I love watching movies. I know that 2 hours of time can be valuable and I should not waste it on something that is not real. But I can enjoy the escape at times and it really does help my brain shut down and not think for a few minutes. Many of you know what I mean.
I recently watched the movie Chef with my wife Glori. It was a nice entertaining movie that we both enjoyed. And those that are married know how difficult that can be. The movie could have been a nice family friendly movie if they had dropped just a few uses of adult language. I also learned what “food porn” is. My wife the cookbook writer and awesome cook enjoyed those scenes.
A good movie has the ability to not just entertain but impact your thinking for days, weeks and months to come.
A movie from a few years ago that absolutely shocked me at how much I enjoyed the story and I still can’t seem to get parts of it out of my mind was the Adam Sandler movie Click. It may not have the classic movie label like Happy Gilmore or Waterboy, but I could not stop talking about this movie after the first time I saw it.
I am not a complicated guy. I only have a few basic criteria for a movie to be enjoyable to me.
First, it has to have a cool leading man. Some people consider Adam Sandler to be cool. At least I do. It also must have an attractive female role. This movie has Kate Beckinsale and she is not too shabby. And finally, I need to not be able to figure out the plot in the first 10 minutes of the film. Keep me guessing a little. Surprise me. Well, Click not only kept me guessing but I laughed, cried and continued to think about certain parts of the movie years later.
At this point you should be asking what an Adam Sandler movie has to do with anything much less business owners like us. Without giving the plot away, the character played by Adam Sandler obtains a special remote control that allows him to fast forward through unpleasant events in his life. It sounds great at first until he realizes that months and years have totally disappeared.
I began to think about all the little things in life and business that are aggravating and annoying. Sometimes we would love to just skip through those times but unfortunately that would cause us to appreciate the good times less. We all know those stinky things that we wish would just go away – hard work, being sick, arguments, cash flow problems, deals gone bad, relationship issues, family problems, health issues, crazy election results, employee issues, etc… All these things and many more make the good stuff that much better.
I am just getting over a little cold and I am excited more than ever about not having a scratchy throat and a hacking cough. I did not even think about how great it is to feel good until a few days ago when my body ached every time I took a breath. I have also had negative dollars in my bank account many times and that is why I really appreciate having at least $1 with a positive sign in front of it in my checking account. It is even better to have big money in multiple checking accounts!
The main thing that I continue to think about is the value of every minute of every day.
- What am I doing today that will impact my future?
- What am I doing today that let’s my wife know that I love her more today than I loved her yesterday?
- What am I doing today that will help my children grow up to be all that God wants them to be?
- What am I doing today that makes the lives of the people around me more enjoyable?
- What am I doing right now that will create positive results in my business?
- What am I doing today to create wealth for my family and other causes that I choose to support?
- What I am going to do right now to live life to the fullest?
Don’t click through life and miss not only the bad stuff but the good stuff too.
I recently watched the movie Chef with my wife Glori. It was a nice entertaining movie that we both enjoyed. And those that are married know how difficult that can be. The movie could have been a nice family friendly movie if they had dropped just a few uses of adult language. I also learned what “food porn” is. My wife the cookbook writer and awesome cook enjoyed those scenes.
A good movie has the ability to not just entertain but impact your thinking for days, weeks and months to come.
A movie from a few years ago that absolutely shocked me at how much I enjoyed the story and I still can’t seem to get parts of it out of my mind was the Adam Sandler movie Click. It may not have the classic movie label like Happy Gilmore or Waterboy, but I could not stop talking about this movie after the first time I saw it.
I am not a complicated guy. I only have a few basic criteria for a movie to be enjoyable to me.
First, it has to have a cool leading man. Some people consider Adam Sandler to be cool. At least I do. It also must have an attractive female role. This movie has Kate Beckinsale and she is not too shabby. And finally, I need to not be able to figure out the plot in the first 10 minutes of the film. Keep me guessing a little. Surprise me. Well, Click not only kept me guessing but I laughed, cried and continued to think about certain parts of the movie years later.
At this point you should be asking what an Adam Sandler movie has to do with anything much less business owners like us. Without giving the plot away, the character played by Adam Sandler obtains a special remote control that allows him to fast forward through unpleasant events in his life. It sounds great at first until he realizes that months and years have totally disappeared.
I began to think about all the little things in life and business that are aggravating and annoying. Sometimes we would love to just skip through those times but unfortunately that would cause us to appreciate the good times less. We all know those stinky things that we wish would just go away – hard work, being sick, arguments, cash flow problems, deals gone bad, relationship issues, family problems, health issues, crazy election results, employee issues, etc… All these things and many more make the good stuff that much better.
I am just getting over a little cold and I am excited more than ever about not having a scratchy throat and a hacking cough. I did not even think about how great it is to feel good until a few days ago when my body ached every time I took a breath. I have also had negative dollars in my bank account many times and that is why I really appreciate having at least $1 with a positive sign in front of it in my checking account. It is even better to have big money in multiple checking accounts!
The main thing that I continue to think about is the value of every minute of every day.
- What am I doing today that will impact my future?
- What am I doing today that let’s my wife know that I love her more today than I loved her yesterday?
- What am I doing today that will help my children grow up to be all that God wants them to be?
- What am I doing today that makes the lives of the people around me more enjoyable?
- What am I doing right now that will create positive results in my business?
- What am I doing today to create wealth for my family and other causes that I choose to support?
- What I am going to do right now to live life to the fullest?
Don’t click through life and miss not only the bad stuff but the good stuff too.
Tim Winders has over 25 years experience as a business owner, entrepreneur, coach and consultant. He founded Accelerate Growth NOW to provide business owners with the training, coaching and resources to double, triple and 10X their business. To learn more and to claim your FREE business growth resources, visit AccelerateGrowthNOW.com.
