Lisa Sakai

that you should stack onto something else to borrow from James Clear, essentially is to find a time that you can just look at your credit card once a week, five minutes, maybe when you're drinking coffee on Thursday after a run or whatever it is that you're stacking that habit because you don't have to sit there and make yourself miserable at what you spent your money on.

that you should stack onto something else to borrow from James Clear, essentially is to find a time that you can just look at your credit card once a week, five minutes, maybe when you're drinking coffee on Thursday after a run or whatever it is that you're stacking that habit because you don't have to sit there and make yourself miserable at what you spent your money on.

Just making yourself aware of what you're spending your money on is life changing.

Just making yourself aware of what you're spending your money on is life changing.

You're never going to look at it. And then you have clients who come to you and go, I've been spending $400 a month on blah, blah, blah subscription that I thought I canceled. Yeah, because you're not looking at it. Gosh, I mean, doesn't that make you mad when you figure that stuff out? Well, who are you really mad at yourself? Because you didn't look at it. Right.

You're never going to look at it. And then you have clients who come to you and go, I've been spending $400 a month on blah, blah, blah subscription that I thought I canceled. Yeah, because you're not looking at it. Gosh, I mean, doesn't that make you mad when you figure that stuff out? Well, who are you really mad at yourself? Because you didn't look at it. Right.

And so you spent a lot of money on something you weren't you didn't even realize you were spending on.

And so you spent a lot of money on something you weren't you didn't even realize you were spending on.

Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited about this.

Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited about this.

Yeah, absolutely. Well, I grew up in Los Angeles, so that was part of it. So I grew up in Pasadena, California, which is a suburb essentially of LA. And I loved old movies when I was growing up. It was a way to escape. I was pretty shy. It was my way of kind of getting out of my own head and just escaping. And so I loved old movies. I loved movies in general.

Yeah, absolutely. Well, I grew up in Los Angeles, so that was part of it. So I grew up in Pasadena, California, which is a suburb essentially of LA. And I loved old movies when I was growing up. It was a way to escape. I was pretty shy. It was my way of kind of getting out of my own head and just escaping. And so I loved old movies. I loved movies in general.

I thought I was going to be a screenwriter or producer or somebody. I never really wanted to be in front of the camera, but I wanted to to be part of the process, to be part of that world, right? And I went to college in Ohio, of all places. It was Paul Newman's alma mater. It's called Kenyon College, a very small liberal arts school. I loved that.

I thought I was going to be a screenwriter or producer or somebody. I never really wanted to be in front of the camera, but I wanted to to be part of the process, to be part of that world, right? And I went to college in Ohio, of all places. It was Paul Newman's alma mater. It's called Kenyon College, a very small liberal arts school. I loved that.

And then I came back and I started my world in Hollywood. And I did that for about, I would say, two and a half, maybe three years. I worked in a small agency where they just did some Latino work for actors. And so they did a lot in the Latino market. And I loved kind of seeing that whole world and then moving into some of the bigger agencies and production houses there.

And then I came back and I started my world in Hollywood. And I did that for about, I would say, two and a half, maybe three years. I worked in a small agency where they just did some Latino work for actors. And so they did a lot in the Latino market. And I loved kind of seeing that whole world and then moving into some of the bigger agencies and production houses there.

And I've loved what I was doing, but I kind of felt a little empty, I guess is the kind of word. And so this is 100% true story. It sounds like I've made it up, but it's not. I was getting my boss's car washed for the fourth time that week. He liked a clean car and he liked it detailed. I was thinking and I just thought, you know, am I doing what I what I really want to do?

And I've loved what I was doing, but I kind of felt a little empty, I guess is the kind of word. And so this is 100% true story. It sounds like I've made it up, but it's not. I was getting my boss's car washed for the fourth time that week. He liked a clean car and he liked it detailed. I was thinking and I just thought, you know, am I doing what I what I really want to do?

You know, I work really hard. I still work many hours and and is this all I can do? And I know that movies and entertainment help people, but I wanted to directly help people. So I left Hollywood right after that. And I moved into teaching, which is the complete 180 of Hollywood. So then I moved into that and teaching is a lovely profession.

You know, I work really hard. I still work many hours and and is this all I can do? And I know that movies and entertainment help people, but I wanted to directly help people. So I left Hollywood right after that. And I moved into teaching, which is the complete 180 of Hollywood. So then I moved into that and teaching is a lovely profession.