We just got back from watching a good movie with our kids. It was an
animated movie simply entitled The Croods. To tell you the truth, we did not
have any idea what the movie was about. It was in the spur of the moment on our
daughter’s birthday. She wanted to do something together so we all agreed on a
movie and the movie that could fit into our last minute schedule was The
Croods. J
The movie was awesome. It had a good storyline and the animation and
graphics were cool and bright. But most importantly the movie had a lot of
lessons that we could take home and apply in our daily lives namely on
leadership.
Before we go any further, here is a simple synopsis of The Croods so
that you may better understand what we want to share today. Of course the best
is to go and watch the movie!
The Croods is a prehistoric comedy adventure that follows the world's
first family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime. The family consist of Eep,
living in pre-historic times, her overprotective father Grug, mother Ugga,
little sister Sandy, brother Thunk, and grandmother.
When the cave that has always shielded them from danger is destroyed,
the Croods have to venture into the unknown for the first time. Traveling
across a spectacular landscape, the Croods discover an incredible new world
filled with fantastic creatures -- and their outlook is changed forever
especially when they meet Guy, an intelligent caveboy.
So here are three lessons that we learned from The Croods that we can
all use to succeed in life.
1. Use your brain –
IDEAS!
As humans, we have the ultimate gift
which is our brains. This separates us from other things on this great earth.
Most of the time because of our routine we never use our brain enough. We just
set our life on auto pilot and do everything as we do them every day. Sure
there are some things that you don’t have to think too much but what happen is
that we do not utilize our brain.
We must focus on what we can do not on what
we can’t do. When we have the right focus, we can use our brain to think and we
will start to generate ideas that will help us to achieve our goals. That’s why
if you spend a day thinking you will find yourself getting tired faster as
whenever you need to think you are using your resources. Thinking is the most
important activity but it is something that people don’t do enough.
Using your brain will allow you to plan
your life better. You will also be able to come up with better solutions and
better ways to do things. In short you can have a better life just by thinking
more!
2.
Follow the light – DREAMS
The Croods showed us that we must have
a dream. When you don’t have a dream you will be stuck in your life. One of the
best ways to have a dream is to get the right exposure. As they say, exposure
leads to expansion.
Most of the time our problem is that we
do not see the light hence we cannot follow the light. Walt Disney so
eloquently said, ‘If you can dream it, you can achieve it.’
The Croods managed to change their
lives and more importantly survive because they decided to follow the light. If
you want to be a great leader than you need to have a dream. You need to follow
the light to your dreams. Once you see your light you can be the light for
others to follow.
3. Get out of the cave –
GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE!
In order to achieve success you need to
get out of your comfort zone. Before they lost their cave, the Croods were just
surviving. They were not even leaving. Their goal was not to die. To them
anything new was bad. Experimenting was bad. Trying was bad. In short just do
the same things that have kept them alive.
Getting out of your comfort zone is one
of the toughest things to do in life. We all have problems to do it. In the
Croods, when they decided to get out of their comfort zone and try out new
things, they discover new things and it allowed them to grow to become better
people.
Think back to the things that have
happened to you that you thought was bad for you. Chances are those experiences
have helped you to grow to become a better person. That’s why we learn more
from our failures. Ask any successful person about their journey to success and
we can guarantee you that they will have a lot of stories of failures along the
way J
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