Paul Gordon
part punk...part pirate...
Get out of your own way.
Say exactly what you truly mean.
I Hi, I'm Paul and here's a few "about me" items:
I do things and make things and write and teach about doing things and making things.
I've mainly cerated my own performable work, though I occasionally also work with others in a collaborative fashion.
I co-created a 3-man, non-hierarchical performance company and toured our stuff globally full time for 16 years, serving as co-director, co-creator and business manager. I grew our group to gain worldwide tv reach of over 2 billion people - no exaggeration, an underestimate if anything.
I've won many awards and performed in many of the planet's cool theaters and festivals. I've probably been on tv in your country.
I write and research extensively on the creative process, and I teach and I teach business folk and artists to become effective presenters of their own ideas - on stages or virtual, all the same core principles.
My method is The Art of Face Dancing, a name given to my approach to presenting by my dear pal, the brilliant theatrical lighting designer Aaron Copp, back in 1987. I've been teaching people that same method ever since, live and now online.
Can I make you more creative? Probably.
masterful self-expression is practically everything
Both Business and Art are about Power and Accuracy.
Stop the desperate selling.
Say what you mean.
Let clients convince themselves.
Present Masterfully and Build trust. Attract with confidence.
Use pro-level Theatrical Principles everyone can learn.
Stop playing safe and get out of your own way.
Become the example everyone prefers you to be.
Yeah, that's me shaking Dave Letterman's hand, seated atop my 2 colleagues in my former company.
Getting contracted to appear before 40 million people on tv shows is not about luck... it's planned and determined skill building + practice.
I use the same principles I teach others: unique messaging
presented with the compelling touch anyone can learn.
some helpful posts of mine
Here's a few instant perspective shifts for ya... use 'em or don't, it's up to you:
Concept 1: On why "good enough" sucks...
Sometime folks say that: "My shit's good enough"... and I cringe because I've heard it before, and seen the fallout from that attitude/approach.I admit it's only been since 1987 that I've taught people to become masterful at resenting their concepts. It started for stage and now is often virtual stuff - webinars, interviews, livestreams, etcetera... - but the principle remains the same: settling for "good enough" always loses to those who shoot for greatness.There's not a single person I pay attention to most who has decided to settle. Ad I cannot recall any friend, peer or client suggesting I pay attention to a vid, podcast or gig or some kind where they ask me to patiently try to get around the boring crap to find the golden nugz of wisdom there.The takeaway I wish you to ponder is this: When you shoot for great, you'll always end up better than you even knew possible... and that will be felt by everyone paying attention to you. The exact opposite goes if you choose to settle for "acceptable" delivery.We get what we aim for, whether excellent of mediocre. Choose wisely. Practice well.Do the good work. - Paul, CPH 2025
Concept 2: On Confidence-building...
Spoiler alert: confidence doesn't come first, it comes "along with" the properly practiced exercises. In fact good teaching yields confident, effective students, while poor teaching results in the opposite. The journey has its ups and downs - all journeys do - so the good teachers know when to step in and guide and when to merely encourage and when to shut up and let the process unfold. It's the job of the student to trust the teacher's intuition while doing the most work possible within his/her schedule. Confidence grows during the journey because a well-informed student gets better at knowing what to look for. One can learn the long way on one's own, but it likely to miss certain signposts out of innocence, ignorance or ego. Getting started is the one sure beginner move than gives a new process the best chances of yielding the desired results. Begin with uncertainty and an unsteadiness and you'll bear witness to your own blooming confidence sooner than you imagined.Choose wisely. Practice well.Do the good work. - Paul, CPH 2025
(more to come, so check back)
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