FINISH

I would like to dedicate this blog post to my late friend and brother Karl Darwin Pratt. He was a businessman, an entrepreneur, and one of the kindest people you could ever meet. In a conversation I had with him before he passed, I was sharing with him some of the things I currently had going on in my life at that time. I was working on my music project, a CD. I was doing some acting in theatre and film, I was going to school full time, and I was working on some other projects. All while I was telling him this, my brother sat there and listened. When I had finished talking he simply said to me, “ …You know Mike, you have to finish something…” I told him he was right. I expressed to him the first thing I knew I would finish was school because I was almost done and I knew that was one thing I could say fairly soon that I finished. Take a listen to this artist by the name of Johnathan Nelson. He has a song entitled, "Strong Finish", and I know this is exactly what my brother was encouraging me to do.

 Now you might be saying to yourself as you are reading this, what does that conversation with your brother have to do with the entertainment industry. Well, the answer to that is pretty simple, but to many can be considered very complex. I realized that when I finished that conversation with my brother, if I had only heard one word he said to me that day, that word would have been, “FINISH!!!” In life and especially with those who seek a career in the entertainment industry never reach their goals because they don’t finish. Think about it. It is currently July. We are halfway through this year. Many of us started this year with some expectations and we had some particular goals in mind. Will we finish what we started this year?

The entertainment industry is a game played by a lot of finishers. You cannot play in this game and expect to be successful unless you too plan to finish. You may receive a lot of “No’s” in this business. Often times you will experience a lot of rejection. However, can you start your journey with a goal in mind and see it through until it is finished no matter what? There are so many talents in the entertainment industry who were able to answer this question and because their answer was yes, we know who they are today. The same way my brother encouraged me, I want to encourage you. If you have a dream of being successful in the entertainment industry then I have one word for you. Whatever you start, don’t give up until you, “FINISH!!!”

4/14/56 - 5/15/14

Rest In Heaven

Thank You For Encouraging Me To Finish!!!

-The Mike Sears