7 MOST POWERFUL FROM FIGHT CLUB 1999 .( BEST BLOG OF ALL TIME GUARANTEED.)
WHAT IS FIGHT CLUB AND ITS THEME.
Fight Club is a 1999 American film directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter. It is based on the 1996 novel of the same name
These are crazy top 9 lessons that would extremely change your life.
1.“Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.”
Take a car, for example. Let's say you buy a fancy sports car. You don't want it to get scratched; you polish it, you wash it every weekend. When people climb in, you say "careful about the seats". You especially do not let people eat in it. You might even get upset with people who disrespect your rules about it. It costs you more money.
When your stuff (the things you own) make you change your behavior toward people or in general, then they own you. This may not be true for everything, but it would be true about certain things you acquire.
Another example would be some kind of collection. You keep it under glass. You spend time on the weekends going through it, sorting it. It takes time away from the other things you care about. You don't let other people touch it, or even breathe on it for fear they might damage it.
When you get rid of those things, they no longer own you, because you aren't consumed with caring for (or about) them.
3.“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.”
"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything." This quote speaks to the idea that sometimes we need to hit rock bottom before we can truly make a change.
4. “How much can you know about yourself if you’ve never been in a fight?”
Yes, how much could you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight? “
5.“Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.”
"Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken" employs humor and satire to convey a meaningful message about authenticity, individuality, and the futility of pretense. It prompts individuals to reflect on their own actions and choices in light of their true selves and values.
6. “We buy things we don’t need, with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like.”
Why do people spend money they don't have on things they don't need in order to impress people they don't care about? Because companies (and society as a whole) have convinced them that owning these things (and even the actual act of purchasing them) will make them happy.
7.“You are not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your fucking khakis. You’re the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.”
“You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your fucking khakis.” That’s one of my favourite lines from one of my favourite books: Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk.
I’ve read Fight Club probably five or six times. Seen the move about the same. But when I reread it again recently, that line really hit me.
Are you wasting your life if you try to chase all those things?
In the midst of our pursuit of whatever we’re after, it’s easy to get so distracted that we lose sight of what matters—and before we know it, we waste our time chasing the wrong things.
It’s fine to set goals and pursue things in life. However, you don’t need whatever you’re pursuing to live a meaningful life. Here’s why.
You Are Not Your Bucket List.
Don’t trick yourself into believing you have to do crazy shit just make it count. It’s all useless if you keep going from one thing to the other so that you can cross things off your list, and can talk about it at parties (I know this may contradict my previous post of my 25 things that I want to do before I turn 25 – but its true. If I can’t complete something on the list, I’m not going to break my back trying to do so).
We buy things, we party, we jump off cliffs, we go on holidays, we move to different cities, we switch jobs — but nothing changes inwardly after we’ve done those things.
I’m not saying you shouldn’t have a bucket list. But we should realize that we can live a meaningful life without one. Don’t put pressure on yourself just to do things. Who cares? Your life is not a Nike slogan.
You can live with very little and be happy. With that realisation, you can go and do the things that you truly want and not just because some article says: “10 Things You Should Do Before You Die”.
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” – Marcus Aurelius
You Are Not Your Social Status.
College degree, job title, number of friends and followers, are all means to measure ourselves. Somehow, we need to determine where we stand in society.
Are you a winner or are you a loser? That’s what we’re after. We do things just to fill our resumes and increase our network. We want to say, “I went to X university.” Or, “I work at X.”
No matter what your social status is, you’re not better than any other human being. We don’t live in the 18th century anymore. No one cares about your social status. People care about your character and skills.
“People who hold important positions in society are commonly labelled “somebodies,” and their inverse “nobodies”-both of which are, of course, nonsensical descriptors, for we are all, by necessity, individuals with distinct identities and comparable claims on existence.” ― Alain de Botton
You Are Not Your Bank Account.
Money is awesome. Let’s be honest, without it, you can’t do much. If you want to get away and live in the woods and be self-sufficient like Thoreau, feel free to do so — no one is stopping you.
But if you want to be a part of society, you need money to survive. However, we give money more power than we should. We let money rule our life’s decisions, and that is too much.
The truth is that money comes and goes. I’ve lost a lot of money in my life, so what? Money is a commodity — don’t let it rule you.
“I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.” – Henry Miller
Stop Chasing With Your Eyes Closed.
If you’re always chasing things that you believe will make you happy, your life will be over in a blink of eye.
Life is, in contrast to what many of us believe, long enough. As Seneca put it: “Life, if well lived, is long enough.”
But we need to learn how to slow down time, and be in the moment, if we want to live well.
Have you ever had a day that you felt like time didn’t exist? When you’re fully immersed in the moment, time moves slowly. It doesn’t matter what you do, if you do it with 100% of your attention, you are not wasting your life.
On the other hand, have you ever thought: “I can’t believe a year has passed.” We often think that around December 31st of each year, or when it’s our birthday.
Call it presence, focus, mindfulness, or whatever you wish. The point is this: You have the power to slow down time — so use it.
All you have to do is live in the moment — free of worry, pressure, and daydreams. When you do that, life is long and time will no longer pass in a blink of an eye.
You’re only wasting your life if you’re too distracted to experience it.
I believe that, deep down, we all know that we don’t have infinite time on our hands. We know that life is not just about earning money, posting your holidays pictures on social media, or the job you have.
It’s things like connection, experience, love, relationships, sharing, caring, what we value the most. We all know it, right? But it’s not about what you know, it’s about what you do.
“What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson
work on your character, realize that life is a gift, and enjoy every moment of it — good and bad.
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