About Thom McFadden

Thom McFadden, Hollywood’s “Coach to the Stars”, has been enriching the lives and increasing the productivity of actors, entertainment industry professionals, and corporate America for over twenty years, through his personal coaching and life-changing seminars. Actor/Life Coach Thom McFadden has been featured in many movies. Thom is called the “Coach to the stars.’ Thom has guided actors, writers, producers, directors and hundreds of other industry professionals to realize their full potentials.

Veteran actor and “Coach-to-the-Stars” Thom Mc Fadden is launching LIFESTAND, a new mentoring program to help every day people achieve STAR status in their lives. McFadden offers techniques and tools that he has used to coach professional actors for over 20 years, making them available to the masses.

Actingforreal.com provides an ideal forum for those who want to use this process for to achieve star-quality status in their online videos. Visit this site to focus your training on "on-camera" appearances.

Lifestand provides a daily source of wit and wisdom through Mc Fadden’s resourceful online mentoring. Thom shares his 40-plus years of experience as an actor in over 100 movie and television parts — and in-demand coach to scores of successful actors and business people — through a daily blog, articles, exercises and other proven tools to assist the reader in overcoming fears and other obstacles that block success and personal fulfillment.

Lifestand goes beyond traditional self-help methods by exploiting through the immediacy of the Internet, a process that is external rather than internal — teaching not so much “Acting” as Action in a “give it to me Now” setting.

These principles are easy to comprehend and empowering. Practical examples of the Mc Fadden Success principles, illustrated through current events from Hollywood and around the globe, permeate Thom’s daily blog; providing thought provoking comment, encouragement and sometimes just a good belly laugh.

Key to all Thom’s teachings is development of the “Humanities” character and the Lifestand site is designed to capitalize on an expanded reach in providing a ready and practical source of empowerment to every day people. “Giving back, teaching, and sharing are integral to the Mc Fadden Process of Self-Empowerment and development of Personal Stardom,” says Mc Fadden. “Lifestand.com provides an ideal forum to make contact and interact with more individuals — the more people I can share these wonderful tools with, the better!” Acting For RealTM  reinforces Mc Fadden’s commitment to giving back, through contributions on all Acting For RealTM proceeds to the Feed the Children and Mercy Corps foundations.

His seminars have enriched the lives of lay persons and increased the productivity of actors, interested individuals, and corporate employees for over twenty years. Tom’s book, “Acting FOR REALTM“, has been called a breakthrough in the human potential and self-improvement field. Thom brings Hollywood allure and appeal to life coaching at live events and through his new publication “Acting for RealTM“, the book that introduces his techniques to the masses, demonstrates the use of external behaviors to connect to your internal truth.

Now you can use the same creative methods, techniques and unique life-changing concepts taught by Thom for over 20 years! Acting is no longer just for the stage and screen. With Acting for RealTM , anyone can be an actor-from the bedroom to the boardroom! In the book that started it all, Acting for RealTMand it’s companion workbook, Acting for RealTM ACTION! Journal, you will learn the same strategies and techniques that actors use to create characters to develop and portray your own best characters in life-characters that will empower you and drive you to success!

One-On-One Coaching

Thom McFadden has been coaching successful actors and professionals for over 20 years. Now, you too can receive the benefits of his coaching by enrolling in an Acting for RealTM on-line course, joining in on a teleseminar, enjoying a free subscription and buying the book Acting for RealTM

If you would like more information about receiving One-on-One Coaching with Thom or would like to become an Acting for RealTM Certified Coach, please email thom@actingforreal.com You will be joining a select group of individuals who have become influential leaders.

Why This Course?

There’s two obvious answers:


#1.  It’s truly unique and you’ve probably never seen anything like it.  Plus, if you’re like most people along the information highway, you’ve already got shelves of courses that you haven’t gotten much, if anything, out of so…what’s one more going to hurt?  But…we really don’t want this course to be like those and as a matter of fact, we’re not even going to LET just anybody take it.  We want you to get a LOT out of it and….you WILL if we let you take it.


#2.  It’s FREE…..really and truly FREE.  The first six weeks is the very same material that Thom has carefully developed and perfected over the years and still charges big money for from his personal success-coaching and executive-coaching clients ($1,997).  But, in this format, you get it all for free (again…if you’re accepted)


But wait!


There’s a more important answer….a third answer that really defines why certain people, maybe somebody like YOU, should take this course.  Here’s what it is:


Personal development has been a hot item, a hot seller and a popular endeavor for most of the 19th century…going back to Dale Carnegie’s bestselling book, “How To Win Friends and Influence People” and then of course there was W.Clement Stone’s classic “Think And Grow Rich”. 


Nowadays there’s Anthony Robbins and many others and of course there’s tons of online courses which focus almost exclusively on the technical aspect of marketing online.


But the technology of the digital age has changed the field of personal development significantly due to the effect of that technology on the way people learn.  People still read but most of that reading is online now.  Plus, an ever increasing percentage of that learning is accomplished via online video. 


This new technology has also changed in the way people ‘buy’ so that has necessitated a change in the success strategies that sellers and influencers (like you might be) need to use to accomplish their goals of marketing on the internet.


In order to win in business and personal affairs today people need to be master communicators.  They need to be master communicators because the people they’re trying to reach and influence are busy.…busier than ever.  Those potential customers live life in the ‘fast lane’….they don’t have time to deliberate and ‘mull over’ decisions….they’re not contemplative….success and gratification is based on speed and making decisions quickly in high volume.


That means that the modern marketer has to be proficient at using the tools that will reach today’s consumer, get their attention and make a compelling offer in a very brief, highly concentrated moment of communication.


Well, the point of this course is…it COULD be and there’s no reason why it can’t be.  We believe that you’re just as capable of learning what Ed and Art and countless other well-known communicators and media personalities have learned.  Actually, you can not only learn it but you can actually accelerate the process.….IF….it’s explained to you the right way.
Would you like to do that?


Would you like to have the charisma, the allure, and the ‘power’ of “Power Presenters”, “Master Motivators”, and “Great Spokesmen” like those people I just named?


What could that do for your success….in business and/or in your personal life?


If you’re in business, business of any kind, I’m pretty sure you’d like to have a skill like that.  But where can you learn such skills?  Do you have time or the finances to go to Hollywood and spend years learning the ropes and the skills and tricks of the acting business like those well-known men and women did? 


Probably not…….until now.


Thom McFadden has used video all his life to earn a good living not only in Hollywood but also on stage, theater, TV and also on the internet.  Plus, his entire family….three sons….are also very successfully in the acting and video business. 


Two of Thom’s sons were one of the original YouTube Partners and have one of the original and still most successful YouTube Channels called “GoPotatoTV”…well known for “Eli’s Dirty Jokes”,  “The Troll” and several other characters they’ve created. Point is, Thom knows how video works.  He knows how to get his point across on video as well as personally and in public.  And he also knows how to teach those skills to people who aren’t ‘Hollywood types”..…people just like you.
But why would you want to do that?


That’s a good question and here’s the answer: Today more than ever, it’s important to sell yourself first…before you sell your product or service.   In fact, it’s pretty much required. Very few products or services are unique or stay that way for very long anymore.  That’s why it’s imperative that, if you’re selling on the internet, you’re got to be able to make a personal connection with your customers and potential customers first…. before they’ll buy from you. 


Internet video is the perfect tool and the perfect skill to have to market successfully on the internet.  Internet video is not only valuable in selling but it’s also one of the most important elements of the ‘social media’ mix that you’ve undoubtedly been hearing so much about lately.  Thom’s course will show you how to ‘max out’ on that missing ingredient that literally nobody else in the online marketing education business is talking about….we’re referring to the “You” in video.
Let me ask you this….
Are you photogenic?
Are you a good talker…especially to people you don’t know?
Do you possess the confidence to present an idea to a room full of people or a video camera effectively?
Well, if your answer is “No!”….you’re definitely not alone.  It’s always been that way.  Most people aren’t confident in expressing themselves….especially if it involves what they feel is ‘selling’.  But of course if you’re marketing anything on the internet today, you know that you have to be able to express yourself and your ideas to people you don’t really know, right?
Thom can teach you how to do that.  Through his Lifestand mentorship and coaching program you’ll learn the skills that Thom has developed and continues to use in his successful career.   These are the same skills that busy and already-successful executives pay him BIG bucks to learn in workshops and private coaching. 

But you’ll get a foundation in them all…for FREE… over the 6 FREE WEEKS OF TRAINING as a member of the Lifestand Society.


You’ll learn how to
* Be confident
* Know who you are and what you want
* Be a better person
* Excel as a communicator
* Be more present
Think what that could do for your company, your profession and your brand?  Is your competition good at that type of marketing?  Odds are….they’re probably not.  And even if they are….Thom will make YOU better!


You might ask, “If the is Lifestand mentorship and coaching program is so good, why are you giving it away for free?”
That’s a good question and here’s the answer:


We absolutely confident that you’ll be able to get results almost immediately.  We know that you’ll want more.  We’ve priced the ongoing membership, if you elect to proceed, at a very affordable $27 or $97 a month.  One course is for individuals and solo entrepreneurs and the other is for corporate executives who want to push these new skills into the ranks of their corporate structure.


While it’s theoretically possible that somebody might take the free 6 weeks of training part of the course and then say, “Adios Thom….thanks for the freebie!” we don’t think that’ll happen. 


We believe that the kind of people we let into the course will be people who are really looking to make a positive and unique upgrade in their personal power and skill set and they’ll recognize how much more they have to gain by continuing as a member of our group than by leaving and going off to fight their competition on their own again.


We’re willing to let you try it first to prove to yourself that it’ll work for you.  Odds are that you’ll actually make money almost immediately.  No credit cards, no promissory notes…you make no commitment at all except to be a willing student and do your homework (yeah…you didn’t think there wasn’t any work involved, did you?)


Have any of these other so-called ‘success gurus’ made a promise like that to you?  We know the answer…the answer is ‘heck no’.  And they won’t either.  But Thom does.


If you truly wants to learn a unique and infinitely powerful skill-set….how to create and adopt empowering characters for every challenge you face in your personal and personal life, then this course is for you. 


Sign up today.  It’s actually just an application.  We’re only accepting 40 people in the course because of the time and energy that Thom puts into it.  You really do get one-on-one attention.  You’ll get your online training and content presentation every Monday or Tuesday and then every Thursday there will be a live “Q & A” session where you’ll be able to ask questions, get feedback and clarification and interact with Thom and other members of the master-class.


So…..you need to sign up NOW because the space in this ground-breaking class is limited.  Thom will be giving you a call or email and arranging to discuss your interest and objectives in the course very soon.