Recently, because of my work relationship, I came across a movie called "The Birth of a Legend".
The movie tells the story of Pele, the passing king. The plot is very cliché, but it's really exciting, even for someone like me who didn't know Pele before and didn't have any interest in football at all, just like the Brazilian in the movie, he played for Brazil. Screaming with a goal, proud of them winning the World Cup.
Born into a poor family (look, how cliché), Pele was picked up by scouts for his superb skills and joined the football team at the age of 16. In the beginning, Bailey's coaches always prohibited Bailey from playing with the bells and whistles of the "Ginga kick", and instead used the "European" style of play, which resulted in Pele's disappointing performance on the field, and even made him a The idea of giving up, I want to pack my bags and go home.
Later, with the encouragement of Mr. Brito, his father, and Mazzola, Pele insisted on playing Ginga, which he is best at, and his performance on the field became extremely brilliant, not only helping Brazil win the 1958 World Cup , also influenced the next generation of Brazilian players.
In this movie, the two most moving lines are the one that Bailey's father said to him:
"If you want to play offically, you can't be ashamed of who you are."
And what Mazzola said between Brazil and France:
“My whole life.. all I ever wanted was being a European. Since I've got here I've realized that I am a Bazilian.”
To put it more vulgarly, these two sentences are nothing more than that you can only be the best version of yourself, not the best of others. If you blindly imitate others and don’t look for yourself within, you will most likely be second-rate, and no matter how well you do, you have no soul.
I also believe that everyone is better in one aspect than the other, and what we have to do is to find one or several areas that we are best at, polish it, make it better, and play the longboard effect, Instead of blindly using the "right" method, go the "right" way.
But, on the other hand, the reason Pele's story can be made into a movie and tells us to "hold on to yourself" is because he is Pele, as he helped Brazil win the World Cup against Sweden in 1958. The so-called winner and loser, the players in 1950 were also playing Ginga, but they became the source of Brazil's pain and shame in the movie.
Similarly, if you drop out of school successfully, you are a role model for the times, you are Jobs, Zuckerberg, you are the inspirational material of the public account; but if you fail to drop out of school, you are a negative example in the mouth of the neighbors, used to warn children to Step by step, stay in college, graduate well, and find a stable job.
Sometimes, when I see inspirational movies, I always think of a very realistic side. For example, when I watch Bailey, I wonder, is this movie really trying to "stand up for yourself" or "be the one who has a say"?
Although "persisting on yourself" looks very positive, the reality is that people are so cruel. For example, if a failed player puts too much emphasis on "holding on to yourself", he will only be ridiculed and become a laughing stock in other people's mouths; it is also like a squatting family trying to persuade a neighbor's college student to drop out of school, I am afraid there is no inspiring power at all. , to be beaten to death by the neighbor's parents.
For another example, if you become a famous person, then the typos you write are not typos, but "passwords"; you write that there are two trees in front of my house, one is a jujube tree, and the other is a jujube tree, not only It will be criticized as "repeated and long-winded", and someone will study why you wrote it like this - look, how realistic.
So talk less and do more, and make yourself an influencer, your voice will be heard better and you will be a strong supporter of the views you espouse.
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