Kiwi Talkz #75 - Fraser Grut (10,000 Dreams, Celebrities, Depression, Freelancing, Motivation etc.)

Published: Dec. 28, 2020, 6:08 p.m.

Fraser Grut is on an ambitious mission to film 10,000 peoples dreams and isn't due to finish this task until 2044. 

SOCIAL MEDIA

Instagram - frasergrut

 

TIMESTAMPS

 

00:00 - Intro/Technical Difficulties

00:54 - How 10,000 Dreams Project Started

02:25 - Fraser Has Wanted To Quit Multiple Times

04:30 - Family & Friends Forced Fraser To Keep Going

06:32 - What Fraser Does Behind The Scenes/Fraser Loves Talking To People About Dreams

07:50 - How Fraser Got Celebrities To Do It

08:44 - Guessing Emails/How Many Emails Fraser Sends A Day

12:05 - Time Of Day Fraser Sends Emails/App So You Know When People Have Checked It

13:56 - Kaley Cuoco Blocked Fraser

14:30 - Domino Effect Of Getting Celebrities

15:33 - Wording Emails Correctly/Being Turned Down Multiple Times

16:50 - How Reece Gets Guests On Kiwi Talkz

17:51 - How Reece Got The Composers Of Dragonball Z On His Podcast

20:02 - The Guests Reece Would Like To Get On Kiwi Talkz The Most

21:05 - Fraser Uses An Email Template/Name Drop

22:25 - Reece & Frasers Email Screw Ups

24:11 - Fraser Screwed Up With Jack Goodhue

25:26 - Being A Perfectionist Filming Dreams

27:51 - Doing 10,000 Dreams Took A Toll On His Relationship

29:00 - Having Deadlines Can Be A Good Thing

32:07 - How Fraser Gets Out Of A Negative State Of Mind

35:04 - Fraser Tells Story About Mark Cuban

37:19 - Dreams Randomly Appearing In His Email Inbox

38:32 - Having To Complete The Mission Of 10,000 Dreams

39:56 - Being Young And Playing The Long Game

40:56 - Doing 1 Year Was Harder Than Doing 4 Years/Making The Impossible Possible

42:29 - Fraser Got Hate For His Camera Style/Reaction To The Project

44:00 - People Giving Up On Podcasts/Advantage That Fraser Has

47:43 - People Who Dont Have A Dream

49:14 - Fraser Runs A Freelancing Film Company

50:09 - A Lot Of People Reach Out To Fraser Now/Bigger It Gets The Lesser The Chase

51:50 - Fraser Only Wants To Film One Person A Day So It Takes Longer/Being An Historian

53:44 - Covid Can Be An OpportunityAdapting To Zoom

55:42 - Took Fraser A Long Time To Realise Its About The Dream Not About The Filming/Wiggles Story

1:00:34 - Taking NZ For Granted

1:01:31 - Where To Follow 10,000 Dreams/Fraser Grut