Meet Scott Churchson

We were lucky to catch up with Scott Churchson recently and have shared our conversation below.

Scott, so great to have you on the platform and excited to have you share your wisdom with our community today. Communication skills often play a powerful role in our ability to be effective and so we’d love to hear about how you developed your communication skills.
Growing up I was the kid who couldn’t talk to anyone. I was the type who’d mutter under his breath when he tried to communicate, barely if ever make eye contact and walk away from a conversation with the other person trying to figure out what my issue was and me  walking away hating myself to being unable to simply talk to another human being. For years I was like that, even into my 20s. But I learned that to overcome that I first have to overcome being afraid. The greater my confidence, the greater my ability to communicate. But to become good at something, first thing is to be bad at it. So for several Sundays after I moved into my apartment I just walked around my neighborhood, knocking on doors and introducing myself to people. SCARED OUT OF MY MIND! But it helped, especially when people didn’t give me a hard time for simply talking to them, and it was the first step to helping me develop strong communication.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
So I’ve worked in the film industry for now 13 years, Hollywood strike included in that. But additionally I’m the Founder & Co-Owner (along with JD Walker) of Stream Punk Entertainment, We cover Major League Soccer, MMA, Wrestling, do interviews with celebrities, athletes and YouTubers about the stuff THEY want to talk about (in exchange for donations to a charity that matters to them)

Additionally we’ve now thrown our hat into Pay Per View, offering affordable PPV of local fights in the New York, New Jersey area. This area is meant to cater to the 99%ers, giving people worldwide a low cost option to the best in upcoming fighters in the area, in addition giving people an option who can’t attend the event but want to support someone fighting.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
Wow, three huh? (laughs) Okay, here goes: First off I embraced self improvement. 10 minutes a day consistently is literally all it takes to reinvent yourself, to focus on how to reframe your mind. The travel to and from work or being on the toilet work. In my case, I study while playing video games. Mindless cell phone games, playing Madden with the sound off, old school NES/SNES games are stellar to listen to something to help you grow while not affecting your downtime. But it requires a bit of a gut check, to look inside and find what you need to work on to improve. YT has a ton of content past and present that can help you in whatever area you need to work on.

Secondly, you have to know what you want on this planet. What gets you emotionally charged? Think of it like this, a magic genie will give you a million dollars a year every year for the rest of your life, the catch is you have to work 40 hours a week in a job of your choosing. What job would you pick? Anything that gets you fired up, that’s what to go after. If you have a passion for it, believe me, you can make a living from it.

And lastly, you have to be able to forgive. This is probably the toughest one for some. Everyone that you come across has baggage of some kind. Crap from their childhood, their job, their marriage that’s weighing them down. JUST. LIKE. YOU. I have a long list of people that have done me wrong, many of whom got away with it and even benefited from it. It’s so easy to nurse that grudge and hold onto that contempt but to be able to understand that people in this world act as they do out of their own unresolved pain allows you to accept them as just being human. It’s not you, it’s them. Let that anger go and it’s amazing how much easier and more enjoyable it is to simply live.

Before we go, any advice you can share with people who are feeling overwhelmed?
I think in our world it’s easy to get overwhelmed. So much information, so much media on a daily and even minute to minute basis in addition to dealing with the daily life we’re already used to that it’s easy to feel like it’s too much. But to be honest, it’s all in your head. Every night, I take a couple minutes to break down everything that I have to handle the next day and break down how long each task will take. Then I tack on an extra 20% to how long it should be. This allows me to keep a legit schedule as well as added time in case something goes off base and ends up taking longer. If it takes longer, I prepped for it, if it doesn’t, then suddenly I have time back. This is big when it comes to editing. When we have interviews and I have to edit them I ALWAYS underestimate how long it’ll take. Now I add even 30% more time to ensure it gets done.

Additionally, some folks I’m finding have an issue with priorities. Everything HAS to get done! No it doesn’t, everything has a grading system. A list stuff needs doing that day, B list if you have time, C list when everything is done. People I’m finding get overwhelmed when they can’t organize by priority.

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Ernesto Diaz, JD Walker, Robert Manning, Dayveonne Bussey, Ryan O’Regan, Scott Churchson

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