Listen on The lessons that I had to repeat over and over again throughout the last 80+ episodes is “Enjoy life” or its favourite cousin “Life is short”. This episode gives you a short reminder why this is important – and not self-indulgent. Catch up on Other Episodes of the Podcast A new episode out […]
Why Cheating Nature Never Pays Off Barbara La Marr, Errol Flynn and John Barrymore are just three examples from the myriads of Old Hollywood stars that tried to cheat nature and abused both alcohol and their bodies. Others like Gloria Swanson and Greta Garbo put an emphasis on their health early on. The outcome? Predictable.
Listen on Old Hollywood is a stellar example of an ever changing environment. From theatre to silent movies to sound movies, to radio, to TV – the actors and actresses that made Old Hollywood great were multi-interested and diversified their incomes and talents. Embracing changes and diving fully in is definitely part of the success
Listen on Your name is your image. It will influence how others see you and how you see yourself. Old Hollywood actors and actresses often changed their name to a more appealing sounding stage name – and rightly so. Names do possess power. How can you use this for the creation of your extraordinary life?
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Listen on If there is anything that I would immediately sign off as being true is that Old Hollywood was full of personal brands. Personal brands nowadays are rare – even though the topic is hotter now than ever. If you look at the models and photospreads, they all look alike. The beauty standards have
Listen on Researching Old Hollywood, I found there was one prevalent topic almost always at play – and that was hard work. I guess, in a way, back then in the early 20th century, this was just what was expected from people. For some of the stars that I researched, hard work had been a