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4 Life Lessons from the first Women’s Sport Film Festival

4 Life Lessons from the first Women’s Sport Film Festival

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A women’s soccer team in Zanzibar. The first all female Palestinian race-car team. A world record holder swimming from Cuba to Florida in shark-infested waters. What do these firsts have in common? They’re all part of the world’s first ever Women’s Sports Film Festival. The atmosphere was electric as audience members were transported around the globe throug[...]
'Embrace Everyone' Winning Work Strategy

'Embrace Everyone' Winning Work Strategy

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I would be lying if I said that Marcie Goodman, the Executive Director of the Cleveland International Film Festival, didn’t intimidate me. Not the "eggshell walking" kind of intimidation, just the milder, "God, don't let me say anything stupid around her" kind. Like any other self respecting writer, I use my irrational fears as a source of hyperbolic humo[...]
5 Reasons

5 Reasons "Wild" Will Make You A Badass

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"Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" tells the true story of Cheryl Strayed’s 1,100 mile solo trek from California to Washington State. I finished this book in three days flat, voraciously guzzling page after page. This book is everything a woman should, at some point in her life, experience. Strayed is a legitimate superhero!! Wild has bee[...]