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Pierce Thiot, Creative Executive at Maximum Effort, Dies at 40

He worked on some of the biggest and most culturally relevant brand campaigns in recent memory for the studio and marketing agency founded by Ryan Reynolds and George Dewey.

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I didn't raise my daughter to become an Olympic champion, but she did. I raised her to handle failure.

I never set out to raise Olympic champion Gwen Jorgensen. I wanted to give my daughter the confidence to pursue her passions and change direction.

  • Gwen Jorgensen's father raised her to handle failure, not for Olympic success.
  • Swimming was her passion, but he insisted on violin lessons for discipline.
  • After dropping out of college, she pursued accounting before transitioning to triathlon.

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