Mark Spitz, who in 1972 won 6 Olympic gold medals went to Indiana University.
And his coach was a guy named Doc Counsilman, the greatest swim coach in America’s history.
The first day of practice every fall, Counsilman would get all the guys on the swim team to go out on the swim deck.
And there was a little banner that hung over the pool.
And the banner only had three words on it.
Hurt
Pain
Agony
Doc said, “Okay guys, we’re going to spend a lot of time together this year, and if you want to be a part of this swim team, every afternoon, you have to come here for a couple hours and swim until you hurt.
But if you have higher goals and you want to be an NCA champ, you want to be a national champ, you have to come here every afternoon and swim until you’re in pain.”
“If you have still higher goals and you want to be the next Mark Spitz, you want to be a world champion or an Olympic champion, you have to come here and train until you’re in agony.” He said, “So it’s your choice.
Hurt, pain, agony.”
He said, “All of you, I wouldn’t have recruited you unless I knew each and every one of you had world class potential inside of you.”
Here’s the interesting thing.
Whether you choose hurt or pain or agony, by the time you take a shower and go to dinner, everything is going to go back to normal, so it’s how much are you willing to give in that 2, 2-1/2 hours every day that’s going to determine your destiny.
What's it going to be?
Hurt?
Pain?
Or
Agony?
Only you can decide.
Those that are willing to go the extra mile are the ones the reap the rewards.
For the small amount of people reading this that are interested in really stretching themselves, doing the hard work, and taking their skills in the world of film to the next level, I am taking on a few clients for one-on-one coaching.
"Coaching" can be in anything that I am qualified to give you individual help with-whether that is working with you to develop 2-3 core skills to make you a better filmmaker, helping you get better at auditioning for acting roles, teaching you to better market yourself or your projects, assisting you in using locations, lights, staging, color, and direction to tell a more engaging story, or whatever filmmaking project it is that you're stuck on right now.
A warning--'tain't cheap.
It will be hurt, pain, and agony on your wallet.
But, the benefits you'll get from the results you'll see after working with someone one on one could be easily 10x what you'll shell out for the coaching.
If you think you might like to whet your whistle, reply back to this email to let me know what your goal for such coaching might be, and I will get back to you with some more details.
For everyone else, there will be plenty of opportunities to work with me or take advantage of what's in my head comin' down the road.
It's up to you to decide which camp you belong to.
-Brian
Gorilla Film School
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