Unstuck: A Life Manual On How To Be More Creative, Overcome Your Obstacles, and Get Shit Done

by Anthony Meindl

The more we see photoshopped images of people’s “best lives”, the more we often wonder what we are doing wrong. In reality, we are doing NOTHING wrong! UNSTUCK helps alleviate the fear of compare-and-despair-ism that we lack talent or smarts. When we think about life – it’s ultimately pretty simple. What makes it complex are the myriad things human beings do to … well … f*ck things up.

This short and sweet book shows you how to get shit done, stop overthinking, be more productive, and create more good stuff. In 54 bite sized lessons, UNSTUCK explores how what we think holds us back is actually the very thing we need in order to move forward. Not only WHERE we are in life but also WHO we are is exactly the right recipe for success. In the actual context of life itself, everything is either a big mistake (or a big miracle), and all the unfolding is happening perfectly. If we could just learn the steps needed to embrace the possibilities, we realize that the things we think are in our way in life, are actually the way to living fully.

132 pages, Paperback

Published July 15, 2022

About the author

Anthony Meindl is an award-winning writer/director/producer, creativity expert, inspirational speaker, and artistic director of Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop (AMAW) with studios in Los Angeles, New York, London, Vancouver, and Sydney. AMAW was honored by Backstage four years in a row and named the Best Acting Studio in Los Angeles (Best Scene Study and Best Cold Read). Meindl is a guest teacher at David Lynch's Masters in Film Program, was a panelist at the GATE Story Conference founded by Jim Carey and Eckhart Tolle, and a guest speaker at the Association of Transformational Leaders (ATL) conference alongside Neal Donald Walsch (Conversations with God) and Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup For The Soul). Meindl is known for teaching the new generation of Hollywood stars led by Golden Globe Nominee Shailene Woodley (Divergent). He is a contributor to the Huffington Post, and Backstage. He is the author of the best-selling creativity book At Left Brain Turn Right, and his new book Alphabet Soup For Grown-Ups is available now. His first feature film, Birds Of A Feather, can be seen on iTunes, VUDU, Playstation, and Xbox, and his second feature film, The Wonder Girls, is in pre-production.

Reviews

[Veronika · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe it's more inspirational if you've gone to his classes... I bought it to get unstuck creatively, but realised along the way, that I'm the only one that can unstuck myself and not while reading a book.

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unstuck is literally what it says, it is… it makes you feel human again… it makes you realise that you’re a spiritual being having all these human experiences on earth and it’s a beautiful life when we give ourselves the permission to play and be the best versions of us… this book is a simple read. No fluff.

[Stephanie Dulay · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a short and sweet book to help remind to help motivate and inspired you. For anyone who needs a pep talk and a reminder of the importance of the love of the creative process- this is your book. It’s to the point to continue this journey as an artist.

[Serah Metpalli · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'd give this a read if I wanted a quick pep talk. Nothing new or awe-inspiring but good to have it on hand for those moments when you need someone to inspire or validate.

[M.C. Paas · Rating 5 out of 5]

This definitely will help you get unstuck as an author, artist, actor or musician or however you identify yourself in the creative field. Loved it.

[Tobias Nilsson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is neither a long nor hard to read book, but each short chapter is jam-packed with great philosophy, so to me, the way to consume it is a little bit at a time, and let that sink in.

[David Scotland · Rating 5 out of 5]

In Unstuck, Anthony takes the brilliant lessons that he regularly shares with actors and makes them accessible and applicable to everyone (they always are anyway!).

The short chapters make it perfect to dip in and out of in moments where you find yourself in a creative wasteland or you need reaffirming in the beauty of humanity.