The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success. — Irving Berlin

During his 60-year career Irving Berlin wrote an estimated 1,500 songs, including 19 Broadway shows and 18 Hollywood films, with his songs nominated eight times for Academy Awards. (Source: New York Times)

A Russian immigrant with no formal education, Berlin taught himself how to Work Out and Hustle, assuming control over his own destiny and composing his first hit before he was even able to read or write music. In creating the Irving Berlin Music Corporation our Rags-to-riches Musical Entrepreneur was able to retain full rights to his ENTIRE catalogue. A catalogue that many argue defines American Music. INSPIRING!

So What Do You Do to Work Out and Hustle?

Me? I started to think about “Circuit Training for Profit” and Professional Development on Sunday after the N&O Article on Corporate Improv. What do I mean by “Circuit Training for Profit” ? Well, I agree with Irving Berlin. But since I want to KEEP ON being a success I need to KEEP WORKING to develop a competitive edge. How many excuses do we give just to convince ourselves to be satisfied with the status quo? How much of our own potential slips away because we don’t continue to Work Out and Hustle? Get sweaty.

Maybe ZW should push harder and go P90X for Business. Maybe.

ZW Works Out – Circuit Training for Biz (Facebook)

You know the REAL classy summer nights, the nights when you buy a $25 bottle of Sancerre to drink after dinner on the porch swing, when one thing leads to another, you make a joke, laugh, bite down and glass ends up in your mouth, like one big chunk and maybe two or three shards.

We’ve all been there, right?

No? Well, maybe my jokes are just THAT funny.

(Be safe; Watch the ZW clip Grandpa Standup while drinking out of plastic cups)

NOTE: All the shards were accounted for. Except for one.

My workout clips actually help make me work harder, faster and burn more calories (although I’m sure the people at my gym think I’m crazy). From the Elliptical at Carolina Fitness, I talk about life, my workout progress, improv, comedy, producing festivals, business, or sometimes I’ll just do sweaty bits.

Enjoy some recent episodes of ZW Works Out.

#1 Improv Community, Migration of Talent, and Comedy Theater Scalability in small markets. (clip)

#2 Teaching Improv to New Students, Entertainment VS Education and Team/Community Building. (clip)

#3 Game of the Scene as it applies IN REAL LIFE to interactions off the comedy stage. (clip)

More episodes of ZW Works Out are only 45 minutes away. Well… 45 minutes at the gym, about an hour to import and edit video, and up to 190 minutes to upload (TIME WARNER CABLE SUCKS!)

Any sweaty questions you want me to answer?

Or questions that I could answer… Sweatily?