[Ailist] MANAGEMENT AT THE MOVIES: Film Clips that Instruct and Inspire

[Stephanie West Allen]

Excerpt:

On a recent (and long) plane flight from New York to Tokyo, I watched  
the film “Astronaut Farmer,” in which Billy Bob Thornton plays  
Charlie Farmer, a former astronaut forced to retire early to save his  
family farm who fulfills his dream of space travel by building and  
launching his own earth-orbiting rocket.

Improbable and hokey as the film was, I enjoyed it as a tribute to  
the unlimited potential we all possess. Hollywood is in the business  
of making dreams come true; as Farmer says in the movie in response  
to doubting reporters, “When I was a kid, they used to tell me I  
could be anything I wanted to be, no matter what.” All of us in the  
corporate world face similar if perhaps less dramatic moments like  
this, when we must dig down and find an inner grit that will propel  
us forward.

Like Hollywood, leaders are also in the business of making dreams  
come true. Great leaders establish the vision and tell the stories  
that help us see in our minds’ eyes how wonderful or beautiful or  
exciting the realization of that vision can be.

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Best,

Stephanie

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Stephanie West Allen, JD
http://www.brainsonpurpose.com
http://www.idealawg.net
Denver, CO USA