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Peter Berg: Become The Best Version Of Yourself

N2Growth Blog

Boxers need to be smart in their sport. And as Berg notes real boxers are honorable and take their sport and its craft seriously. Working in a demanding career – be it film-making, engineering or finance – requires great concentration of time as well as energy. Berg gets a rush from boxing. Let’s face it.

Sports 150
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Improvement Deficiency Syndrome

Chris Brady

Dave from the other Florida coast near where I dream of Jeanie was filmed. Thoses things you have set in print are things that plague me and I have to fight against them every minute of my life. Thanks for all you say, write and do.

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Using Analytics to Predict Hollywood Blockbusters

Harvard Business Review

Disney's John Carter , which cost close to $275 million to produce, was tagged as a potentially huge, game-changing film. Disney admitted its studio would have an operating loss of $80-$120 million, making the film arguably the biggest flop of all time.

Film 15
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Using Analytics to Predict Hollywood Blockbusters

Harvard Business Review

Disney's John Carter , which cost close to $275 million to produce, was tagged as a potentially huge, game-changing film. Disney admitted its studio would have an operating loss of $80-$120 million, making the film arguably the biggest flop of all time.

Film 15
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Featured Rascal: Tank Man

Chris Brady

"   All we know about himis what was shown through the camera lenses of reporters on the scene, who hadto smuggle their film out of the country before what happened could be seen bythe outside world. .   There is not even anyinformation about the most famous man of the incident, the "TankMan."

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Aging Societies Should Make More of Mentorship

Harvard Business Review

The past year brought a rich array of films depicting connections between a wise, older mentor and a younger person in need of sage guidance, in ways that often defied gauzy stereotypes, from art-house movies like Lily Tomlin’s Grandma to blockbusters like Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Film 10
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Caption Contest 2010.7 (Scam Orrin Woodward and Me out of a free.

Chris Brady

" (this film has not yet been rated) Posted by: Rick Meyer | November 20, 2010 at 10:28 PM Incredibaby was stunned: He'd hoped "floating formula" would work, but the invisibility was a BONUS! Posted by: mark humphrey | November 20, 2010 at 09:28 PM "Look Honey, no hands."