Creative Business
Paul Newman's four career stages (and what they mean for you)
Every career follows the same arc: unknown, essential, replaceable, forgotten. The real work happens in the spaces between.
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inspiration, ideas and life lessons from pop culture and entertainment
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Face/Off
Here's one way to get people to turn their heads.
Transforming 'average'
This morning I asked Jacinta what she was wearing. It looked fabulous.
Something from a boutique perhaps? A well-known designer
Mindsets & Growth
Going back to the Old Oak
You know those people who like to talk about how many books they’ve read this
year?
It’s ok,
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The resident earworm: west on 27th
Much of it was cleaning windows, picking up sandwiches, and writing mailing
labels. But it was the most impactful job
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As good as it gets
It’s easy to forget that even Hollywood legends had to start somewhere.
There was once a time when Jack
The Tension
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In 2010, a heavy metal kid suddenly took the dance music world by storm.
When Sonny Moore aka Skrillex broke
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30 degree days
Stringer Bell doesn’t like 40 degree days. Except when it’s 30. Let alone 20.
For many of us,
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The $15m unbranding
When Matthew McConnaughey decided to stop doing romantic comedies, he told his
agent, Jim Toth at CAA, to make sure
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The Entertainers
This piece was originally the introductory bit to the 40th edition of my monthly
newsletter ‘Adventures [https://howardgray.net/newsletter/
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Opening Credits
January signals the peak of Hollywood’s awards season.
It’s the time for recognition and credit: for the work
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Serious Fun
10 years ago The End [https://djmag.com/longreads/end-club-changed-london]
nightclub in London closed its doors for the final time.
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The Tension: Chaos / Order
What we can learn from the world of talent agencies, and why invisible order can
power our infinite loop.
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The Secret
Tony Gilroy is one of the world’s most revered screenwriters.
He’s written movies as successful, and as diverse,
Culture & Insights
Great (Un)Expectations
Below is a very lightly edited version of a brief introduction I gave at the
final presentation day for the
Learning, Education & Growth
The Educator’s End Credits
They don’t exist right now.
Of course, there’s the bibliography for a book or research paper, but as
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Lucky Number 7 - and a 40-degree day
Many of us are captivated by the number seven. It’s supposedly lucky (more on
the reasons behind this were
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22,000 songs in your pocket
Back in 2001, Apple CEO Steve Jobs uttered his now legendary one line pitch for
a new product his company