SIX at 6: Step-Down Moves, Local Maximums, An Epic Losing Streak, A Trifling Genre, A Way To Prevail, and Turning Back - Billy Oppenheimer
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SIX at 6: Step-Down Moves, Local Maximums, An Epic Losing Streak, A Trifling Genre, A Way To Prevail, and Turning Back - Billy Oppenheimer
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You Just Have To Find A Way To Stick It Out
Before he was Han Solo or Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford was a carpenter. In 1964, Ford moved to Hollywood to become an actor. “But I arrived on a metaphoric bus full of people who had the same ambition,” he said. So he came up with this plan to prevail over the competition. As Ford spent time around the oth... See more
Before he was Han Solo or Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford was a carpenter. In 1964, Ford moved to Hollywood to become an actor. “But I arrived on a metaphoric bus full of people who had the same ambition,” he said. So he came up with this plan to prevail over the competition. As Ford spent time around the oth... See more