56. Matthew Blade | How Honesty Leads You to Discovering Your Purpose
Men Are Forged
English - November 29, 2021 15:15 - 49 minutes - 90.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSociety & Culture forged personal development leadership thought leadership health relationships Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This episode, I interview Matthew Blade. We discuss his journey moving from Mississippi to California to pursue acting. He opens up on how his life changed through direct honesty with himself.
Matthew Blade is a bit of an anomaly. Once the guy terrified of public speaking, to now an actor based out of Los Angeles with a bachelors in the arts. He loves inspiring others to live a life of honesty, courage, and faith.
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Questions to Ask Yourself from the Matthew Blade Interview
1. What have I overcome that formerly defined me?
2. What is influencing my decisions? The Crowd or My Convictions?
3. Am I afraid of being honest with myself?
4. When have I been good with being me when I expect opposition?
5. How have I attacked shame in my life?
Highlights
3:40 - George Strait’s influence
6:55 - Struggling with a stutter in college
11:20 - “I can no longer live a compromised life”
13:00 - At 20, having a realization about his life
15:20 - Making decisions for the right reasons yet being met with resistance from others
18:10 - Finding out who you are by leaving your ordinary world
20:50 - Becoming a Head River Guide in Northern California
24:05 - Being mad at God for a lack of clarity about his life
26:55 - The events that lead to him to pursue acting
31:45 - “Acting is where I learned that I am loved by God.”
35:30 - “LA needs to know Turkey hunting Matthew”
38:10 - Acting confirmation
41:15 - What it is like being on a movie set
42:56 - 2 things He would tell his 20 year old self
45:20 - The movie “The Walk” coming out this Spring
47:40 - Willing to be 100% in to what ever you are doing