http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/for-services-rendered en-us 60 <p>I read that story about Jim Carrey years ago and was inspired to do likewise. I wrote myself a $100,000 check for graphic arts services and put it in my scrapbook which I still have. I&#8217;d like to report I made that money in some way from a couple of personal business ventures I made but I never could earn a living wage from my personal businesses. I would like to say I worked my butt off doing marketing and building a professional looking portfolio but I never approached the financial success I had hoped for. I did get riches from the experiences and from the joy of getting better at graphics design and making artwork but Jim Carrey&#8217;s gimmick never worked for me.</p> Tue, 27 May 2008 21:37:24 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:2:668 waltww http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/2 <p>You ever hear the story about Jim Carrey writing himself a check?</p><p>It&rsquo;s 1987. Imagine him as a 25-year-old struggling comic, sitting on Mulholland Drive in Hollywood Hills overlooking the City of Angels, writing himself a check for $10 million dated for Thanksgiving, 1995, for &ldquo;acting services rendered.&rdquo;</p><p>Fast forward to 1995.</p><p>Carrey was way too conservative.</p><p>His films (&ldquo;Ace Ventura,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Mask,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Dumb and Dumber&rdquo;) have grossed over $550 million and he&rsquo;s now commanding $20 million per film.</p><p>Wow.</p><p>How about you?</p><p>What are you committing to today?</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:08 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:2:2 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/2