On any given Sunday, your either gonna win or lose.
The point is, can you win or lose like a man?
Recently unexpectedly saw the classic "Challenge Sunday" good film, and the picture quality seems to be clearer than I remembered, I immediately watched it again with great pleasure, only to find that time passed so fast, and it turned out that this film also saw Al Pacino, who was shortlisted for "The Irishman" at this year's Oscars ceremony, you must think that he is dying of old age; younger fans may only know that he and Robert Patrick, who is also famous for "The Godfather" and also performed "The Irishman", will definitely feel that he is dying of old age; younger fans may only know that he and Robert Pacino, who is also famous for "The Godfather" and also performed "The Irishman". De Niro is a veteran movie star, but may never have been blown away by their on-screen performances.
For me, "Challenge Sunday" 21 years ago was not only the moment when Al Pacino still retained his essence, but also the peak moment of a generation of famous directors Oliver Stone. In particular, "Challenge Sunday" itself is about a coach, a player, and the whole team that is difficult to revive from time to time, making such a combination more accidentally precious today, many years later.
Honestly, you don't have to read the other alternatives that I'm going to extend later in this article, and you shouldn't miss this movie just by combining Al Pacino + Oliver Stone at your peak. It doesn't matter if you haven't seen many movies in your life, but if you haven't seen "Challenge Sunday" yet, you should look for a chance to see it; and if you have seen "Challenge Sunday" before, you should find time to watch it again. You'll discover why Al Pacino is known as one of the best actors of all time.
Maybe not everyone likes Gold Medal director Oliver Stone, just like my 14-year-old daughter will feel uncomfortable seeing the whole film with his famous handheld camera-like shaking feeling, but fans like me will happily look at those shots and say, "That's Oliver Stone!" "From Field Platoon to The Assassination of Kennedy, Oliver Stone has never been a favorite director, but he's just that good.
There are many wonderful films with american football as the theme, such as "The Glory Years", which makes Sandra Bullock's "Weakness" after the Oscar, and even Keanu Reeves's "Ten Perfect Men" that is funny to some people. . . . " Challenge Sunday" Although "Challenge Sunday" is also reset by American football, under the control of Oliver Stone, a good American football film looks more like a war film depicting human nature.
Since the film was not licensed by the NFL at the time, Oliver Stone had to create a fictional professional Football League AFFA in the film. One of them, the miami sharks who won the championship (not really the NFL's Miami Dolphins), played by cameron Diaz, took over the team after the death of the original team owner, and she is ambitious to return the team to glory, but also hopes to replace the team financially and also to reap huge financial benefits.
Tony, the head coach played by Al Pacino, watched came up with the daughter of the boss played by Cameron Diaz and was friends with the boss's family, but he was considered a coach who had passed away, not trusted by Cameron Diaz and the new generation of players, but may be a burden on the road to team innovation.
In a game after the team suffered three consecutive defeats, the star quarterback in the squad fell to the ground injured and probably reimbursed the entire season after surgery. After the substitute quarterback came on the court, not only was he completely overwhelmed, but soon the coach had no choice but to send willie, the third quarterback on the team, to the field. Willie is an obscure black quarterback who usually doesn't get playing time at all, and will spit out nervously when he plays. Unexpectedly, he had outstanding athletic ability on the field, and it only took two games to become popular, and someone immediately asked him to shoot an advertisement record.
But is it all smooth sailing? Willie, who was overwhelmed by the sudden fame, clashed with his teammates and did not fit with coach Tony, and cameron Diaz's management class was gradually distant from his own head coach, and the constant disputes inside and outside the court made the team more and more like a mess....
1。 Conflicts within the organization:
From no one to an instant hit, the new quarterback Willie has made a lot of anger in the team, not only because others look at him red-eyed, but also because his own arrogant attitude does not dare to be complimented.
Although in the film is about a team, but in real life, we, the same situation may happen every day, whether it is a team, a department, or even a company, will see that many people are full of localism, constantly competing for credit, not only full of the whole environment is smoky miasma, but also make everyone's mood bad, many team kinetic energy in the internal conflict because of each other's resentment is offset, not to mention how to go outside to fight with other competitors.
Al Pacino, however, could not control Willy, because the generational gap between the two sides made it impossible to have even basic communication and trust between them, let alone how to unite. Although this is a film that is more than 20 years old, the same scene will certainly bring many of today's business leaders to the heart, because the current company is also composed of different generations, and in the face of a new generation with more than one generation with themselves, many current leaders may cry out from time to time: "Oh my God! Aren't these guys alien? Why can't I understand anything I say? "In fact, why can't the other party understand what you mean?" You may not know each other's every move! What's more, many times it is not simply that he does not understand, but that even if he understands, he is not willing to do it, because he neither thinks it is a good method nor the purpose of doing so.
Even if it is continuous, Al Pacino clearly does not like Willy, and the old coach actually does not give up communicating with Willy. He told Willie that he had met a legendary quarterback, and when he retired, what impressed him most was not the championship he had won, nor the fame or beauty that came with it, but the teammates who trusted him, the feeling that 11 people on the court would follow in his footsteps.
We often say that the team is important, and when the boss says that it is difficult to "be a community", it is always considered as if he wants the employees to be wronged. However, is this really team spirit? My observation goes like this:
(1) Winner. Everyone likes to win the team, once to build a team that can win, everyone will naturally have high morale; on the contrary, if they are always defeated by competitors, or they can never achieve their goals, no matter how good the feelings between the team members, they may eventually go their separate ways;
(2) The goal is the same. Conflict itself is not necessarily a bad thing, but at the same time, it is expected that the "rules" will achieve the same action of everyone, and more importantly, it will make the goals consistent, and then let each other make the team better, rather than "communication", but just hope that the other party can do what they say;
(3) Understand the differences. Everyone actually has their own interests and positions, it is impossible to expect everyone to be able to sacrifice selflessly, just like in the film, it is not only Willy who asks for performance, when the running forward Julian or the old shark of the defensive group, and then reach a certain personal performance can get a large bonus, how can you expect them to sacrifice personal performance based on the team? One of the true meanings of management is to understand that everything is not black and white, not only will everything have a lot of ambiguity, but also asking anyone to make a decision that violates their own interests is simply an anti-human expectation. Therefore, good managers should never only think from their own point of view, nor should they only ask for equality in a whip, but should understand and take into account individual differences, and try to merge into a strongest fighting force in the case of allowing many people to coexist and prosper together.
At the same time, as far as Willie is concerned, if you are an employee of a company or a person in a team like him, how can you not make yourself angry and frequently suppressed while making yourself stand out?
(1) The importance and necessity of mentors. His later realization came from seeing the legendary quarterback known as the "captain" play in the playoffs injured. Although at first he would feel discouraged and angry because his starting part was taken away, willie watched the game intently and found that the captain's command was indeed unique, which made him sigh and face: "Watching the captain play half a game, more than I have learned in the past five years".
At this time, if you arrange a mentor within the enterprise for many young colleagues with development potential who can discuss and interact with them, you can make them take less wronged roads.
I'm convinced of the utility of mentors, and I think the mindset of both parties may be the key to success. In the case of a young newcomer like Willie, if he could only see his own strengths and then only see the shortcomings of others, then this person would never learn anything. In any case, the veteran will not run faster than the young man and jump higher, so if the young newcomer only thinks that he should be invincible in his youth, and mistakenly thinks that the old guys are not better than himself, who is qualified to teach himself anything? He will never be able to learn from the strengths of others in his own right now. In this film, the retired captain will inevitably have no better arm strength and speed than Willy, but the captain can make better judgments and make his teammates around him better, which is what makes Willie convinced later. But don't forget that if Willie himself hadn't opened his eyes to see it, he might never have discovered the value of this ability for the rest of his life.
And who is in the role of mentor in this regard? We should also be clear about our role, we are not a "commander", another "facilitator"; our goal should not be to hope that the other party will copy the pattern we will do, and give them some guidance and advice, let them know that there are more different considerations, guide them to think, what to do may be better, do not confuse the role of the mentor and the supervisor.
(2) Get rid of the victim's mentality
Have you ever seen "Slam Dunk Master"? Sakuragi and Ryukawa, a happy rival who don't like each other, have to work together on the field to overcome the victory for Shonbei. When the beginner Sakuragi always fouls or mistakes, Ryukawa is not angry, because Sakuragi is a layman, so he will from time to time single out the opponent team; however, Sakuragi will not accept defeat, and he thinks that Ryukawa, who is not as good as him, will definitely make mistakes, so Sakuragi will do this to create an offensive foul on Ryukawa's opponent, and turn around and say: Your "good hair has been passed" is also within my calculations.
Although the comic looks interesting, in real life, when we see our colleagues or teammates making mistakes, how many people will replace the mentality of "I want to replace my teammates for "good mistakes"? It's just a matter of loud accusations, but when colleagues or teammates make mistakes, many people will have a mentality that they are like victims, that is, "I obviously did a good job, and it is only when those people make mistakes that they pull my hind legs".
In fact, where can you eat burnt cakes that can't drop sesame seeds? Including myself, who never makes a mistake? Especially at work, if I see a person who claims to be "zero mistakes" and does not make mistakes, I will not think that this person must be cautious or wise, but I will observe more carefully, because the only way not to make mistakes is to do nothing, so this person is the standard "no stick pot", everything is given priority to others, everything is never responsible, so it is not wrong!
Therefore, regardless of the shallow seniority, and then let yourself always be a victim, it is better to take responsibility for each teammate's "good mistakes"; either you find that the method can make up for it, or you can accompany the other party to practice to reduce mistakes, of course, it is better to do it well. There's nothing to complain about, because there are more ways you can deal with this problem yourself, just depending on whether you are willing to beat more mental effort.
(3) Listen more and talk less, ask more and do more.
When we join a new company, you're a full-fledged rookie who's not familiar with the company and the industry. Therefore, for any junior or new colleague, the eight words "listen more, talk less, ask more and do more" is the best advice, because I myself have had this experience.
Why did Willy get into disrepute? In addition to the problems mentioned earlier, his mouth was too big, and he had just played a game or two, and he couldn't help but shoot at his teammates and coaches, and I really couldn't think of any adjectives other than "white eyes" and "secondary two". When you're just being a jerk, your actions should take precedence over your opinion, and as long as anyone is willing to give you some advice, while you should still think rationally and not necessarily take it all, keeping listening is an incredibly important lesson, and it may be a lesson that you have to practice throughout your career.
So, should the newcomers not open their mouths? Not really. Usually in a company, if you don't open your mouth, there may not be anyone willing to teach you, and no one will care whether you understand it or why you don't understand it, so not only should you ask questions at the right time, but also you should slowly learn to ask questions skillfully, not just ask questions without understanding, because others, including your supervisor, may not have so much patience.
How do you keep the other person from getting impatient with your questions, while also forcing yourself not to be silly enough to always ask questions? I have a good tip, that is, whenever you ask a question, you will only see that you have done more, or have obvious improvements to do better, that is, you have done more than you asked, which should make everyone more pleasing. Not only that, if you really try to do this, you will find that what you want to do more or better is not as simple as you think, so you will know how to control the number of questions you ask within a reasonable range, and from then on you will also learn that there are actually many things that you can find answers to yourself, and gradually achieve a balanced state.
2。 Conflicts between owners and professional managers:
Another highlight of the film that is worth watching is the incompatibility between the team owner represented by Cameron Diaz and the veteran coach Al Pacino.
In fact, as far as the second generation of many companies I have dealt with myself, they have both intelligence and ambition, and they only want to run and live a happy life, but they have no intersection with my work or life. But as far as this group of second generations is concerned, their pressure is actually greater than that of the mountain, because they will often be questioned, as if it is difficult to succeed in what they do; in fact, it is an established consistency, because the reason why they are the second generation of entrepreneurs today is of course because their predecessor laid a foundation. When there is a successful precedent in front, the path you take is too similar and you will be suspected of no innovation, but if you want to take a different path, you will definitely be questioned. In fact, there is a very cruel fact, that is, the successful experience of the past may not be valid today, and even if the founder himself faces today's environment, he himself will not be able to make a different decision, because the customer is different, the market is different, and even the whole environment is different. But as long as you are going to take over the second generation, you can neither make mistakes nor do well enough, and then you will regret it, and it is no wonder that everyone will be so stressed.
Not only that, but it is good if the corporate system you take over is sound, but there are also some companies, even the scale of the listing cabinet, but when the second generation takes over, the company is full of many problems and bad habits. Just like Yongzheng after the kangxi dynasty, unless Kangxi is also a generation of Ming monarchs, it does not mean that the whole country will be in a thriving state, but it leaves Yongzheng with a situation that must be vigorously reformed.
But even if I understand the pressure and challenges faced by the second generation, I still have to say that between all people or professional managers, or between the company's management class and their own appointed business generals, only if both sides are separated into the company from top to bottom, there are "old Dong faction", "boss faction", and even "elder hero faction" or "Niangniang faction" infighting, not every company has the cost of performing court drama, and in the end it will definitely hurt an unmanageable situation.
We say that if an enterprise wants to grow, it must rely on talents. And where does the talent come from? In fact, there are three ways: (1) to cultivate talents, (2) to borrow talents, and (3) to buy talents.
Raising talents should not spend too much time to publish, the company's own training of talents is of course a good way, but one needs time, and then the process of selection and retention is not every company to do well, but as long as one of the fundamental problems in the selection and retention, you will become only helping other companies to raise talents, so this method alone may not be urgent.
So what's the difference between borrowing talent and buying talent? The former is a rental concept, which simply means to borrow the person's long talents to help the company solve an important problem in a short period of time, or to shorten the time for the whole company to become better. In this way, as short as two years, as long as five years, the leased talents do not need to try to establish their own forces to confront the attempt to drag the shed, the time is up to pat the butt and leave; but the company boss does not want to take advantage of others, if you want to call the other party to leave when the time is up, and want to let the other party leave a system or practice that their company can use for a long time, you should pay a certain amount of remuneration, let the other party say so: In case you are willing to pay millions a year, Do you think it is reasonable to ask a few world-class business management consulting companies to build a system or establish a system, and to ask a professional manager to help you sell your life 24 hours a day but can't get an approximate remuneration? Moreover, in case the professional manager can get a high salary for only a few, you think he will only end up with the question of what kind of bonus target you should set, so that the other party can make the specific contribution you expect.
Unless you plan to buy a talent, that is, you expect this talent to stay and develop with the company for a long time from the beginning, otherwise if you still want to rent talents, it is of course very important to choose the right person, but when you choose the right person, if you want to intervene in everything and do not give him space, why waste time to invite someone to come? Just do everything yourself!" But the other cruel question is: Do you really know how to do it yourself? Whether it's the second generation or the founding first generation, the essence of the problem is the same: when the company is owned by you, of course you want to be the boss, because that is not only power, but also a responsibility; but when the company grows larger, you will find that your ability and experience are not enough to face all the challenges, and then your introspection is important: do you want to find a group of talents to help you share the problems, or should you hand over the company to a professional manager to face the challenges of this particular period? There is no standard answer to this, because if you are sure that you can stand it, I will also suggest that you come on your own, and find a few talents who can make up for your own shortcomings to serve as the chief financial officer or marketing chief.
But the secret that must not be said is that many bosses use their golden years to work hard for their careers, but relatively speaking, they have no experience working in world-class enterprises, so they may lack institutional or networked. Many local companies will go to foreign companies at this time to ask a professional manager to come, but if you just want to find an executor who listens to your orders, you may only spend a lot of money, but it is equivalent to throwing money into the water, because a leader who splits to help you hold the flag will invite him to be a pure executor, even if he is willing to obey, it is a waste; on the other hand, how do you learn from him in the two or three years of the other person's reign, and then use the time or income you have saved to think about the direction of the company in five or even ten years That's the smart thing to do.
3。 Your own inner conflict:
The reason why "Challenge Sunday" is good and enduring, in fact, just looking at the three protagonists can make us have a lot of reflection.
Playing the popular quarterback Willie is jamie Fox, who later became the Oscar for best actor, he was also just emerging in the film industry at the time, and Willie, who came to play the flesh and blood, also gave this role a soul and flesh; later for a long time, every time I saw Jamie Fox who performed in a different movie, I would unconsciously think that he was a guy who would be brain congestive and impulsive, and I couldn't imagine that he would one day become an Oscar emperor with acting skills. From this, we can see how well he played this impulsive and not long-eyed young quarterback.
As far as Willie is concerned, the reason why he offends people everywhere with his wild words is actually a self-defense mechanism. It is precisely because it is difficult to get the opportunity to play, and he does need self-confidence to be brave enough to perform, so he can only rely on so-called, may not have taught him how to implement tactics, but he is unwilling to admit it, nor is he willing to ask for help, so he will constantly illuminate his own meaning. Changing tactics also resulted in team members getting hurt for it.
Willie in the film looks incomparably white-eyed, but in the real world we may be equally white-eyed, because we are often unwilling to admit our shortcomings, nor are we willing to admit that we will be afraid, and then not only let our judgment produce more blind spots, but also because of self-defense, many people will be interrupted to communicate with themselves, and finally can only close their eyes and do it.
In the famous "Window of Zhou Harry", it will be hoped that everyone will expand their open window by self-disclosure, feedback, self-discovery, etc., precisely to avoid the emergence of such blind spots.
The new landlady played by Cameron Diaz actually has the same problems as Willie in some ways. His deceased father had been looking forward to a son, and as a daughter, she wanted to gamble not only to prove our own deeds, but also to prove that she was better than everyone else. Although we can understand why her complex came from, business is business, and business is not only caused by gambling, but even by excellent decision-making methods. When you let the grievances or dissatisfaction in your heart mask the sanity in your head, it is even more difficult to make good enough decisions.
Finally, let's take a look at Al Pacino, the soul of the film! As a coach who has given everything for American football, the older self does feel tired; but is that really because of age? Or is it influenced by your own fighting spirit? Or is it because of the struggle with the landlady? I didn't want to explode because the ending of Challenge Sunday was one of the best endings I've ever seen in a movie, and when I saw that ending in the cinema, Al Pacino's last words still fresh in my mind, and through the sound of the ending song, I almost stood up and applauded. In the end, Al Pacino realized that he had thought through the problems mentioned earlier, and that he had made his own choices. Whether this choice is good or bad, we should have the courage to make a choice. Not only Al Pacino in the movie, but also you and I in the real world.
Finally, there are too many classic clips in the movie, especially coach Al Pacino's PEP talk to cheer up the players, which means a lot to me, and I also excerpt a few of them for everyone:
The details determine the ending, life is good, the game is the same, whether it is half a step early or half a step late, whether it is a second earlier or a second later, we may miss that goal.
In this team, we will fight for every second, because we know that when we accumulate these bits and pieces, victory and defeat are between these inches, and life and death are between these inches. On the field, only those who are willing to fight to the end for a little inch will win, and as long as I have a voice, I will be willing to fight to the death for victory, because that is the meaning of life!
Look at your companions next to you, look them in the eye. You know they're going to sacrifice themselves for this team, because they know that when it comes to desperate situations, you're going to make the same sacrifice for them, and that's the team.
That's why the introduction at the beginning of this article is so deeply rooted:
On any given Sunday, your either gonna win or lose. The point is, can you win or lose like a man?
With every day shouting about winning and losing with people, have you ever thought about what to pay to predict those wins and losses? In the end, the focus is not which game is lost, which one wins, or whether we who are born as human beings can use the efforts of the dead party to predict these wins and losses, and whether we can calmly face these wins and losses.
Have the courage to make choices, win with all your might, know every bit of life, and wish everyone can become a winner in their own lives!