The Count of Copy Cristo goads the virus
Published: Mon, 03/23/20
“The Count Of Monte Cristo”
It’s about a guy (Edmond Dantes) who has it all — a hot fiance, a great job, and loving friends. Then, one day, he gets betrayed by a jealous friend and a government goon who throws him into prison for 16 years until he escapes to get his revenge.
Anyway, it’s a great flick.
And my favorite part is probably the birthday scene.
There’s no adventure, fighting, or “swash & buckle” in it.
It’s just a toast, where Edmond tells the birthday boy who'd recently told some kidnappers threatening to cut off his finger to "do your worst!":
“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine!”
That quote never ceases to be relevant in business.
For example…
Like when, oh, let's say a virus creeps out into the world, effectively destroying the entire service-based economies of the world almost overnight, flinging businesses all up and down the supply chain into uncertainty, making millions unemployed, and keeping otherwise intelligent people further enslaved to the very media & government powers-that-wannabe whose decisions helped get us all into this mess in the first place.
Freak “storms” do happen.
Lightning does strike eventually.
And, it’s happening to a ho-bunch of people now.
If it’s happening to you now, how will you deal with it? Will you curl up into a fetal position and start playing not to lose instead of playing to win? Retreat into the bottle or your vice of choice? Let the media or your Facebook fear-mongering friends tell you what to think?
Or… will you stare this nasty storm in the eye and tell it “do your worst, for I will do mine!”
Time will tell, either way.
But for a lot of us, I suspect this’ll be one of life’s defining moments.
All right, enough cheesy one-liners for the soul.
On to the business:
The free Ben Settle mobile app — especially the 100 podcasts and over two dozen elBenbo TV videos inside — is chock-full of “storm defying” lessons, ideas, and thoughts that helped Yours Unruly through quite a few dark & stormy times — especially when starting out, without a pot to pee in or a window to throw it out.
If you don’t already have my merry mobile app, do this:
1. Go to the URL below (do not go directly to the Apple or Google Play stores)
2. Follow the instructions
3. If you by any small chance have any hiccups with the process, simply hit up the support email address (not me) on that URL.
Here it is:
http://www.elBenbo.com
Ben Settle