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Learn more- One of the things I had a hard time understanding after moving to Los Angeles, was people's inability to be direct, or more accurately, the unwillingness to be direct. I can't tell you the countless times I'd walk out of meanings scratching my head in bewilderment because I couldn't get a direct answer from anyone.
It just doesn't make any sense. So much time and money squandered because very few want to do anything more than hear themselves speak, but not really say anything useful. This is relative because so much of this industry is built on relationships one makes while they are in the trenches. Building solid relationships with the people you work with and do business with is a necessity. This may sound like something obvious and it should be, but in actual practice it is easier said than done, but to do that, you have to have a back and forth of useful communication.
And for any kind of relationship to flourish, there must be communication. Loyalty and the desire to play well with others is a rare and precious commodity in this business. Selfish agendas are very costly in many ways and will eventually blow up. And many people are content with doing as little as possible to skate by. Ultimately, there will be some blowback.
Once you begin interacting with anyone who has been in "the business" for some time, especially in Los Angeles, you may notice many people don't like to tell you "no". Or let me put it a better way. If you ask someone a question, the default answer usually is not saying "yes". This is often true when asking someone to join you for lunch, having a follow-up meeting, and just about anything else that requires some kind of future interaction with one another.
This may seem odd, and to me it is. But it has to do with many people not wanting to be accountable for their actions, inactions or their words. Many Angelinos take directness as being rude or confrontational, and oftentimes reflect directness or just never answer back to you at all. For many, it is easier to just not respond in any way and that is their simplest, "no" response.
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