Elite balance

Rating: 8/10 (6 May 2020)

It took patience to watch the movie for nearly 3 hours, but I think the essence is all in the lunch chat between Jordan and his first Wall Street colleague at the beginning.
To work in a world financial center and at a high price, you must be energetic, understand the overall situation and manage every detail. The money you handle every day ranges from millions of dollars to more than hundreds of millions of dollars. You must also be proficient in various trends, various model predictions, various legal regulations ... Such high-intensity and high-pressure work requires everyone to devote themselves to it. When working, everyone must lower their emotional level and carefully study every detail. However, the body and spirit are always in a state of hyperactivity, but the mood is low. Therefore, every elite must learn to balance and do things that can easily release stress: flying a plane, drinking alcohol, looking for prostitutes, taking medicine, and throwing money. Of course, maybe not everyone will do everything to promote the release of dopamine.
Many people will set up a self-discipline plan for themselves, and can't stick to it for a few days, even if they can get the expected benefits from those things, such as getting positive feedback such as better results. However, the average person can't hold on for long. Because the road to self-discipline and the end point have to be happy to be long, no one can avoid the simple road of dopamine.
Your desire is very strong, you want to get a lot of money, get a high reputation, get a lot of power. At the same time, you are energetic and clear-minded. However, you let yourself be a saintly gentleman, let yourself be poor and indifferent, and let yourself be a moral role model. Congratulations, depression will visit you sooner or later.
However, excessive dopamine release also damages the prefrontal temperament of the brain. Addiction to dopamine makes you lose your judgment and is in danger but unable to escape the danger. If you indulge in this simple excitement, you will end up with nothing. Just like Jordan, he couldn't listen to his father's words to confess guilt and pay a fine, because he was already addicted, and the corporate culture he created was his biggest source of addiction.
Life is balance-not afraid of your own desires, solving your own desires, but not letting yourself indulge in desires.
What do people pursue in this life? The ghost knows that it's okay to live really.