Art imitates life in many ways and I love the use of motion picture to help us escape the boredom and confusion of the world in this current time. There are many movies, which have sat in the deepest part of me and spoke to my soul directly and I want to pay homage to one particular movie that made me think differently about true effort. This movie is called The Devil Wears Prada.
Don't worry I'm going somewhere with this!
Anne Hathaway plays a geek with a talent for writing and no venue to express it. Desperately needing a paycheck and a foot in the door she applies for an assistant position in a prestigious fashion magazine and ends up being an assistant to an assistant in a corporation of superficial bigots and cashmere sweaters. It took some time, some crying, and some serious errand runs but she finally got the hang of the position. She subsequently discovers her personality didn't matter, effective demonstration of quality work ethic was key. Plainly, she beat their system with their system and gained an advantage by employing her smarts with their shallow viewpoints of fashion concepts.
So, The Underdog became Top Dog! Bow-Wow!
I am certainly an underdog and I don't profess to be the most professional but I work hard. After watching this movie (eight times, mind you) I discovered that I, too, must play the game in regards to work ethic in conjunction with my intelligence.
You see, it's not about how good I do my job, it's how much more innovate I can be next week as I was this week. Good effort is built on progress and developed through constant awareness. Good awareness is when your consciousness locks onto the environment and builds character based on the elements. A good God is how I tied it all together, for a 'laborer is worthy of his hire.'
P.S. This blog was written: January 27, 2007 - Saturday @ 12:58 a.m. Here's the original:
Don't worry I'm going somewhere with this!
Anne Hathaway plays a geek with a talent for writing and no venue to express it. Desperately needing a paycheck and a foot in the door she applies for an assistant position in a prestigious fashion magazine and ends up being an assistant to an assistant in a corporation of superficial bigots and cashmere sweaters. It took some time, some crying, and some serious errand runs but she finally got the hang of the position. She subsequently discovers her personality didn't matter, effective demonstration of quality work ethic was key. Plainly, she beat their system with their system and gained an advantage by employing her smarts with their shallow viewpoints of fashion concepts.So, The Underdog became Top Dog! Bow-Wow!
I am certainly an underdog and I don't profess to be the most professional but I work hard. After watching this movie (eight times, mind you) I discovered that I, too, must play the game in regards to work ethic in conjunction with my intelligence.
You see, it's not about how good I do my job, it's how much more innovate I can be next week as I was this week. Good effort is built on progress and developed through constant awareness. Good awareness is when your consciousness locks onto the environment and builds character based on the elements. A good God is how I tied it all together, for a 'laborer is worthy of his hire.'
P.S. This blog was written: January 27, 2007 - Saturday @ 12:58 a.m. Here's the original:
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