5 Lessons Learned From Watching Molly's Game
These days it is almost essential to have a way to unwind and forget about stress or worries, just for a short while anyway.
Some of us are quite sneaky and savvy and take this unwinding period and get the most from it.
Remember you either go through your day or get from the day. I know what I'd much rather do...
As you will know I am a coach, trainer, author, poet, healer, chef, entrepreneur and I love learning; some would say I never switch off!
Some people say/ask how do they even relate?
They have two things in common me and Energy; Energy is in EVERYTHING and it is what makes things come together, make sense and materialise them before our own eyes.
So, on New Year's day my partner and I went to the movies to watch Molly's Game, I was expecting just another film with a bit of action here and there and when you stripped all the good bits away you'd end up with nothing.
Truth be told because of my vivid and wild imagination I find movies predictable, boring and quite frankly marketing vehicles where we all can see who is sponsoring the movie!!!
Boy meets girl, fights enemy, wins or loses and the end... Joseph Campbell's The Hero's Journey, story telling, novel writing 101...! - No sarcasm intended I promise! – OK, maybe a little.
My expectations were pretty low, I just fancied a nice time with my other half welcoming 2018 romantically and calmly.
But boy I was not expecting to get so many life lessons from that movie.
Here are the 5 lessons learned from watching Molly's Game
1. We are too quick to judge our parents: Without going into too many details as to what happens in the movie, Molly's relationship with her dad was far from ideal, leading to a broken relationship in her adult life, what she doesn't know is that her dad always loved her and he was too ashamed of himself and what he had done in the past. We often judge our parents and create a story in our heads as to why they are the way they are, we buy into this story and we don't let go of it. Parents are humans too and they do the best they can with the resources available to them. Let's be kind to them (this includes me too!)!
2. It only takes one second to change the course of our lives (for the better or for the worse!): Molly by many people's standard was a bright kid with everything going for her, though one accident made her decide to take a year off and head to LA, there she meets someone who'd introduce her a life and lifestyle she'd soon become addicted to, getting deeper and deeper into an abyss of greed, luxuxy and a life many of us would consider impossible, yet she orchestrated it and created it herself from scratch, bringing to life the ideal fantasy for powerful men. Had that accident never happened, how would her life be different?
3. Intelligence and potential does no equal success: it is hard to believe that someone bright, sharp and with the world at their feet would jeopardise it all by going in the opposite direction, sadly we all know that that is not the case. I have seen it in my life and with many of my clients, we seem to have it all set for us and events AND our sense of unworthiness sabotage it, and unavoidably we end up further away from where we were expected to be by ourselves and others. This reminds me something one of my tutors from college said to me once: real intelligence is not what you know but how you apply what you know.
4. It is one belief or decision that shapes our lives and destiny: there is a powerful moment in the movie (I say powerful as it almost reduced me to tears!) where Molly is met by her dad and they had a long overdued conversation. Here her dad who in the movie is a psychologist says Molly you are addicted to the power over powerful men, that's why you do what you do. Incredibly powerful statement and insight as to why she did what she did, loving the feeling of being in control and being powerful over the most influential and powerful men in the world, just because she wanted to prove to her dad she was powerful too! Awareness doesn't get any better than this. One belief, one decision that drives to do unthinkable and crazy stuff without us being fully aware of it.
5. To wake up from our carelessness and destructive behaviours something bad has to happen: as crazy as it may sound we let things go further than they should. In the movie there are two scenes that were her wake-up call; the first one is when she gets a beating for not liaising with some gangsters and the second when the FBI gets involved! I know these are extreme cases but when we look around us people's lives are transformed and shaped by violence, crime, abuse, drugs, alcohol, bullying. I have known of people who had to be arrested to start a 'new life', the death of a child or parent, illness and disease, it doesn't matter how big or small it may appear to us but these pivotal moments have the leverage to force us to make new decisions.
In conclusion
I thoroughly enjoyed watching the movie and I felt I was the viewer who got away with all the good stuff. I felt truly blessed to have watched this movie and take this as a warning of how things can turn out IF I don't stay on course or IF I don't seek the help I need or IF I don't get the support I need.
As Jim Rohn used to say there are two types of stories:
• Stories of success and inspiration, and
• Warnings: DO NOT DO THIS!!!
Surprisongly in Molly's case her story is a bit of both: it is a warning and it is a success, waking up on time and turning her life around and sharing it with the world.
If you get the chance go and watch this movie and see it as more than a movie, well it is more than a movie as it is based on a true story and I believe she has been kind enough to share it with us.
I saw areas of my life in which I have been careless and now I can rectify them and stay on course, carry on with my purpose and continue to inspire others.
This is it for today. Carry on being awesome.
Before we say goodbay (for today) follow my blog and subscribe to my newsletter, too.
Have a sensational day.
With all my love,
Jorge
Some of us are quite sneaky and savvy and take this unwinding period and get the most from it.
Remember you either go through your day or get from the day. I know what I'd much rather do...
As you will know I am a coach, trainer, author, poet, healer, chef, entrepreneur and I love learning; some would say I never switch off!
Some people say/ask how do they even relate?
They have two things in common me and Energy; Energy is in EVERYTHING and it is what makes things come together, make sense and materialise them before our own eyes.
So, on New Year's day my partner and I went to the movies to watch Molly's Game, I was expecting just another film with a bit of action here and there and when you stripped all the good bits away you'd end up with nothing.
Truth be told because of my vivid and wild imagination I find movies predictable, boring and quite frankly marketing vehicles where we all can see who is sponsoring the movie!!!
Boy meets girl, fights enemy, wins or loses and the end... Joseph Campbell's The Hero's Journey, story telling, novel writing 101...! - No sarcasm intended I promise! – OK, maybe a little.
My expectations were pretty low, I just fancied a nice time with my other half welcoming 2018 romantically and calmly.
But boy I was not expecting to get so many life lessons from that movie.
Here are the 5 lessons learned from watching Molly's Game
1. We are too quick to judge our parents: Without going into too many details as to what happens in the movie, Molly's relationship with her dad was far from ideal, leading to a broken relationship in her adult life, what she doesn't know is that her dad always loved her and he was too ashamed of himself and what he had done in the past. We often judge our parents and create a story in our heads as to why they are the way they are, we buy into this story and we don't let go of it. Parents are humans too and they do the best they can with the resources available to them. Let's be kind to them (this includes me too!)!
2. It only takes one second to change the course of our lives (for the better or for the worse!): Molly by many people's standard was a bright kid with everything going for her, though one accident made her decide to take a year off and head to LA, there she meets someone who'd introduce her a life and lifestyle she'd soon become addicted to, getting deeper and deeper into an abyss of greed, luxuxy and a life many of us would consider impossible, yet she orchestrated it and created it herself from scratch, bringing to life the ideal fantasy for powerful men. Had that accident never happened, how would her life be different?
3. Intelligence and potential does no equal success: it is hard to believe that someone bright, sharp and with the world at their feet would jeopardise it all by going in the opposite direction, sadly we all know that that is not the case. I have seen it in my life and with many of my clients, we seem to have it all set for us and events AND our sense of unworthiness sabotage it, and unavoidably we end up further away from where we were expected to be by ourselves and others. This reminds me something one of my tutors from college said to me once: real intelligence is not what you know but how you apply what you know.
4. It is one belief or decision that shapes our lives and destiny: there is a powerful moment in the movie (I say powerful as it almost reduced me to tears!) where Molly is met by her dad and they had a long overdued conversation. Here her dad who in the movie is a psychologist says Molly you are addicted to the power over powerful men, that's why you do what you do. Incredibly powerful statement and insight as to why she did what she did, loving the feeling of being in control and being powerful over the most influential and powerful men in the world, just because she wanted to prove to her dad she was powerful too! Awareness doesn't get any better than this. One belief, one decision that drives to do unthinkable and crazy stuff without us being fully aware of it.
5. To wake up from our carelessness and destructive behaviours something bad has to happen: as crazy as it may sound we let things go further than they should. In the movie there are two scenes that were her wake-up call; the first one is when she gets a beating for not liaising with some gangsters and the second when the FBI gets involved! I know these are extreme cases but when we look around us people's lives are transformed and shaped by violence, crime, abuse, drugs, alcohol, bullying. I have known of people who had to be arrested to start a 'new life', the death of a child or parent, illness and disease, it doesn't matter how big or small it may appear to us but these pivotal moments have the leverage to force us to make new decisions.
In conclusion
I thoroughly enjoyed watching the movie and I felt I was the viewer who got away with all the good stuff. I felt truly blessed to have watched this movie and take this as a warning of how things can turn out IF I don't stay on course or IF I don't seek the help I need or IF I don't get the support I need.
As Jim Rohn used to say there are two types of stories:
• Stories of success and inspiration, and
• Warnings: DO NOT DO THIS!!!
Surprisongly in Molly's case her story is a bit of both: it is a warning and it is a success, waking up on time and turning her life around and sharing it with the world.
If you get the chance go and watch this movie and see it as more than a movie, well it is more than a movie as it is based on a true story and I believe she has been kind enough to share it with us.
I saw areas of my life in which I have been careless and now I can rectify them and stay on course, carry on with my purpose and continue to inspire others.
This is it for today. Carry on being awesome.
Before we say goodbay (for today) follow my blog and subscribe to my newsletter, too.
Have a sensational day.
With all my love,
Jorge
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