How Warner Brothers & Harry Potter can learn from HBO & Game of Thrones

HBO’s hit mini-series, Game of Thrones (GoT) Season 5 was full of twists, turns and ‘heart breaks’ like every other season of the famous show, but where season 5 differs from all its previous seasons is that it no longer has a printed version of the book that it now needs to catch on to. Yes, you GoT maniacs; who have never read any of George RR Martin’s books, the series has finally caught on to its adapted counterpart.

But leaving the books aside for a second, let’s just look at the success that HBO got in these 5 seasons. One, it has gained yet another hit series which has a cult following across the world. Two, by keeping Martin in tow with their production team, they now no have so much insight into Martin’s brain that no other ‘book reader’ or publisher would ever be able to gain. Three, to be able to pull off 5 country simultaneous shoots with over 15000+ cast and crew members is a land mark feat in itself. Four, by giving Martin a visual outlet to portray his book in, HBO, in a way given him freedom to take the story to a new level of craziness, something that he continuously struggled with while getting his books published (as implied by him in his old interviews) and lastly HBO, with GoT has now been able to do something that Warner Brothers were never able do with Harry Potter, that is entrap the audience and gain new ones every week.

With GoT Book 6- ‘The Winds of winter’, nowhere in sight and not expected in 2015 at all (according to Martin’s publisher), HBO and Martin now hold a huge advantage over their TV audience, as the viewers are now so engrossed in the series that they will now desperately wait for Season 6 just to know what happens next. What is more Martin; who has always seemed to be running in two-if not twenty minds, can now completely twist the plots and can take his book in one direction, while taking the TV series in all together different direction. Martin, already seems to be going in that direction looking at how every season, he alters the mini-series a bit compared to the books.

Thus, till the anticipated ‘6’ (season or book) arrives, only Martin and few others will know what it will bring to us. But looking at the facts above, I as an avid reader and viewer who saw her beloved childhood book series ‘Harry Potter,’ turn into a nightmare of a movie, can now finally smile with glee and think, that if nothing else, GoT and Martin has been able to do one thing that Warner Bros. and J K Rowling were not able to, that is exploit its boundaries and make the series even more epic. :D       

5 ways to Happy Life

There are certain things that I have noticed that i believe that if people follow will lead them not only to have a good time with all, but will also help them to be Happy in Life.... :) .....hear are 5 of them : -

1. Never have expectations
The biggest disappointment that people face are that the things they expected never happened or didn't go the way they wanted it to go. So the 1st thing and the most important thing that you can do is let go of the expectations, believe me you will be in for a lot of good surprises when things do happen and will not even notice them if they don't.

2. Don't think about the Past or the Future
The 2nd most idiotic thing that people have a tendency of doing is dwelling in the past or thinking about the future, learn to live in the present, remember that dwelling in the past will only lead to comparison with the present and they are not always make you happy or will lead you to disappointment, or thinking about the future will lead you to have expectations thus leading to our point no. 1. Just know that time changes people and things (its called evolution if you remember) and there is no way to predict which way it will go.

3. Don't worry about the mistakes you make or you might make
Anyone who says that they are perfect and don't make mistakes are lying, Dude you are human remember???? Mistakes are the part of life and sometimes making them gives us a reality check, rather than regretting them or dreading them look at them, learn and MOVE ON. Rather than fearing what might people say or that they might laugh at you, laugh with them, it would look hilarious to you in few years anyway, why not just look at them that way right now.

4. Be your self
Leaders don't follow they lead, why change yourself and follow others when you know that you can lead others yourself. Just being yourself will give you self respect and respect from others. There are others just like you and they will eventually follow you. Leaders are not born, they are made, and being yourself and believing in yourself will make you into that leader.

5. Learn to comparmise your Ego but not your Pride


The biggest mistake that i have seen people make is that either they become too egoistic and hurt others or they give up their pride and end up hurting them selves, you need to realize that your Pride is not your Ego....there is a thin line between them but not so thin that you don't seem to differ one from other. Your Ego will never let you do things for others but your Pride will....