Good morning, everyone. It's Scott Winterroth here, the host of the Miracle Commute podcast. Thanks for listening today for your daily pep talk from me. Okay. It is Monday. March 11th and last night was the Academy Awards, or AKA the Oscars. And I think that there are a lot of lessons and reflections that we can look at after watching. An evening of ceremony and rejoicing for many of these well-acclaimed movies and actors. Now, maybe you're thinking I'm not an actor.
I don't necessarily do that type of work, but I think you can decide that we all want to have our moment in time. We all go to work, and we all want to be recognized. For what we have accomplished thus far and what we have yet to create. Think a lot of us get resentment. We get envy. We decide that sometimes. We don't know why someone else is being recognized when we should be gaining the recognition, whether that is simply a simple shout-out or. Or an award, right?
A lifetime achievement award. And I think for a lot of us, we had to remember that when you become a director or an actor or win an Academy Award most of them, that comes after a career. Of acting or a job. of directing. It's not like they just woke up one day and got an Academy Award. He takes a lot of. Luck a lot of hope and a lot of counting on the work of others to get to where you want to be in terms of getting an award.
Look at Barbie. God, I love Margot Robbie. I think she did a fantastic job, with the entire cast and crew of the Barbie movie. But, of course, they got a little bit of a snub, right? It was a big deal that although Barbie was one of the best-grossing box office films this summer, she didn't get a nomination. What a shame. I think it was a cute movie. And then the flip side, you get something like. Oppenheimer, which, of course, was a fantastic movie. I'm recording this before the Oscars are going, but I'm sure it will take home at least one. Academy Award this year, and rightfully so.
Regarding the movie, if you think about it, even Oppenheimer's career was not exactly linear and immediate. He had to go through so many different setbacks, and even after he blew up the world, he still had to go through a series of letdowns and pushbacks, even a state of deep regret for his work and research. My takeaway today is that you can apply award-winning moments to your career, into your journey.
Obviously, not every day is going to be an award-winning day. Not every day is going to be a bad one. But take the wins with positivity. Take the setbacks with a grain of salt because you were working towards building a team, getting where you want to go, and ultimately winning the award of retirement when it gets to the end of this game.
I think this is why we're all doing this. Someday, we can travel. We can do things outside of working every day for the man if you will. So, I hope this was a little bit of a pep talk. Remember, the Oscars are just one reflection of resilience and pursuing your passion. Maybe you need to stop what you're doing and focus on doing something else.
If you feel like you're not really going to align with what you're doing, maybe this is a time to look at how you could find something that is more in line with how you want to shake out your career. So, thanks for listening. I hope this was inspiring. And remember, when you wind your commute, you can 100% when the rest of your day.
