{"id":23775,"date":"2016-10-13T18:43:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T22:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/?p=23775"},"modified":"2020-04-03T16:08:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T20:08:33","slug":"michael-c-bryan-loves-his-fabulously-strange-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/michael-c-bryan-loves-his-fabulously-strange-career","title":{"rendered":"40 over 40: Michael C. Bryan loves his &#8216;fabulously strange&#8217; career"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cMy path through life has been fabulously strange,\u201d says Michael C. Bryan, who at one time or another has been an actor, a motivational speaker, and an executive assistant to some big names in the entertainment industry. \u201cPeople tell me, \u2018Wow, you\u2019ve had a really interesting journey to where you are.\u2019\u201d And where he is at the moment is in front of a keyboard, hammering out a pilot for a television show. It\u2019s based on his experience as a life coach at the company he founded more than three years ago, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcbhappier.com\">MCBHappier<\/a>. The show isn\u2019t a satire about what he does for a living\u2014he takes his work seriously\u2014but it is very, very funny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/Michael-C.-Bryan-2-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"Michael C. Bryan\" class=\"wp-image-23777\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>We all want more from life. And wanting more, when the world is determined to make us behave in the way they want us to behave, is a radical way of living. Anything else leads to the unhappiness that is so prevalent right now.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve gotten great feedback about the show,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/locations\/new-york-city\/bryant-park\">WeWork Bryant Park<\/a> member says. \u201cPeople who are spiritual really love it, and people who think spirituality is a crock of [bull] love it because the main character is so cynical about it as well.\u201d It\u2019s not the first time that the 52-year-old entrepreneur has turned to his own life for inspiration. His childhood was the basis for a memoir and a play. As for writing, he\u2019s taking the advice he gives his own clients: always look for a sense of meaning and purpose in life. \u201cI\u2019m going back to writing,\u201d says Bryan, \u201cwhich I was born to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMy path through life has been fabulously strange,\u201d says Michael C. 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