Career Coach: What is Your Gift?

This month Career Coach Pamela Kleibrink Thompson makes us think about the gifts we have and how we can give a bit of ourselves during the holiday season.

By Pamela Kleibrink Thompson | Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at 12:00 am

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Career Coach

He had to borrow money from his brother and uncle to get started and, after some more borrowing from friends, his fledgling studio managed to survive. He was determined to share his gifts with the world and the world now knows the name of Walt Disney.

Whatever your gift is, value it and nurture it. And share it with the world whenever and wherever you can.

If you are looking for a material gift this holiday season to share with someone in the animation field, consider Animation Writing and Development, From Script Development to Pitch by Jean Ann Wright (Focal Press). An excellent book for anyone aspiring to be a writer, it's like having a mentor helping you through every step of the process, from the premise through a finished pitch. Producing Animation by Catherine Winder and Zahra Dowlatabadi (Focal Press) is not just for producers. A fabulous overview of the animation process, anyone in animation would benefit from this terrific guide.

Pamela Kleibrink Thompson thanks AWN for giving her this forum to express herself. She will be teaching "Career Realities" at Gnomon starting in January for 10 weeks. Come join her on Sunday from 4-7:00 pm and discover your gifts. For a personal career coaching session or to book a speaking engagement, contact Pamela at PamRecruit@aol.com.

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Hi Pamela! Well said,i am completely agree with your vews.Thanks for sharing.

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Ashok Nayak (not verified) | Sun, 12/10/2006 - 01:00 | Permalink

hi pam could not agree with you more, great post i'd add: the benefits of sharing of talents/gifts becomes even more apparent when one ponders the finiteness of life, especially brought to focus in those who have had near death experiences themselves or had loved ones die... so that would include most of us stay well....