I’m going to admit right off the bat I have watched almost all of Tom Cruise’s movies. And, I will also admit to liking most of his films. There’s action. There’s intrigue. There’s mayhem. There’s his silly grin that actually annoys me but tends to work in his movies. I’m not too sure I would like him personally. However, movie-wise he’s alright with me.
Even though his movies contain a ton of unrealistic action scenes, there’s something to take home from each. Whether it’s a message, tactic, or tag line. Tonight, I may just watch (for the 100th time) Jerry Maguire. Not because he had me at hello. Not because I want to be shown the money (although, I do). But, because he showed courage in leaving and starting his own agency. Even when the chips were down or there was a flag on the field, he believed in himself and his product. He also had a fan. Well, two fans. With a small circle of support he persevered.
If you have a vision, make it happen. Get kicked to curb, you get up, take your briefcase and walk right on to a new path. Too deep? Maybe. It’s just a fluffy Tom Cruise film, after all.
But I’m inspired.
Categories: Film, identity, Leadership, Management, mental health, Pop Culture, Psychology, workplace
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I’m having the pleasure of repeat reviewers: I’m offering the readers and bloggers who reviewed the first book in my mainstream trilogy the opportunity to review the second – and it feels wonderful to get enthusiastic agreements from more and more of them.
Definitely easier than for the first book, when I had to persuade them to look at something mainstream not produced by a traditional publisher!
I am deeply grateful. And hoping I live up to their expectations (no sophomore slump).
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SMiLes Dear PM
Even When Demons
Chase ‘You’ Down
‘Running Up That Hill’
Running Up That Hill
Running Up That Hill
And If It Doesn’t Touch the
Whole World
Just Wait
Until 2022
As With Art
THeRE is No
Age yet SPiRiT
HeART And SoUL For ReAL
-Kate Bush and ‘Running Up That
Hill’ Making A Deal With my First VCR
And Digital CD Player As Well Yep Back
in 1985 And
Yes A Hint an
Omen to Where
i Would Eventually
Land Next And Rise Again With SMiLes
iN A World Where ‘The Matter With Things’
And All That May Be Attached to ‘Silicon’
Often Trumps
Humanity
Life Yes
And Love Still
Moving Connecting Co-Creating
Yet Now Ruling to Use the Tool
No Longer Mastered At the Bottom of the Hill..:)
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Did you happen to see the episode of ‘This Is Us’ about the Jerry Maguire movie. It gave a completely different interpretation than I’d had
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