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Life is Short

One of the most important lessons of Old Hollywood 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. Listen on Catch up on […]

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Health

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.

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Change is Good

Embracing challenges and failures is the way to success 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

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Do you need a new name?

Maybe it’s time for an alter ego 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

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Personal brand

What is your personal brand and how can you influence it? 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

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Hard Work

Why hard work is an important part of a fulfilled life 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

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