Jessica’s Answer: Here's the advice I've given to people who have successfully made the move to Los Angeles: 1. Save enough money to survive for a year with no work/or be willing to get a survival job2. Create relationships with people who live in LA, before moving...

                                  This week is the presale of my new book From Burnout to Bliss. To say...

Jessica’s Answer: The actual question on yesterday's blog read, "Isn't this manipulative? I mean, if you're thinking and intentionally copying someone, that seems phony."Therefore my response to "anonymous" is, "What is your intention?" The definition of manipulation...

Jessica’s Answer: Yesterday, I talked about why rapport is important.  Today, I'm going to tell you how to create rapport. It's actually quite simple- rapport is established by matching and mirroring. Matching is doing *something* the other person is doing, but...

Jessica’s Answer: It's true, I do keep talking about it.  Because rapport is one of those unconscious ways of communicating that can make or break a conversation.  The definition for rapport that I like is: the presence of harmony, trust, and cooperation in...

Jessica’s Answer: Since I know an actress asked this question, first I have to clarify to the other classifications, that actors make postcards with their headshot and contact info on them. Some people have the opinion that sending your postcard as a thank you note,...