innovation: generous living doesn't necessarily require money, but also time?
There are four main points in this article: 1. keanu reeves earns a lot of money, but he doesn't care about money. 2. Money will increase stress and be a by-product. 3. Make simple decisions and live a simple life. 4. To live generously, you don't have to spend money, but you can also spend time
1. Keanu Reeves earns a lot of money, but he doesn't care about money
keanu reeves is one of the most successful Hollywood actors today, and the popular movie "John Wick" is three episodes at a time, and each one is more popular than the last one. He played the Matrix series (1999-23) more than ten years ago, and now he has also made the sequel "Matrix 4", which is expected to be released in May next year (221).
Despite his fame and fortune, the biggest difference between Keanu Levi and other Hollywood superstars is that he doesn't show off his wealth, and even doesn't take money seriously. He distributed the 5 million pounds earned in the movie "The Hacker Mission" to the whole crew and gave each of the 12 stuntmen a heavy locomotive. He also donated most of his money to an unnamed leukemia foundation because he said money meant nothing to him.
This idea may be related to keanu reeves's changeable life experience. Keanu reeves's father was born in Hawaii, and he himself was born in Beirut, the Lebanese capital. His name "Keanu" stands for "the breeze blowing over the hills" in Hawaiian dialect, but keanu reeves has been out of touch with his father since he was 13 years old. During the filming of "The Hacker Mission", keanu reeves's girlfriend Jennifer Syme conceived a baby girl for him, but unfortunately miscarried when she was 8 months old; More unfortunately, Jennifer Syme died in a car accident a year later.
After losing children and loved ones, keanu reeves has remained single ever since, and has not had any formal contact with anyone for 2 years. But even after a long time, his pain did not disappear. Although he made a lot of money, for him, money can't buy happiness, but it will only increase the pressure. He didn't want to give up his simple life for wealth, so he donated most of his money, often just taking a suitcase and staying alone in a hotel.
2. Money will increase stress and be a by-product.
If your main goal is to make money, I believe you will not miss every opportunity to pursue wealth. But when you have more wealth, you will need more time and energy, and the pressure will be greater, so it is difficult for you to be happy. Master Zheng Yan said: "A person's happiness is not because he has more, but because he needs less. Therefore, the standard of happiness is not high. As long as the demand is reduced, you can calm your mind and live a peaceful life. Just like keanu reeves, he used all the money he earned to help others. Only by being light without money can he feel comfortable and happy.
The essence of life is two sides of one body. When our wealth is booming, the other side may be barren; When the financial situation in life is good, the family life may be sacrificed. If you earn a lot of money at work, but your wife is angry with you and your children can't see you, the result may not be the happiness you want. Being obsessed with wealth will blind us to see the truly precious things (such as family ties), and learning from keanu reeves's practice of belittling wealth can reduce the negative impact of money on us.
keanu reeves said that his personal life is boring, but his work is interesting. He is not acting for money, but to bring his expertise into play and bring entertainment to everyone. Once, talk show host Jimmy Kimmel called keanu reeves to congratulate him on making $35 million in a movie, but keanu reeves interrupted Jimmy Kimmel and told him that the focus was not on money but on the movie itself. Keanu reeves's goal is to make a good film and entertain the audience. As for money, it is just a By-Product to achieve the goal.
So, no matter whether you are engaged in knowledge, entertainment, inspiration or any other industry, as long as you are willing to work and go all out, you will produce good results and bring in more income than you expected. But if you take money as the main driving force, you will fall into the whirlpool of profit and have the opposite effect.
3. Make simple decisions and live a simple life
We have to make many decisions every day, and each decision will consume your energy. If you have a lot of money, you will need to make more decisions. So if you don't want to be so tired, the solution is to reduce the chances of making decisions. For example, keanu reeves didn't run social media, didn't attend celebrity parties, and took public transportation when he went out, so he wouldn't waste his time and energy on these things.
on Saturday, March 23rd, 219, keanu reeves flew from San Francisco to Burbank on a United Airlines flight, and the plane broke down due to mechanical problems? , emergency landing in another city (Bakersfield). Fortunately, all the passengers got off the plane safely, but how to get back to Burbank from the remote Bakersfield is a problem.
At that time, everyone didn't want to wait for the next plane, so the remaining choice was to take a bus for two hours. In this case, if it is other superstars, they will want to rent another luxury RV. But keanu reeves chose to take the bus with everyone, which surprised all other passengers. Amir Blum, a passenger, said on Twitter: "Thinking that big stars are also unlucky like us, I feel that today's life is actually not too bad.
In the car, keanu reeves shared what he knew about Bakersfield, and used his mobile phone to play local music about Bakersfield on YouTube to entertain everyone, which made people feel that he was really a great partner on the trip. ?
4. To live generously, you don't have to spend money, but you can also spend time.
Besides donating money and making simple decisions, keanu reeves also taught us by actions: If you want to live generously, you can spend time as well as money. If you watch fans share every interaction with keanu reeves on YouTube or Instagram, you will find that he is willing to spend his time with his fans. The greatest gift he can give his fans is his time and care.
For example, one of the fans, 35-year-old James Dator, shared a story about his first meeting with keanu reeves with the media during the third episode of "Defending the Mission".
Dato was only 16 years old at that time and worked as a conductor in a cinema in Sydney, Australia. It was Wednesday morning, and few people went to the movies. Dato saw a man wearing an equestrian helmet, leather clothes and jeans coming. When the man took off his helmet, Dato recognized that it was keanu reeves. It was 21, in the frenzied upsurge of the third episode of Matrix, and Dato was extremely excited to see the savior "Neo" (played by keanu reeves) standing in front of him.
keanu reeves wanted to see the movie "From Hell" starring Johnny Depp, which was about a penetrating detective who investigated the murder of Jack the Ripper. Dato knew it was a good opportunity to ask keanu reeves to sign, but he wanted to be cool, so he offered a discount to keanu reeves employees, but he had to sign a form.
keanu reeves was confused. He told Dato that he was not an employee, so he should not buy the employee price. So Keanu Levi bought a ticket at a normal price, and Dato's plan fell through. He regretted why he didn't just ask keanu reeves for his autograph.
After a while, Dato heard someone knocking at the door of the ticket booth. Dato thought it was the manager, but when the door opened, it was keanu reeves standing outside. He held ice cream in one hand and handed Dato an ice cream receipt signed on the back in the other.
keanu reeves said, "I thought you might want my autograph, so I signed the receipt.". Then Dato saw keanu reeves throw away the ice cream on his way back to the theater. It took Dato some time to realize that keanu reeves just went to the sales department and bought an ice cream he didn't need, in order to get a receipt and sign it, so that he could realize the dream of a shy fan.
That's why keanu reeves is so popular with so many people, not only because of his movies, but also because of his behavior. He let us know that money can't buy happiness, but donating money can help many people live happily. We don't need to aim at money, as long as we do our work well, money will naturally come with the results. In addition, he is willing to take the time to satisfy the wishes of fans, which makes people see the considerate and delicate side of this superstar. Recently, he publicly admitted his first girlfriend since 21, Alexandra Grant, and I believe everyone will wish him to find true love and end his sad loneliness.