Loving Pablo
You love him, you hate him, it doesn’t matter because there are a lot of things you can learn from Pablo Escobar and implement directly into your life. He was certainly not an ideal human but, being wise means that you can learn from anybody, regardless of their actions, if they have something of value to share.
This whole movie is based on real events but, it barely scratches the life of Pablo Escobar so, if you want to know more about him in an entertaining way, feel free to watch the TV show Narcos. But, this movie should be a solid start.
Disclaimer: I have to note that these are my opinions, that I took from the movie, but I advise you to watch it yourself, maybe you will feel differently or pick up on something I missed.
Respect
One of the things Pablo tried to acquire throughout his whole life, and it’s illustrated very well in this movie, is respect. He wanted to be respected by the people around him, and that is an understandable desire. This pursuit for respect is met even in the last words he had for his son. I don’t entirely agree with its words but, they can constitute the basis for a solid lesson.
“If you can’t get people to like you, then you have to make them respect you! And if they don’t respect you, then make them fear you!”
If you get people to like you, to admire you, that’s a good start because you can build a strong relationship with them from there. But, likeness is a very fragile thing. People are getting influenced from a lot of places that might disagree with each other nowadays, and that love they feel for you can quickly turn into hate. It’s hard to get people to like you but, it is very easy to lose all that.
The next and the best level would be to gain respect from people. But, the way I see it, there’s only one way to make people respect you genuinely, and that’s through your work, through your day-to-day actions. Yes, you can enforce some sort of respect upon people with a stick but, that will never be genuine, it will only look like it is. Why do people respect the greatest minds in the world? They never met them in person, but they still have tremendous respect for them, and that’s only because of their work.
The last option you would have is to make people fear you. And, quite a couple of people from the past agree that it is better to be feared than it is to be loved but, I don’t share the same opinion. Yes, from a completely practical point of view, fear could be a substitute for love because these feelings have similar power. But, even so, I think that it’s best to be genuinely respected by people than any of the other two options.
Help
The movie manages to greatly showcase Pablo Escobar’s philanthropic side, right from the beginning of the movie where he’s being presented helping the poor by building them houses. Yes, he didn’t produce his money in the most honorable way but, he still had a desire to help those in need which few people have, regardless of who they are and how they make their money.
You may not be able to build thousands of houses for the less unfortunate, you probably don’t have that kind of money but, help doesn’t have to be tied to money necessarily. Yes, money can be of tremendous help to plenty of people but, there are a lot of other ways through which you can be of great help.
If you have some knowledge, you can share it for free since you never know how the information you’re sharing can impact the lives of others. You might think that you’re doing nothing but, somebody could stumble upon your work, and get impacted by it so much that their whole life changes, without any of you knowing that you were the actual cause for that change.
But, don’t help others just because somebody else is suggesting you to do so, don’t do it to get something back, do it only if you want to. Build something for yourself, put yourself in a great position, and help others out of gratefulness, out of the desire to give back, not to get something in return.
Family
If there’s one thing Escobar valued the most, that’s family, and you can see that very well from the beginning until the end of the movie. His life scaled up quickly, and he found himself in a position of total abundance but, he never turned his back on his family, and nor did his family turned their back on him.
And, that love for family is amazingly showcased in the ending of the movie where he still decides to talk to his kids through the phone, even if he knows that he’s being tracked down, even if he knows that it will end up killing him.
The family doesn’t necessarily have to be only your blood family; it can mean so many more things, it can be used as a metaphor to illustrate the people you value the most in life. But, you have to keep your values well alive in your mind all the time because once you start to be successful, many appealing opportunities will present to you that will fight with those values but, you can never turn your back on them.
Lessons Learned
There are so many more things I could talk about because, as I said at the beginning of the post, regardless if you love or hate Pablo Escobar, he’s a rather fascinating human from which you can still take up some healthy lessons.
You probably want to be respected by people but, what matters the most is how you gain that respect, and, you can only do it through your work and actions. And, once you get what you want, you can also use your power and position, regardless of what that means to you; to help others without asking for anything in return. If you’re doing all these, while staying true to your values, your life will undoubtedly take an impressive turn for the best.
These are the most essential lessons I have picked up from this movie, I hope you enjoyed them, and I’m looking forward to your movie suggestions in the comment section below.
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Of course, movies about this world-famous drug bar, there have already been many, we know his story, but what is the strength of it is undoubtedly his point of view.
Here is a woman who will tell us this story, it is she who will talk to us all along, it is through his voice that we will be accompanied and it adds a real paradox. Its softness is the exact opposite of the violence of this universe, it seems so misplaced in this world, so fragile, yet it works perfectly, especially since it has a real legitimacy in this case. It is extremely interesting to witness this confrontation, which is what makes all the originality of this new version, it is what makes it unique and more inspiring. I really liked the realization of Fernando León de Aranoa, she is very rough, very incisive, he decided to show us everything, not hiding any of the realities of that time.
In short: A biopic that holds its originality in its feminine point of view, which will make us share a story that is often discussed and yet all the more interesting, it is violent, intense.
So many lessons learned from this movie... Family bond(a man can do anything for his family). A side chick will forever remain a side piece, Power and money do come hand in hand, but how does it influence those around you. Pablo although ill gotten, make good use of it.
GREAT POST.
This movie really entertains us. We can take the positive value of this film. In our lives there must be two sides that are often contradictory. Every individual must have experienced the good and bad sides. Like Pablo Escobar, who during his lifetime was part of a criminal who deserved a bullet at the end of his life. but on the other hand he is a person who is so respected.
It is natural when people see from different sides. An analogy that might be balanced is when we see a house on the roadside. If we walk from this side will be seen on the right side of the house, but if we look from the side of the house then the house will stand on the left.
Likewise, Pablo said that he loved and there must be someone who said he was hated.
However, as described there is a positive side to this film, although it does not deny the negative side of Pablo's character. there are at least some notes that we can take
4 Will we choose the method that Pablo pursued?
that's a big question that we can ask ourselves. we want to build a reputation but what tips will we use in all ways or good ways. we want to get money whether we sell weapons, drugs or corruption? or do we choose to make a lawful business and the right way?
let's look at our hearts each ...
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i liked Narcos... but i didn't like Pablo, he was cruel
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This is great movie with great message everyone should watch this movie. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this movie @adsactly
Amazing movie thanks for sharing, by the way, your content is always good😊 to stay healthy @adsactly78
I love these all..
interesting story behind pablo escobar there... love your post
good wark to all these ........
great great
@GuyFawkes4-20 and @adsactly, Yes, life is an Experience and no matter what we have to take the good from experience and we have to exclude bad so that we can walk on the path of Good.
And in my opinion we all are in one or other way striving hard for the Respect in life, and for that we are expanding our life while working day and night.
And the most important part of life is, we should have helping nature and we should showcase kindness and brotherhood and in that way we can create an Beautiful world for sure.
Family is everything for us and whatever we are doing, we are doing for the family. And whenever we see any of the family member in pain, then that gives deep pain to us.
Wishing you an great day and stay blessed. 🙂