Corey’s Story Adventure - Personal Integration

Yesterday, on my weekly call with my storytelling guide, Annie Hart, we celebrated some serious achievements in the power of storytelling and how impacting this journey has been for me. Last Saturday, I attended the National Council of La Raza national conference with Robert for our book From the Barrio to the Board Room. There was one other author there who didn’t leave his table the entire conference, while we didn’t sit at our table for more than 5 minutes. Why? Because we were out making contacts for five hours solid. Let me share why this was such a pivotal role in my growth.

If you recall, I’ve described this inner WIMP character I have inside of me as having been beaten down by my time in Hollywood. He felt crippled physically, which was symbolic of the emotional crippling I endured as an actor and filmmaker; pressure I absorbed whether I was being rejected for a job I wanted, or pressure I felt when I scored a big job, but still didn’t feel any “different” on the inside.

For quite some time, that WIMP has been an anchor to another powerful character that exists inside of me - the DREAMER. The Dreamer is the guy who built the writing business, the guy who pushes these other people and helps pull them through the muddy waters of creation to the other side. The guy who believes that amazing things are possible. In my personal journey, the Dreamer has been criticizing the Wimp for his immobilization, his acting like an anchor. No matter how powerful the Dreamer had become, he was always feeling tethered.

Well this weekend, the Wimp and the Dreamer broke their chain to the anchor together and traveled around this huge conference, risking potential rejection again. Luckily, this time I was greatly rewarded with interest from dozens of massive corporations. Regardless of the outcome, the willingness of these two sides of myself to work together was huge. Annie called it Integration, and that felt right.

Something is definitely changing within me. For years now I have created an image that has drawn people to me, because that approach has been safe and rejection free. But the combination of the power of the Barrio Brand we have built, the power of Round Table Companies, and the personal work I am doing, is lighting me up inside and I’m breaking personal barriers and starting to be aggressive again. And it feels powerful. It feels good.

Related posts:

1. Story Adventure: An Audio Epiphany
2. Corey’s Story Adventure July 17, 2009
3. Corey Blake’s Story Adventure: June 19 9:45am
4. Corey Blake on Blog Talk Radio with Annie Hart
5. Corey’s Story Adventure