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MOVE TOUCH INSPIRE: The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative Pros Who Want to Grow Their Business

MTI: Time wasted, work vs. results, and Elbert Hubbard on patience


Move Touch Inspire

The Newsletter for Voice Actors and Creative Pros
August 27, 2026

An Idea To Move You

How much energy are you wasting on things outside of your control. (Clients. Casting Directors. Agents.)

How much time are you wasting not doing thing under your control? (Marketing. Practicing. Building relationships.)

A Thought to Touch You*

Creative careers and small businesses don’t grow in a straight line.

You can work for months without seeing an obvious payoff, then suddenly book two jobs from relationships you started building a year ago. A producer can ignore your first three emails and respond to the fourth because a project finally landed on their desk. A client who hired you for a tiny internal video can return eighteen months later with a huge campaign.

The work and the reward often happen so far apart that you fail to connect them.

A Quote to Inspire You

Writer, publisher, philosopher, and entrepreneur Elbert Hubbard on the value of effort and patience...

“How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.”

On YouTube and the VO Pro Podcast

Most voice actors quit right before real success. Don’t let it happen to you. Here’s how to win.

Discover why talented voice actors walk away just before their careers take off and how you can avoid being another almost-made-it story.

This video exposes the hidden killers of VO dreams: impatience, burnout, and the myth of overnight success. Learn how to build lasting momentum, outlast the messy middle, and become the exception.

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MOVE TOUCH INSPIRE: The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative Pros Who Want to Grow Their Business

Every Thursday, the latest issue is sent to voice actors and other creative pros like you. Each message includes an idea to move you, a thought to touch you, and a quote to inspire you, as well as what I’m writing about that week on YouTube, on The VO Pro Podcast, and in The Pro Blog.

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