Hi, I'm Anthony Galli and I just watched the movie John Wick 3.
I came away from the movie with a few lessons you probably wouldn’t have guessed…
If you listen to the news you might think I’d come away from such a gory violent film
with the desire to slaughter a small Japanese village.
And there's something to that because according to one study — violent movies make aggressive
people more aggressive.
But for me I came away with a desire to…
Be More Professional
Bloodied and beaten, John Wick collapsed under the hot desert sun.
As he was about to close his eyes for a final time, he was rescued by a man on camelback.
He was then taken to a canopy where there was a hot bath and a new black suit awaiting
him.
Now in other words this is sort of the lesson took from the scene — even in our darkest, hottest moments its important
to dress well.
All the main characters in the film look so glossy and are so deliberate in their movements.
Their style and behavior reminds me of the quote,
“How you do the little things is how you do everything.”
Join an Organized Crime Ring
Okay, maybe not, but there’s something to be said to belonging to a larger group of
people who share similar interests, talents, values, goals, and rules.
You never know when you might need someone to stitch up your bullet wounds.
Live by Rules
Part of what makes the movie so interesting is the paradox of how a lawless underground
society is so strongly governed by laws.
I am a firm believer in setting personal rules, but they can be difficult to adhere to when
there aren’t any clear consequences for breaking them.
John Wick 3 is all about consequences.
Consequences.
It’d be a lot easier to not skip “gym day” if you knew that in doing so an army
of trained assassins would come to kill you.
As the movie argues — rules are helpful because they are the only thing that separate
us from animals.
“Rules… without them we live with the animals.”
Become Great at Something
Whoever comes, whoever it is…
I’ll kill them.
I’ll kill them all.”
I don’t have any interest in becoming great at Kung-Fu but watching someone be great at
something inspires me to want to be better at the areas I care about, such as writing
and making videos.
In-Case-of-Emergency
When we’re young we don’t have as much of a safety net for when things go wrong,
but as we get older we start building up our cache of guns (metaphorically speaking, of
course).
Unless you live in 'Merica in which case it's your constituational right to have a gun.
But within reason. You don't need to go John Wick crazy with it.
But I guess if you're out in rural Texas...
And you're a gun collector.
But for the normal people out there...
But I'm not trying to say it's not normal guys.There is something to be said for having guns if you're American and it's legal.
Although if it was illegal there might still be something to be said {gibberish}
It’s smart to build up a cache of tools: duct tape, locks, pepper spray, financial
diversification, backup credit cards, etc.
Better to have multiple-lines of defense for when the inevitable storm comes.
"You have no idea what's coming."
Do these things and you just might be called, Baba Yaga.