LIVE on LinkedIn/Facebook/Youtube every Friday at 2 pm CET where I answer your questions and often bring in fab guests:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonalbahl/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/SuperChargeYourselfFacebook: https://m.facebook.com/SuperChargeYourself/