About this episode
Mary Marantz emphasizes the importance of showing up and doing the work to create original contributions.
In this solo episode of The Mary Marantz Show, Mary tells us to SHOW UP and DO the WORK. Drawing on a recent Peloton ride where instructor Robin Arzon said "Your character knows when you cut corners," Mary does a deep dive into the cost of orginality, dealing with copycats & plagiarism, and what we get so very WRONG about "there is nothing new under the sun." From there she builds into the TWO RULES she learned in academia (law school in particular) to create original work: 1) You have to survey the landscape to see what has already been said and then 2) You have to move the conversation forward in meaninful way. Mary points to Harrison Ford's recent acceptance speech at his Lifetime Achievement Award at The SAG Actors and how he tells us how lucky he feels to STILL be doing the work over fifty years later. MOST people cut corners because they think it will get them to the goal faster. But it turns out the work IS the goal. The work is how we become someone WORTHY of celebrating.
People in this episode
Host: Mary Marantz
Topics covered
- originality
- copycats
- plagiarism
- law school
- self-improvement
- work ethic
Keywords
- original work
- character
- cut corners
- meaningful conversation
- work ethic
- self-improvement
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: SAG Actors
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