Our brain is a big prediction machine. It gathers and collects data and observations and it applies them into relative "buckets". Some things get ignored, somethings get misfiled, but everything gets categorized. Sometimes thats good-- It makes conclusions faster....
Kirk Westwood
Strategic Communicator, Author, Producer
Kirk Westwood is a storyteller. He is the co-founder and CEO of Glass River Media.
Kirk has contributed to Hollywood films, television programs, national commercials and music videos. He has worked freelance as a photographer, blogger, web-streamer, and consultant; and for the government as a Communications Specialist and Public Affairs Specialist.
No matter what his professional title has been, Kirk's job description has always been a variation of the same thing: to tell stories.
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