Tuesday Jul 25, 2023

78. Lessons Learned from Bridesmaids & Wilson Phillips

Key Takeaways:

• You don’t always have control over what happens to you in life, but you do have control over how you react.

• Blaming others for your problems will not solve anything and will just make you feel worse.

• Ultimately, you are in control of your own destiny.

If you are not familiar with the 2011 movie Bridesmaids which is currently available on Netflix, the premise is a lot more relatable than you may have thought. Essentially, the main character Annie is very down on her luck and blaming everyone but herself for anything that goes wrong in her life. Instead of taking accountability for her own actions, Annie mopes around and blames this other character, Helen, for issues that she basically caused. The problem with this is that blaming others will not change anything about your situation. In this episode, host Dr. Andrew Fix shares life lessons learned from Bridesmaids and the song Hold On by Wilson Phillips which is featured prominently in the movie.

It’s easy to blame others when things do not go your way. It’s harder to actually take accountability for your own actions and shift your mindset to realize that you are in control of your destiny. What happens to you has a lot less to do with the way others behave and a lot more to do with how you react. When you realize that you are in charge of your own attitude and how you respond to any situation, you empower yourself to take back control of your life. Sometimes experiencing those lows is actually the motivation that you need for pushing yourself and turning a bad situation into a positive one.

By blaming others for your problems, nothing about your situation will ever change. It is only when you accept accountability for your problems and do something about them yourself that you will be able to inspire change and move forward.

Quotes

• “I'm not saying that everything that you do in your life is your fault. But what is almost always, if not always within your control is how you respond to a situation and what your attitude is, what your reaction is. You ultimately have control over that. And although things happen to us, we can often make a really positive scenario out of what seems like a bad situation.” (6:56 | Dr. Andrew)

• “You are your problem, you are also your solution.” (7:39 | Dr. Andrew)

• “Hitting the bottom is a good thing, because there's nowhere to go but up.” (8:37 | Dr. Andrew)

• “The highs don't mean as much if you haven't experienced those lows.” (9:26 | Dr. Andrew)

• “You can't just blame other people for your problems or for your situation and expect that to change.” (9:40 | Dr. Andrew)

• “You ultimately are in control of your destiny.” (10:52 | Dr. Andrew)

Links

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1478338/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbXvaE39wM&pp=ygUXaG9sZCBvbiB3aWxzb24gcGhpbGxpcHM%3D

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