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                    In The                                                          great. Those who are failures, I have   phony charmer, so engrossed in
                                                                                      Those who are great, I have made  Continued from page 30
                    In

                                                                                    made failures.
                                                                                                                          his own pathological lies that
           ZONE                                                                     with the precision of a machine plus   he believes them. . . is endlessly
                                                                                      I am not a machine though I work
                                                                                                                          protected  by  Sondergaard’s  Mrs.
                                                                                    the intelligence of a person.
                                                                                                                          Manette, willing to go to the ends of
                                                                                      You may run me for profit or run  the Earth to feed his ego and hide his
                                                                                    me for ruin - it makes no difference  every misstep. Anyone who knows
                                                                                    to me.                                the theories of Sigmund Freud will
                                                                                      Take me, train me, be firm with me,   immediately spot a prime example
        With Justin Roethlingshoefer          bless others.                         and I will place the world at your feet.   of an Oedipus complex. . . a most
                                                                                                                          distorted   relationship   between
                                                January - As we dive into the New     Be easy with me and I will destroy
        D    ifferent. What does that mean?   Year, I want you to think about what  you.                                  mother and son.
                                                                                                                            Matched  by  Siodmak’s  stylish
               We are all different, but not all
        of us OWN our different.              you said last year:                     Who am I?                           directing, he really creates his
                                              -  What were you going to               I am Habit.
          It could be that we talk differently,     accomplish?                       Our habits will allow us to excel,   own unique pace for the movie.
        see the world differently, have                                                                                   Much  slower  than  your  average
                                              -  What was that goal you wanted to   and they will be different from       noir, certain scenes may have you
        different  opinions, have different     achieve?                            what  most  people  do.  Success  is
        visions, or have different  skills that                                                                           questioning why it is lingering. .
                                              -  What new experiences did you       not normal. Success is different and   . only to pay off in the end. For
        serve  the  world in  different  ways.
                                                want to have?                       requires us to be that way. The crowd   instance,  the church  sequence  at
        There is POWER in different. Yet so                                         is where the average  is at.  Do you
        many of us want to cover it up.       -  Where did you want to travel to?   want to be average, or do you want to   first  seems  to  drag,  only  for  us  to
                                              -  What credibility did you want to                                         realize that this is a vehicle for the
          Different makes us stand out. We                                          be different?                         nightclub singer to break down, her
        feel guilty or ashamed by it. We may     build for yourself?                  OWN IT!                               vulnerability finally seeping out of
        have been pointed out in a negative   -  How were you going to                                                    her guarded mask that has ultimately
        way for it, leaving a scar that only     challenge yourself?                Justin Roethlingshoefer               cracked – a heartbreakingly beautiful
        internalizing it can hide.  But I hate to   Now think  about  where  you are   Founder & Chief Performance Officer  example of building drama. Another
        break it to you - success is different.  now.  What happened to that desire   ownitcoaching.com                   sample  of  Siodmak’s  fantastical
          Think about any company that        and potential? Did it fall by the                                           camera work finds a lengthy single
        you have engaged with lately. Look    wayside and just become a “nice           RETREAT                           take transporting us over three
        at their CEO or founder. I guarantee   thought”, or did you own the fact you                                      floors  in  an  upscale  restaurant  –
        you they owned their different, and   wanted to be different this year and         WE are hosting                 each second ensconcing us within
        it allowed them to step out from the   actually make something happen?                                            Manette’s  wooing  of  the  young
        crowd. They call it a crowd because     I came across this poem that really      the first retreat of             woman, an example of his oversized
        that is where the average lives.      sums up the difference between those       its kind...a retreat             persona misleading her every step
          When I was playing  hockey,         that succeed through their difference   built specifically for              of the way.
        specifically in Cornwall, I often felt   and those that do not. What is your                                        A huge success at the box office
        exposed because of my work ethic      answer?                                 YOU.  Built for you,                (likely everyone wanted to see
        and passion for biological data. I was   I am your constant companion.           by your data and                 Durbin’s new dramatic turn),
        different. I wore heart rate monitors   I am your greatest  helper or                                             Christmas Holiday is a bizarre little
        for everything I did, wore a brain  heaviest burden.                           metrics. We will be                noir that, despite its title (in the
        wave monitor  to sleep, tested,  and                                                                              end, Christmas is simply a vehicle
                                                I will push you onward or drag you      spending 4 days in
        measured  all  my food, meditated,    down to failure.                                                            for the Lt. to leave camp and the
        and did cold and heat immersion - all                                           Costa Rica where                  holiday is non-existent), is a unique
                                                I am completely at your command.
        labelled weird.  That is, until I leaned                                                                          treat. Though it might not bring the
                                                Half of the things you do you might     we will dive deep
        into my different.                                                                                                expected pacing, femme fatales, or
                                              as well turn over to me and I will do
          Until I owned my different,  I      them - quickly and correctly.            into what you need                 other more traditional noir themes,
        couldn’t harness the power that came                                           to do for YOU built                its fusion of crime and drama
        with that. The moment I did was the     I am easily managed - you must be                                         elements make for some enthralling
                                              firm with me. Show me exactly how
        moment I was able to see the fruit that                                                by YOU.                    viewing as well as interesting
        came with it.                         you want something done and after a                                         insights on love and loss. So, break
                                              few lessons, I will do it automatically.           Go to
          Be okay with stepping out. Own                                                                                  out this little known, loosely-named
        your different!  You were made that   I am the servant of great people, and   livebetterretreat.com               Christmas noir, it’s a shot well worth
                                              alas, of all failures as well.
        way for a reason. Use it to be seen and                                                                           taking.
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