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13th Feb 2023

Hollywood Director Reveals The Code to Making it in Show Business with Maverick Director & Screenwriter Harris Goldberg EP 411

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Harris Goldberg is a screenwriter and a director who enjoyed a successful film-writing career including Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo; The Master Of Disguise and Without A Paddle. After something akin to a nervous breakdown, he took a major right turn in 2006, writing the very personal and autobiographical Numb, his first feature film as director. It featured terrific casts such as Matthew Perry. 

On today’s episode, Harris gave Lance a glimpse into the world of show business through his experiences. He talked about movie making and how it has evolved over time and most importantly shared his journey of working with different people including artists, writers and so on. Harris opened up about his struggles with severe anxiety and mental health issues and how he overcame them. He also recounted the movie he made with Mathew Perry which was a story about his own life and the struggles he went through.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: 

  • 01:07 Harris’ journey toward pursuing a career in the show business
  • 10:50 How to know if the story you write will turn out to be successful
  • 15:14 Changes in movie making from the 90s to the present day
  • 19:30 How the Big Ideas are conceived while writing a movie
  • 32:49 Journey of experiencing anxiety and emotional pain behind all the success
  • 48:44 How to cancel the noise around you
  • 01:01:39 Advice for writers, actors, and people in the show business

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About the Podcast

University of Adversity
Real stories and tools to help you grow through adversity, burnout, and reinvention.
University of Adversity is a show about the moments that change us — especially the ones we didn’t ask for.

I’m Lance Essihos, and I sit down with athletes, bestselling authors, doctors, entrepreneurs, spiritual teachers, and everyday warriors to have real conversations about adversity — the kind that strips away the surface and forces us to face who we really are.

We go deep into the mindset shifts, emotional breakthroughs, and practical tools that helped them rebuild. Not just to survive, but to come back stronger, clearer, and more aligned.

This isn’t motivation.
It’s what happens after the breakdown, when you’re trying to put the pieces back together and make it mean something.

If you’re in a season of uncertainty, burnout, or reinvention — this show is here to walk with you.

We don’t just talk about getting through the hard times.
We talk about who you become because of them.

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Lance Essihos

As an experienced veteran with adversity, Lance has faced some of life's most difficult challenges. Grinding his way through the hockey ranks to traveling the world as a bartender. Through his personal battle with drugs and alcohol for well over a decade, the tragic loss of his brother to suicide followed by the great loss of his father to cancer only a year later, Lance realized he had hit rock bottom. In the darkest of days, he made a promise to himself that he would create a new life, one that would make an impact and inspire the masses, leaving the world in a better place than he found it. Lance has made it his mission to facilitate the message of positive change through adversity and encourage people to see the light through the darkness of life's worst moments.