First of all I must congratulate Will Smith for his extraordinary performance in the movie. Secondly, it made to one of my favorite movies of all time.
The movie is not just about everyday struggle of a common man.It's about pursuing somebody's own goal so strongly and persistently that it finally becomes impossible even for God to hold the success back. Brilliant thought!!! "Success is all about Persistence". Not everybody could really rise to the occastion. Many people would still follow a mediocre approach in life, would accept the defeat and crib about their condition. It requires a great willpower and strength of a character to get what you want in life.
Another point is also worth noting in the movie which is commonly known as Murphy's law: " When the going is bad, you end up facing all bad things". To put it in another way, if you are not prepared for the worst, better don't expect the best to happen. The law just helps you to understand if you really have the guts to get the best in life.
Most of all set our goals like: "I want to become a CEO/Doctor/Architect etc etc". But point is how many of us really rise to the occasion to become successful in life. And if at all we become successful, are we happy with that? The hero in this movie had a very simple goal in life: "To make a good living for his wife and kid so that his family can have a happy time like others." That's why probably the movie is named as pursuit of happiness. In the pursuit of his goal, he ended up working harder to succeed in the brokerage firm. There is a saying: "If you want to succeed, you better try harder than the hardest in that field.". Whenever he managed to sell one of his scanners(remember he was originally a sales man!!!), he would enjoy the most with his family. They would go to the best hotel, have best food, etc etc. It's like: "Don't crib, be happy with whatever you have, try more in future, but don't get bogged down by thinking about the future".
The movie ends with he being selected for the job in the brokerage firm. But wait! do you know what happened next? He finally went on and became owner of a brokerage firm. He eventually sold it out for some multimillion dollar deal. Try to see through the lines now. His goal was never to be owner of such a firm. He was just interested in keeping his family happy. But the motivation was so strong that it pushed him to realize his actual capabilities in life. Way to go!!!
Now do you know: What you want in life ???
The movie is not just about everyday struggle of a common man.It's about pursuing somebody's own goal so strongly and persistently that it finally becomes impossible even for God to hold the success back. Brilliant thought!!! "Success is all about Persistence". Not everybody could really rise to the occastion. Many people would still follow a mediocre approach in life, would accept the defeat and crib about their condition. It requires a great willpower and strength of a character to get what you want in life.
Another point is also worth noting in the movie which is commonly known as Murphy's law: " When the going is bad, you end up facing all bad things". To put it in another way, if you are not prepared for the worst, better don't expect the best to happen. The law just helps you to understand if you really have the guts to get the best in life.
Most of all set our goals like: "I want to become a CEO/Doctor/Architect etc etc". But point is how many of us really rise to the occasion to become successful in life. And if at all we become successful, are we happy with that? The hero in this movie had a very simple goal in life: "To make a good living for his wife and kid so that his family can have a happy time like others." That's why probably the movie is named as pursuit of happiness. In the pursuit of his goal, he ended up working harder to succeed in the brokerage firm. There is a saying: "If you want to succeed, you better try harder than the hardest in that field.". Whenever he managed to sell one of his scanners(remember he was originally a sales man!!!), he would enjoy the most with his family. They would go to the best hotel, have best food, etc etc. It's like: "Don't crib, be happy with whatever you have, try more in future, but don't get bogged down by thinking about the future".
The movie ends with he being selected for the job in the brokerage firm. But wait! do you know what happened next? He finally went on and became owner of a brokerage firm. He eventually sold it out for some multimillion dollar deal. Try to see through the lines now. His goal was never to be owner of such a firm. He was just interested in keeping his family happy. But the motivation was so strong that it pushed him to realize his actual capabilities in life. Way to go!!!
Now do you know: What you want in life ???
2 comments:
I want happiness without doing anything ....just lazing around and not thinking about food and money....but I need those nevertheless.
can you suggest me what should I do?
happiness is not something which you dream and then get it immediately. You have to try hard for it. One suggestion is to try and get 1 crore rupees(you got to figure out how), put it in bank and enjoy rest of your life lazing around without thinking about money and food.
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