hey this is mat Boggs and last night I
took my daughter to her very first
theatrical experience and we saw the
movie finding dory it was my wife my
daughter and I it was awesome my
daughter loved it and I'm gonna show you
some pictures of my daughter's face
after the at the end of this video after
watching the movie so today I'm gonna
share with you three life lessons that
we learned from the movie finding dory
and spoiler alert if you haven't seen
the movie you may not want to watch this
video because there may be a couple
spoilers here along the way
number one hidden within every challenge
is an opportunity there's this great
scene where dory and this septa puss
like an octopus with six legs is theirs
they're trapped in this truck and they
can't get out and Hank the the septa
post says well Dory this is it we're
trapped there's no way we're gonna get
out and Dory flashes back to a memory
that she had when she was a little kid
or a little fish and where her father
taught her a lesson that there's always
another way there's always another way
to solve this challenge and so that
caused her to start looking around she
looked up and there was a way out
through the little vent in the top of
the truck Hank and Dory climbed up it
helped that Hank is like this ninja
octopus and he jumps out and climbs out
and they're freed but what a great
lesson for you and I that hidden within
every challenge is an equal or greater
opportunity if we have eyes to see and
if we're willing to look for it
important life lesson number two is take
the step you can take this day there's a
moment in the movie where dory gets
separated from Marlin and Nemo and she
believes that her parents are in some
other state in the Midwest and she slips
through these these water tunnels and
now she's in Morro Bay in California and
she's all alone and it's it's sad it's
lonely there's no one around and she has
lost her family she's lost her friends
and she's wondering what she can do so
she's at the low point of her life and
she looks left and she sees the dark
scary ocean and she looks right and she
sees some kelp and she goes well I like
kelp so she
in the direction of the kelp she doesn't
know how she's gonna find her family she
doesn't have a plan but she just takes
the action she goes into the kelp and
looks left and there's a some sand and
looks right and there's an old tire and
she goes well I like sand and sand is
soft and squishy so I'll move in that
direction and what I love about this she
moves in that direction she doesn't
overthink it
she doesn't overanalyze it but it's
making these little decisions like this
that ultimately leads her to her family
who's in the kelp who've been waiting
for her in that kelp the whole time and
what a great lesson for you and me to
not overanalyze to not think but to take
the step we can take in the direction of
our dream this day Teddy Roosevelt said
the best thing you can do is the right
thing but the second best thing you can
do is the wrong thing and the worst
thing that you can do is no thing so
don't overanalyze don't wait until you
have the whole plan mapped out take the
step that you can take this day in the
direction of your dream and it will pay
off and life lesson number three is to
thine own self be true there's this
great principle that Dori discovers
throughout the movie which is to ask
yourself what would Dori do in this
situation and that helps get her out of
some tight pinches one specific example
is her and Hank the septa puss find
themselves in this petting aquarium
where these kids can reach in and
actually touch the marine life and so
they don't want to get touched they're
freaked out and it's a dory asked
herself what would Dory do and she takes
some action that helps her escape that
situation but I love this question
because in the book the originals
written by author Adam grant he
highlights how people make decisions and
there's two ways that people make
decisions one is through a logic of
consequence where a certain type of
person will look at the situation and
they'll say whew if I act in this
situation or I take this action what
might go wrong how might I get hurt you
know how could I fail what would i look
like if I failed and they measure what's
called the logic of consequence the
other type of person looks at an
opportunity and they make their decision
based on what they call the logic of
appropriateness in other words what does
a person like me do
in a situation like this now the logic
of consequence when you use that logic
you will always find a reason not to act
you will always find a reason to stay
stuck you'll always find a reason to not
move forward in your life but when you
use the logic of appropriateness that
cultivates courage that cultivates the
the action that you want to take the
bravery the motivation that you need to
move forward is what would a person like
you do in a situation like this I love
that question so when you're faced with
an opportunity or something challenging
where you're wondering what the right
decision to make is ask yourself that
question what would a person like me do
in a situation like this and then act on
that so there you have it three life
lessons from the movie finding dory and
as I promised here's a photo of my wife
my daughter and I before we went into
the movie and you could check out the
excitement on our faces and that here is
my daughter after we got out of the
movie look at this face look at this
smile and look at this excitement in
this one check out that little face he's
just going bonkers she loved it so now
my question for you is what movie have
you watched that you loved that had a
life lesson in it that you took away
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thanks so much for watching I'll see you
soon
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