Recipe For Success: Donald Glover

Donald Glover explains his dark musings on Instagram
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Born in September 25, 1983 at Edwards Air Force Base, CA

Personal Success Definition

I define success as dying with no regrets. truly feeling successful is not by the acceptance you get from others but how successful you feel your life is.

Donald Glover is successful in my definition because no matter how famous he is or how others approve of him, he still just does what he feels drawn to and feels really passionate about.

Skills for Success

Donald Glover is an actor, comedian and rapper and does each very well. He originally made it big on the hit tv show “Community” starring Joel McHale and Dani Pudi. After the show he did some small stand up shows until he was picked up by Netflix to do a comedy special called “Donald Glover Weirdo”. Also one of Donald’s big passions was music and he rapped a little during Community and his stand up but when acting and writing jokes got slow he pursued on with his music and became the name that many people know and love “Childish Gambino”.

How They Used These Skills

Donald Glover Just Broke One Of The Biggest Rules Of Menswear

It all started when he was living in the NYU dorms and started writing for the show “30 Rock” on NBC. After that he pursued acting instead of writing because he wanted to be in front of the screen. He did what any actor would do and audition as much as he could until something would stick. He then landed Community, Atlanta and his own comedy special. All of this while also writing and recording his own rap music, what a guy!

Challenges Overcome

One of the biggest struggles in his career was when he left community. He left community because he was having some personal issues (which we don’t know) and he wanted to focus more on his rap career. Donald was invited back to the show by Dan Harmon but He thought that his time on the show was over and troy (his character) is living happily. Dan Harmon did later say that when Donald left, it was the “death” of community.

Significant Work

Here are 3 videos showing his talent. Enjoy.

ACTING

STAND UP COMEDY

RAPPER

Resources

  • https://screenrant.com/community-donald-glover-season-5-exit-explained/
  • https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/community-why-donald-glover-struggled-with-his-time-on-the-hit-show.html/
  • https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2255973/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

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