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I work in Film. I live in Martial Arts. I thrive in Imagination.

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So who am I?

I am a Producer-Writer-Director-Novelist-Martial Artist. How's that for a hyphenate! have always worked in film, notably as a Line Producer on all the "Taken" films. I directed two Indie films guerilla style and a web series. I've written novels and over fifty scripts with a third "Hired to Write" or optioned. I've done martial arts most of my life and this path is my steady course for self-improvement always needed in film's highly competitive environment which is my ongoing (meaning I'm buildinng it!) ScholarWarriorWay.com course.

Did you know that if you improve 1/2% each day, then you will be 267% better over one year? Who can compete with that?

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Actiongram: Develop Judgement

March 12, 20240 min read

Actiongram: Small Action, Big Results

Development Your Judgement. The ability to know the consequences of your action in a short-intermediate-long term time frame. Societies also call this "wisdom" which is usually the result of a long-life or an intense life. By intense life, one might be strong adversarial consequences (soldiering, danger, adventure, etc.,) where a lot of life experiences about humans and human behavior is gained in a short time.

Develop Judgement by becoming aware of other's judgement about situations, transactions and most importantly how people use their judgement to interact with you.

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Michael Mandaville

Michael is a writer, filmmaker and dedicated World War II historian who studies martial arts, action films and is learning more about VFX every single darn day. Oh and a Scholar Warrior

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