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Acting Up is about finding and being your most authentic self. Using theatre skills and neuroscience as well as ancient spiritual practices this book is about discovering and acting the role you were meant to play at its highest level.. Through self-inquiry and an exploration of what it is to live and communicate a creative life, Acting Up takes living to a higher level with insights and laughter. Is this the last book you will ever need to read? No. But if you listen to it and try the exercises it offers you will find a richness in it and in yourself that will be well worth the effort. It will help raise the curtain on your finest performance yet - you.
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BILL CARR is a co-founder of Working Backwards, LLC where he also coaches and advises executives at early stage and established companies around the globe. Bill served as the COO of OfferUp, the largest mobile marketplace for local buyers and sellers in the U.S. Prior to OfferUp he was an Executive In Residence with Maveron, LLC, an early-stage, consumer-only venture capital firm. Prior to Maveron, Bill spent more than 15 years at Amazon as a Vice President where he launched and managed the company’s global digital music and video businesses, including Amazon Music, Prime Video, and Amazon Studios. Bill holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colby College and an MBA from Emory University.
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