奥斯卡电影隐含的创业启示录

《洛奇》

（1977年奥斯卡最佳电影奖）

“生活给人的打击重过任何拳头。最重要的不是你的拳头能打多重，而是你能挨多重，同时还能继续往前走。关键在于你能承受打击，并且继续前行。胜利就是这样来的。”

在读这段台词的时候，你是不是正在自动脑补出史泰龙的声音？没关系，我也是。洛奇在这段台词中说出了深刻的人生道理。生活已经如此艰难，但总有些时候，生活还会重重地将你击倒在地上。你必须重新站起来！必须！

创业者的人生可能是孤单的，并非所有人都能理解你的动机、愿景或热情。有时当生活将你击倒时，你眼前甚至没有人能帮助你站起来。在我自己的人生中，我在创业中被“击倒”得最惨的一次，就是养野鸡那次。

这些傻鸟很好吃，但它们一定是地球上最傻的鸟了。我喜欢野鸡，也喜欢打野鸡，所以一开始我以为，养野鸡还能出什么岔子呢？毕竟我对这桩生意很有热情，而且我也很擅长做生意。但我完全不知道，草原上的一场风暴会把这笔新生意吹得鸡飞蛋打。这些鸡崽子们挤成一团，最终在风暴里死得干干净净，我失去了一切。

不用说，我在这部电影中学到的最大的经验就是，如果生活击倒了你，你应该站起来，更狠地回击过去。当然，你别指望你在爬起来的时候会有什么“高亢”的背景音乐。 

‘Rocky’ (Best Picture, 1977)

“Nobody is going to hit as hard as life, but it ain’t how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. It’s how much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done.”

You just read that quote in Sly Stallone’s voice, didn’t you? That’s okay. I did too. Rocky is speaking some truths here. Life is hard enough as it is, but there will come a time where life will knock you flat on your rear end. You must get back up! You must!

Life as an entrepreneur can be lonely. Not everyone will understand your drive, your vision or your passion. There will even be times where there won’t be anyone in sight to help you up after life has knocked you down. In my own life, one of my biggest business “knock-downs” involved pheasants.

Those stupid birds taste delicious but have got to be some of the stupidest birds on the planet. I love pheasant, love hunting them, so at first I thought, What could go wrong? After all, I am passionate about this venture, and I’m pretty good at business. Little did I know that a prairie storm would wipe away my newest venture.

In fact, the pheasants huddled together and drowned in the storm. And I lost everything. Needless to say, the true takeaway here is that, when life knocks you down, you should get up and hit it back harder. Just don’t expect soaring music when you run up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

《百万宝贝》

（2004年奥斯卡最佳电影奖）

“神奇之处在于，为了别人无法理解的梦想而赌上一切。”

我想再次强调，创业者可能是孤单的。你有你的梦想和愿景，但有些人可能看不到你的梦想，或是嫉妒你的成功。因此，他们会在你的脑子里埋下怀疑的种子。不要让他们得逞。另外，恨你的人终究会恨你，所以随他们去吧！人们会告诉你有些事应该怎样做的。

对于有些人，不妨告诉他们闭嘴！专心书写自己的故事。如果其他人也想写下一段故事，就让他们写自己的。

你的生意需要反映你自己的愿景，而不是别人的愿景。所以，如果你想做“最好的自己”，就不要听别人的。这是你的梦想，你的愿景。 

‘Million Dollar Baby’ (Best Picture, 2004)

“It’s the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you.”

Once again, the life of an entrepreneur can be lonely. You have your dream and vision, but there are people who are incapable of visualizing your dream or are so jealous of your success that they will plant seeds of doubt in your head. Don’t let them. Haters are gonna hate, so let them! People will tell you how you should do things.

Tell ’em to shut up! Write your own story. If others want to write a story, let them write their own.

Your business will need to reflect your vision, not anyone else’s. So, stop listening to other voices if you want to be the best “you” possible. It’s your dream, your vision.