Rocky Balboa’s speech comes to my mind when I think about how divided we are as a country right now. What I’m trying to say is… if I can change… and you can change… everybody can change! But I guess that’s better than 20 million. In here… there were two guys… killing each other. During this fight… I seen a lot of changing: the way you felt about me… and the way I felt about you. I’ve seen a lot of people hating me… and I didn’t know… what to feel about that, so… I guess I didn’t like you much either. I came here tonight… and I didn’t know what to expect. In Rocky IV, after winning the fight against Ivan Drago in Russia, Rocky gives what I consider to be one of the greatest short speeches ever. What would Rocky Balboa say about learning? Learning is about always being open: To change, new ideas, to the differences people have from one another. It is not just reading a bunch of books or taking classes or going through an online course. Learning isn’t simply about gaining more knowledge. You cannot be the boss of your life unless to commit to lifelong learning. I believe that learning is our responsibility as leaders. I have written about the importance of lifelong learning before. This post though is about what Rocky Balboa would say, if he were real which he is, about learning. You can read more about this in my post Lead Like Rocky Balboa. What Rocky stands for is what we as leaders should stand for. I was talking to my wife earlier this week and I said, “I really hope Rock wins Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars!” She responded how she usually does, “Rocky isn’t real!” I am such a huge fan of all seven of these movies (yes I even like five!) that I have trouble seeing the great Sylvester Stallone as himself. I have written about this before in my posts Lead Like Rocky Balboa and Five Leadership Lessons from Creed. This comes as no surprise to those who know me. You do you and shut off these tools of manipulation and build a healthy and nurturing family and life which our system can benefit from.I am a huge fan of the Rocky movies. I feel like the next couple of years will be a wake up call for many. We become “experts” on topics where people have spent their entire life studying and still don’t have answers to, but we spend less than 5 mins reading a headline and confidently form an opinion. I’ve noticed we shame each other based on a news article which we haven’t spent more than 5 mins on. How many of us have read a news headline and didn’t bother to look a the source or do a little more research on it before spreading it? #ROCKY BALBOA SPEECH YOUTUBE MOVIE#It’s almost like I’m in a sci fi movie and everyone is a bunch of drones just repeating the same things that’s they’ve been fed. It’s funny, I goto work, I hear people using the exact same terms and key phrases as a friendly gathering I goto or a family gathering. The result is interesting when you’re one of the only people who isn’t consumed by the same information that everyone else is consuming. Looking back I can tell you it has been the best decision I’ve made yet, including my decision to start a business and to quit smoking. I still use LinkedIn because I don’t see it the same way as instagram and facebook. In this day and age where we are bombarded with information from every direction, critical thinking and the ability to filter information has become the most important skill in my opinion.Īlmost two years ago i deleted Instagram and about 10 years ago I deleted Facebook.
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