I AM Radio EP 3: Just go for it with Ciera Thompson

today’s mantra: JUST GO FOR IT

There’s times for planning and strategy and patience. There’s other times where you just go for it.

This week is a tale of the latter. Enjoy this week’s I AM Radio drop with dear friend and collaborator, Ciera Thompson.

Bold Moves only.

We got a front row seat to Ciera’s own bold moves a year ago when she seized the moment at Sundance to do what creatives, and entrepreneurs alike, do best - make something out of nothing.

What do we mean? 

Ciera wrote a script for a short film back in 2022. She was handed rejections, doubt - from others and self - and generally considered it a passion project she created for herself, but perhaps not a commercial success.

At Sundance, the question, “What are you working on?” kept coming up, and Ciera took the chance to boldly call herself what she was - a writer and filmmaker - working on a short about LGBTQIA+ youth.

Does she have a magic wand?

It was as if she had a magic wand, manifesting potential out of thin air. She scored an agent and a funder by the time we left just a few days later.

By the end of the year, she ran an oversubscribed crowd-funding campaign, won Film Impact Georgia’s highest honor, and brought the film to life in the most beautiful and authentic way.

Hit ▶️ play to listen along as she shares every last high and low of ‘just going for it,’ in this week’s episode of I AM Radio..

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