If I would ask you what's the movie that, in your opinion, best describes the meaning of life, what would be your answer?
What if I would give you three picks?
One of my three picks would be for sure Groundhog Day (1993) by Harold Ramis, where Phil, a grumpy and selfish weatherman amazingly played by Bill Murray, is somehow forced to go through the very same day, namely Groundhog Day, in an endless chain of days that all start with the same song (by Sonny & Cher!) and follow a well-planned script that works like clockwork.
"Trapped" in this sort of alternative reality where he's the only one able to realize what's happening, Phil experiences all the five stages of grief and loss as described by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in 1969:
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
All his worst instincts and his negative thoughts get the best of him and he becomes a victim of his boring and repetitive days, until he decides to take responsibility for how he will go through the day anyway: He is in charge, he shapes his day, he does his best to become a better man repetition after repetition.
We're not living our Groundhog Day, and yet we often act like we would be there as well.
Way too often, we behave, think, and talk like everything would have been decided already and all the days would be the same: boring, meaningless, useless.
And yet, they aren't. Every day is different, and every day counts.
Couching question of the day:
"What is different about today?"
What if I would give you three picks?
One of my three picks would be for sure Groundhog Day (1993) by Harold Ramis, where Phil, a grumpy and selfish weatherman amazingly played by Bill Murray, is somehow forced to go through the very same day, namely Groundhog Day, in an endless chain of days that all start with the same song (by Sonny & Cher!) and follow a well-planned script that works like clockwork.
[Making a habit out of this question
can help you creating a powerful self-awareness tool]
"Trapped" in this sort of alternative reality where he's the only one able to realize what's happening, Phil experiences all the five stages of grief and loss as described by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in 1969:
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
All his worst instincts and his negative thoughts get the best of him and he becomes a victim of his boring and repetitive days, until he decides to take responsibility for how he will go through the day anyway: He is in charge, he shapes his day, he does his best to become a better man repetition after repetition.
We're not living our Groundhog Day, and yet we often act like we would be there as well.
Way too often, we behave, think, and talk like everything would have been decided already and all the days would be the same: boring, meaningless, useless.
And yet, they aren't. Every day is different, and every day counts.
Couching question of the day:
"What is different about today?"
Tags: Coaching question, Self-coaching, Self-awareness, Self-reflection, Five stages of grief and loss, Groundhog Day, Movies about life, Growth mindset
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