Right now as of this writing the movie already reached 1.15 billion dollars and according to The BBC Furious 7 has set a new franchise record for the fastest film ever to make $1 billion at the global box office. It is a remarkable film and I can see alot of things that is in relation to finance.
Radical stunts- There are breathtaking moves in the movie, flying cars everywhere plus non stop action filled fight from the villains and the main cast. In our personal finance we need to make radical decision to be in the right side. It is not easy but will surely help us gain the upper hand. Again it is about character not the money in the bank. Your ability to make a savings out from your budget every pay day is a radical move or starting an investment and consistently putting the same amount of money for 10 years consistently is surely a radical character.
Family- Vin Diesel said " I got no friends but I got family". How important is the role of our families in establishing our personal finance? The family is the basic unit of every society. The culture that you have at your home is the starting point of your journey thru financial freedom. If you got kids make sure to guide them or else if you provided your kids with allowances without guiding them that will become a curse for them.
Villain- Jason Statham (Deckard Shaw) and Djimon Hounsou (is the leader of a terrorist group and the secondary antagonist in Furious 7) till the end of the movie gave us a lot of head ache. They caused a lot of trouble to the main cast and to the city. Most of the time there are also bad characters in developing our personal finance skills. According to the newest survey done by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. shows 41% of adults give themselves a grade of 'C' or lower when it comes to their personal finance knowledge.(American Study). The main villains that we have are poor belief system, lack of visions and goals in life, poor spending habits.Friends who are bad influence. Knowing is just one of the ways how to counteract it but doing something about it will help you Win Long Term.
Sad memories- Hahn died during the Tokyo Drift but he was not the only one who left the main cast His GF too and recently Paul Walker died in a car accident and will be forever missed. You think about those people that you lend money and never tried to get back to you? I am sure you can make a list of those people who betrayed your trust and exchanged the friendships that you had with a minimal fund. Whenever you think about it, you forgive them but it always reminded you to be careful again. Sometimes you need to love people from a distance or else you won't Win Long Term.
Collaborate with the authority - Dwayne Johnson needs help and the main cast with Vin Diesel need to make sure that they will stop Jason Statham or else they will be killed. Not only that the government needs to retrieve God's eye. Without the connections they can't Win Long Term against those bad guys. Handling your finances is not easy. If you are currently investing you need someone who is ahead of you in that field. If you are into real estate you also need people who are a licenced brokers.A friend of mine told me "When you need insurance, you need to talk to someone who is an expert about insurance, and not just heed the advice of your non-expert friends who are not so knowledgable when it comes to money..." You need to value those relationships from those expert because they will help you in making really good decisions.
Drone won't stop - The last part of the movie shows non stop run with the drone and it almost killed Ramsey (The creator of Gods eye). Imagine that Debt collector will always run after you specially if you don't know how to manage your credit very well. I have couple of friends who were really mad and afraid with the collection agencies because they keep calling everytime they are in their workplace. Some of them told me they they felt so harrassed.
Of course, that's the money they lend to you and as a credit card holder you need to pay for it whether you like it or not. Don't run, just face it.
Of course, that's the money they lend to you and as a credit card holder you need to pay for it whether you like it or not. Don't run, just face it.
God's eye - If this one exist in real life I am sure that many people are going crazy with this.But this invention is so important because you can simply check the location, behavior, personal information of people everywhere. This is the ultimate search engine better than GOOGLE. God's eye reminded me that we are highly predictable. The more you earn the more your spend. Lifestyle creep every time there's a bonus or profit sharing or I can see that in the eyes of God we are being watch how we use His resources.
See you again- Whiz Khalifa wrote the song and it was really emotional because the last portion of the film was dedicated for Paul. Before the credits they showed Paul and Vin Diesel driving separate ways.It reminds me that we need to understand that at the end of the day we need to decide to go to another level when it comes to handling your personal finance. The last chapter will never be the same. After the storm you need to start all over but remember be excited. If you lost a business, deals,money remember that there's still hope. Your character will be tested and you will experience mistakes but that's not the end of the road. You gotta ride for the last time.
Successful people view things differently
David Isaiah Angway is a Financial Evangelist
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