CREATE EDIT MOVE AND SHAKE - An introspective interview with a celebrated film editor, executive and entrepreneur, Michael Rubin

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I recently sat down with Michael Rubin, a former Netflix executive, successful serial executive, an accomplished and well-known film editor with experience of working with Oscar-winning worldly renowned directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci and Michelangelo Antonioni, writer, photographer, and independent thinker. In our discussion, Michael was extremely generous sharing lots of exclusive, behind the scenes stories of working at Netflix, Adobe, major film productions, start-up businesses he has owned so listen to the life lessons and diverse business work environments from which he has learned and grown to discover your own inspiration and creativity. This is a truly special episode which you can also see as a video podcast with bonus footage of some of Michael's photography works and personal masterpieces. Here is the timeline below for some of the highlights from our unforgettable discussion. Enjoy, subscribe, and share this episode with your friends and network! 1:18 - Career Turning Points and Overview. 6:00 - The value of crossing over industries. 8:33 - How to convince others to see the future with no immediate return in sight. 9:16 - Netflix vision of streaming movies. 11:37 - Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and company's failures. 13:46 - Netflix's early decision to focus on the U.S. market. 16:36 - True danger of not making a decision. 18:00 - Every executive director required to make at least a $1 million dollar mistake @Netflix. 19:24 - Why you sometimes need to upset the current customer to gain more new customers. 22:19 - Socratic debate process in decision-making @Netflix. 24:19 - Meaning of Culture at Netflix. 29:20 - Unhealthy self-confidence 29:55 - Role of persuasiveness in Michael's success. 31:53 - Stories of working with Oscar-winning film directors Bernardo Bertolucci, Michelangelo Antonioni. 34:44 - Key goal of film editing and its application in life. 36:20 - The Adobe experience and culture. 39:21 - Entrepreneurial journey, Lucas and Pixar, Michael's personal projects Droidmaker and Neomodern. 42:24 - When are creative thinkers most inspired? 44:40 - Key performance indicators of innovation? 46:40 - Change how you see to change how you think. 47:33 - Brachiation analogy to adaptability in life/career. 51:32 - Theory on entrepreneurship - roulette analogy. 53:03 - Beauty of naivete, "beginner's mind". 1:02:38 - One timeless lesson Michael has learned in life