How long have you been wanting to write that book, start the blog, make your first short film, write a screenplay… launch an app, a podcast? Whatever it is, how long have you wanted to bring your creation out into the world, but you haven’t yet? 

Or, do you have several things that you started, something that you’ve worked on quite a bit but haven’t been able to completion? 

Well, if that’s you, then - welcome! I think we’re going to have a whole lot of fun here together.

My name is Matthew Temple. I started my filmmaking career back in 2002 when I made my first film. Since then, I’be made over 50 projects, including feature films, animated movies, documentaries, commercials for major brands, etc. 

Shortly after I moved to Los Angeles, the great recession hit and I found myself struggling to make ends meet. And when the industry went from making over 600 movie per year to less than 200 movie per year, you can imagine, the new guy on the block wasn’t getting any of the work. 

So, I had to come up with a system: how was I going to make sure that I was able to create always - and when the opportunities weren’t coming to me, it became my job to find a way to be creating no matter what. 

So I came up with what I call the 7 Ps for Powerfully Creating.

• Picking your project
• Preparing
• Planning
• Process 
• Practice
• Patience
• Perseverance

But you don’t have to worry about all that now. We’re going to work on the 2nd P - Preparing, by setting SMAART goals and milestones so we know where we’re going and we can measure our progress. 

I am going to assume that you have picked your project and know what it is that you want to create.

If you know that you want to do something, but you haven’t quite decided what, check out the bonus section below for short video a great worksheet on narrowing down your idea to the one thing you want to tackle. Then come back here.

Now for the rest of us, let’s go!