It's really hard to escape

Lelah 2022-04-22 07:01:04

The film is about a job, but also a life.
Loneliness is just a personal feeling. If there is no way, only to face it.

There is a very meaningful line in the middle. When Ryan and Natalie laid off an old employee, the old employee took out the pictures of the children and asked them: What should I say to the children?
Natalie said: This "professional overshoot" could also have a positive effect on your child.
I don't think this sentence will have any positive impact on a person who will be laid off.
Sure enough, the old man said: his annual salary is 90,000 yuan, and his weekly salary is 250 yuan after layoffs, and he has to repay the mortgage. What is the positive impact? Moreover, his daughter also suffers from asthma and needs medical bills.
Natalie has another classic: Statistics show that children with mild illnesses are better at adapting to life changes.
The old man was about to get angry. Also, who can listen to any theoretical data in that situation.
So Ryan came out and took over.
He started by asking: Your child's compliments are important to you, aren't they?
The answer is of course yes.
So he said: Bob, I doubt if the child has complimented you before.
Piss him off first.
And then: Do you know why kids like athletes? Because athletes follow their dreams.
From here, Ryan leads Bob on the "slippery road".
He said: You've minored in French cuisine, and you'll be able to cook first-class dishes. But you came here to work after graduation, and the annual salary of 27,000 made you give up your dream. So when are you going to do the things that make you truly happy?
I've seen people who have worked for a company their entire lives, swiping their cards to and from get off work, and have never had a moment of real happiness.
You now have an opportunity, a chance to start over. Not for yourself, but also for your children.

And just like that, Bob was persuaded.

When disappointed, sad, and depressed, it is always more useful to fight chickens than to reason.
But looking back and thinking about it, is choosing a job really for liking it? I don't deny that there are a lot of people who love his job, but there are people who have to work, maybe to follow a boy, maybe to support a family, or for some other reason. This job may not make him as happy as going to the Maldives, but it gives him enough to live on, and it may also allow him to save money to go to the Maldives. Doing a job for money might bring just that joy, or a little pain and stress. If there is only a short time like two or three years left, you can escape this pressure and pain and pursue happiness. However, life is a long-term process. If nothing else, many people will get married and have children, watch their children grow up, leave home to study, work outside, and then reach the end of their work and retire. In the end, many people will die in bed . So a lot of pain and pressure can not be escaped, only to face, to overcome. Follow your dreams? Perhaps taking responsibility for yourself and your family is the best dream. On my way from get off work, I often see a very old couple popping popcorn, no matter how cold the weather is, as long as it is not raining or snowing, they will always be there. At that time, I just wanted to go back quickly, because it was too cold outside, but thinking about them, they must be colder than me after they have been outside all day. This will never be their dream, they just want to meet the basic living conditions, there is nothing they can do.

Playing chicken blood may temporarily increase the secretion of adrenaline, but in the long run, we must face the reality.

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Up in the Air quotes

  • Ryan Bingham: [sitting across from each other on an airplane] What are you working so furiously?

    Natalie Keener: [while typing on her lab top computer] I'm building a work flow of firing techniques its questions and responses, actions and reactions it's a script taking you through the steps of firing someone

    Ryan Bingham: Whose it for?

    Natalie Keener: Theoretically you can put it in the hands of anybody and they can start downsizing immediately all you have to do is follow the steps

  • Ryan Bingham: Life's better with company

    Jim Miller: Yeah.

    Ryan Bingham: Everyone needs a co-pilot