Williams sisters & art of learning from a movie

#Inspiration from my son

Cajoled my 11 yr old son to watch this beautiful family movie - "King Richard". Will Smith obviously is a great actor (Pursuit of Happyness, Seven Pounds, ..) in my books despite his questionable actions this oscar.

However, apart from Acting, this movie (real story) about a parent's dedication to his daughters. This story of Williams sisters goes in great depths and details of how the family pulled this 'unimaginable dream' come true.

In the movie and in real life, the father has displayed some awesome qualities like great steadfastness despite difficulties (like rejecting the first multimillion deal when they were living off on coach' expenses ).

Not giving any spoilers, but in the movie Richard (father) makes family time for a screening of a movie - "Cinderella" and literally asks his daughters to share what you learnt from it - some say 'dream come true', 'attitude' etc and debates it with kids on nuances of learning.

I loved the idea, so much that i asked my son to write actionables from the movie 😎. And boy, he did write and shared with us. And some of those were much deep. Felt awesome when i read those.

Learning - "Never underestimate the power of a common..err little man!"

Here are few lines my son wrote -

1. Dont think about the result, think about the quality of your game.
2. Never be greedy of money, if you work hard it will follow you.
3. Always believe you can do better.
4. Never underestimate your opponent or fear him because of his age/rating (he plays chess).
5. If you watch something, take a learning or its a waste of time.

Its a must watch for the same reasons, the profound effect it can have on young minds of how to deal with tough times in life & stay still on the path!

#parenting #life #kids #thinkingbytes

Why going LONG is LIFE?

Going LONG is the most undisputable law of Life!

Here is why, we are told-

1. Don’t setup goals but a system. Don’t wait for irrational motivation, build habits for the long haul! Daily habits will take it over from you for auto mode for long term.

2. Don’t invest for short term, good companies take time to deliver. Invest diligently month on month via SIPs for long term.

3. Don’t expect all personal finance advice to deliver in short term, plan for long - buy term insurance, health cover, emergency fund, pension, PF all from a perspective of long term sustainable and power of compounding to help.

4. Between right and wrong, shortcut or long; choose the path that is helping you develop yourself into a principle led judgement system for decision making through life (long term).

5. Build your body with habits on a daily basis for a long sustenance - through right food, exercise, meditation and the works. Fast food vs Slow food, sprint vs marathon, and so on.

6. Meaningful conversations vs like/comment ones on social media. Instant gratification on social apps vs deep slow insightful conversations. Long courses with case studies vs crash courses. Test match vs T20, one is boring vs super exciting.

So, Time my friend is a friend that can help you develop for long term - be it wealth, health, learning, value & belief system and so on.

Wherever in life I look at, I increasingly find a fight between ‘long but difficult, untasty stuff’ vs ‘ fast & tasty shiny stuff’.

It’s up to you to condition your mind and help it to determine, which one wins.

#thinkingbytes #life #wealth #health #long #short

This connect with the thought that power of compounding is applicable in life everywhere. Find my post on that here -Eighth Wonder - Compounding