Invincible - Starring Mark Wahlberg
Since this is my first post under “Movie Dietary†category, allow me to explain what topics should be in here. These are blogs that lists some “food for the thought” that I picked up in a movie and I would like share it with you. This is NOT a movie critique article of some sort.
Let’s get started.
Movie Title: Invincible
Actor: Mark Wahlberg as “Vince Papale”
Synopsis: A story of a 30-year-old bartender that made it to the NFL Team. Read more at yahoo movies.
Some food for the thought from the movie:
Take out anything that will slows you down
In a scene where Mark was in a camp for try-out, he can’t seem to beat two other hopefuls in a sprint. What he did is, he replaced his regular football gear with a quarterback gear, which is lighter. With less weight, he then beat other players in a run.
In life, anything that is slowing us down to achieve our goals should be taken out. It could be a hobby, bad attitude, or relationship with wrong group of people.
Go out there and work harder
I did not say work hard, I say HARDER. In another scene, Mark ran around the neighborhood to prepare himself for the upcoming try-out. Then he went home, realizing that to qualify for the NFL team, he has to sacrifice more and so he went out again and ran more until evening.
To succeed, working harder is a key ingredient. We’ve heard this many times.
Learn the tricks
Mark Wahlberg was schooled by a veteran player on how to read the play of the opponent by simply checking the hand position during set-up.
In running a business or working as an employee, learning the tricks or trade in your field will help you a better person. If your job requires some typing, then be a better typist by teaching yourself to use home keys. This little effort may significantly increase your productivity.
Have fun
After Mark failed in his televised NFL debut game, he went back to his old buddies and played football with them in the mud. He had fun. He then redeems himself in the following NFL game.
Sometimes, we tend to forget to have fun in our work or in running our business. Constantly remind ourselves that work is effortless if we are having fun doing it.
Prove them wrong
In the movie, Mark’s wife separated with him and left him a very discouraging note saying, “You’ll never go anywhere. You’ll never make any money and you’ll never make a name for youself“. Will there be more discouraging words other than that? Sometimes, the person most dear to us is our very own critique. The least person we expect.
It is up to you to take the challenge and prove them wrong and show to them what are you capable of.
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