The Zack Arnold Podcast

There are few moments scarier in life than when you examine where you are in your career and say to yourself:

“I don’t want to be doing this anymore.”

Whether you’ve been pigeonholed your entire career…

So many working in post-production around the world are obsessed with making the transition from being an assistant to being an editor. But does the journey end once you’re sitting in the editor’s ch…

Having directed and produced such shows as Jack Ryan, Hunters, For All Mankind, Hell On Wheels, Legion, Waco, Goliath, and frankly too many others films and shows to count...Dennie Gordon is no stran…

“It’s okay to look at others and say, that’s not my path.”

- Richard Sanchez

As creative professionals in the gig economy, it’s virtually impossible for all of us to follow a single path that leads to …

Who am I to think I can start a business?

If I did start a business, what would I even sell? Or teach? Or do?

And do I need a ton of money to start something?

What if I don’t want to change my whole lif…

As we’ve learned over the last several weeks (or is it months? Or years? I’ve lost track), there is very little we have control over in life. But if there’s one meta-lesson I hope to take away from c…

With the unemployment rate over 95% in the entertainment industry¹, it’s common to have had the following thought in the last several weeks:

"If my entire livelihood depends on other people’s ideas an…

Tony Horton is a legend and the most influential name in the world of health & fitness. He’s the creator of the P90X at-home extreme fitness series, he’s a motivational speaker, a bestselling author,…

How can we prepare for whatever the new job market holds? And when do we think it will even open again? And how can we make money in the meantime?

With all of the speculation going around the interweb…

As the COVID-19 global pandemic plods along one day at a time, I and the Optimizer coaching & mentorship community have been monitoring the latest developments as they pertain to freelancer unemploym…

Since the coronavirus global pandemic began there have been countless news stories that range anywhere from “It’s just the flu” to “They’re creating mass grave burial sites.”

As we sit quarantined ins…

Whether or not it’s by choice...now that many of us are settling into our ‘new normal’ working from home for the foreseeable future, we’re realizing it’s a lot harder to manage a seemingly unlimited …

Editor’s Note: The following is Part 1 of my 3 part series “The Freelancer’s Guide to Managing Your Money in the ‘Gig Economy’ (and Surviving Global Pandemics).”

Here’s what’s covered in all three pa…

If you’re a freelancer in the entertainment industry, there’s a 95% chance you are unemployed³. Even worse, the remaining 5% who are fortunate enough to still be working right now will likely run out…

As we all begin to settle into what is becoming our “new normal,” one of the most common challenges we face is the inevitability of having to work from home...and ONLY from home...for the foreseeable…

Editor’s Note: The following is a guest article from film & television editor Debby Germino (Fargo, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Smallville, Genius) who is also the author of the blog Happiness In Trainin…

Amidst the chaos and uncertainty, there is very little we can control right now. And the lack of control we’re all experiencing right now as a global community can quickly spiral downwards to anxiety…

Picture this…it’s maybe a month or two before your next hiatus between shows. You can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and you can’t wait to catch up on the million-and-a-half things that aren…

Seriously…how the hell did we get here so quickly?

Not even a week ago we were posting memes making fun of silly handshakes from the future and replacing our toilet paper with the ‘3 seashells.’ And …

Building a fulfilling and lasting career in Hollywood definitely isn’t easy, but when you’re starting from the bottom rung of the ladder with zero contacts and just breaking in it can seem downright …