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February 2, 2024,
I have nothing to prove.
You’ve heard people say that, right?
Well, things must be going very well.
Question for you.
When they say that, how often do you believe them?
For us, it depends on the subject at hand, the person (with their perceived insecurities) and their victories or failures.
Let’s first start with sports.
In the NFL, when it comes to quarterbacks and the playoffs, according to the analysts, winning is about cementing their legacy. With some, who have won numerous times, including at least one Super Bowl, their legacy is cemented. It is the others, who make the playoffs but can’t make a deep run, year after year, they have a different type of resume.
It is not described as a legacy.
In order for them to be considered one of the elite quarterbacks, they must not only win in the playoff rounds but at least get to a Super Bowl. Until then?
They have something to prove.
As we travel the pathway of life, for many of us, in terms of who we attract for a possible marriage, our physical appearance, our competitive spirit with friends and siblings, often times, we feel we have something to prove.
Comparisons are inevitable.
Sometimes it involves companies.
Recently, a film we saw appears to speak to that.
Dumb Money is a 2023 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo.
It is based on the 2021 book The Antisocial Network by Ben Mezrich and chronicles the GameStop short squeeze of January 2021.
The film features an ensemble cast that includes Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley, and Seth Rogen.
Here is the storyline.
Keith Gill is a lower middle class man working as a financial analyst in Brockton, Massachusetts. During his spare time, he regularly frequents the stock market subreddit r/WallStreetBets, posting his opinions on it via YouTube live streams under the name Roaring Kitty. He struggles to provide for his family, and his YouTube work is constantly mocked by his annoying brother Kevin as nerdy garbage.
In July 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Keith notices that video game retailer GameStop‘s stock is falling and sinks his life savings into buying stock in it, regularly live streaming updates with his viewers.
The master reviewers at rogerebert.com summarize, “The simplest way to explain this is that major hedge funds make a fortune off the failure of companies, essentially betting that they will go under and profiting off job loss and financial ruin. When Gill convinced his followers, mostly young people, to buy GameStop stock, it skyrocketed many times over its initial low buy-in.”
It was a twist of fate, showing how the little guy and average person, for once, could win over large financial predators.
Mr. Gill had something to prove.
Given a chance, a fair chance, the average person could be successful on the stock market too, despite the overwhelming odds and predatory practices of some of the major players.
Once he made his case, many average people, including himself, made a lot of money.
Let’s look at one more from another angle. The protagonist has something to prove but the films reveals a lot about him and his motivations for doing so.
The Nest is a 2020 psychological drama film written, directed, and produced by Sean Durkin.
The film stars Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Charlie Shotwell, Oona Roche, and Adeel Akhtar.
Here is the storyline.
In the late 1980s, Rory and Allison O’Hara live a middle-class life in NYC with their kids Samantha ‘Sam’ and Benjamin ‘Ben’, the former born from Allison’s previous relationship.
Allison teaches horseback riding, while Rory works as a trader.
Believing his opportunities in the States are limited, Rory persuades Allison to relocate with him to London, where he plans to return to the firm of his former employer Arthur Davis.
Soon, you will begin to see the cracks.
Despite Allison’s initial misgivings, the family moves into a huge old mansion in Surrey where Rory persuades Allison to start a horse farm on the property and brings her horse, Richmond, over from the States. Construction begins on a stable while Ben and Sam are enrolled in separate schools.
Now for the focus.
Rory later takes Allison to high-class dinner parties with his colleagues. However, the family has some difficulty adjusting, as their secluded location and respective commutes make it difficult for the children to get to school on time.
Now for the warning signs.
Several weeks later, construction abruptly stops on the stable. Learning that Rory never paid the builders, Allison discovers that his bank account is nearly empty.
Rory promises he will have money soon, but Allison is forced to provide for the family by cutting into her hidden cash fund. Allison bristles at Rory’s efforts to appear high-class while they remain nearly broke.
And it only gets worse.
What we loved about this penetrating film was Jude Law’s magnificent performance, as usual, along with how the story progressively placed a mirror inside of Rory’s internal makeup.
Making and having lots of money defines him. Projecting success to others, even when it is false, as it was here, is critical. His low self-worth and self-esteem is so evident.
We sense, after a major or long-term traumatic event, he has always had something to prove without analyzing the source of his low self-worth.
Things will not change until he does.
We always like to provide you with real life examples that speak to the subject at hand.
Someone in our circle named Darcy graduated from college and, over time, built up a nice financial portfolio. It began to disolve because many of her family and friends were predators with a smile.
She lost almost everything.
She blamed them. And rightly so. But ultimately a well-wisher let her know that she was the one who allowed them to take advantage of her.
She did that. Take responsibility.
Once she finally looked within and asked herself the question, how and why did she let people take advantage of her, things began to change.
Having something to prove often reveals who we are internally.
In the case of the film Dumb Money, the protagonist appeared to try and prove that even the little guy can win.
It wasn’t strictly about self.
That’s a good thing.
In the second film, the need to excessively impress others was all about self.
That needs to stop and be analyzed.
In life, at certain stages, most of us will have something to prove.
All we are suggesting is, analyze why.
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