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What’s your passion? What’s in your wheel house?

December 6, 2010 By 2 Comments

Interview with Michael Von Osch

In Atlanta we had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Van Osch of thinktank:men, former VP at an Ad Agency turned entrepreneur with a little acting in between.  Michael was let go in 2001 and he identifies that moment as the time he finally sat down and took a serious look at what was ‘right’ for him.  With his Movember moustache in tact he talks about life after being let go from his job.

He asked himself two questions …

1.What am I passionate about?

2. What is in my wheel house?

Michael says it took a long time to figure out those two questions, but one thing in the back of his mind was a quiet thought “I want to be an actor”.  So with no formal training he tried out for a show and landed a role in the one man show, Defending the Caveman.  Which lead to some great learnings and another pivot a few years later where he launched thinktank:men.

You can watch part 1 of our interview with Michael on Youtube.

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  • Anonymous

    Great interview!!

    It all keeps coming down to taking a massive dive into the world of ‘non-traditional’ job!

    It seems like for most people the way they succeed is to build a successful career in traditional jobs and then come out the other end with money to back and connections.

    I guess there is still that real fear involved, however if you can take away the fear of not having enough money to survive then I guess you can do anything you put your mind to!

    Keep up the good work guys

  • http://ajleon.me ajleon

    Thanks for the kind words, Mike! Yeah, I agree, I think one of the first steps is calling into question the “necessities” of life and reducing your personal overheard. Because once you do that, it’s much easier to venture out on your own. :)