You’ll be hard pressed to find anyone – villain or otherwise – cooler, calmer, and more calculating than Albert Wesker. He’s always the Man with the Plan, able to snatch a victory out of devastation. To understand how Wesker can help us succeed in life, we have to understand Wesker. And in understanding him, we might just understand ourselves better.
Author: LC Champlin
Understanding Albert Wesker: How he can help us succeed in life – (Part 1)
Albert Wesker is arguably the most tenacious, formidable, and cunning villain of the Resident Evil franchise. To get the most success lessons out of his story, we have to first know the story.
Villain Matrix Stats: Albert Wesker – Resident Evil 0-5, Umbrella Chronicles
Of all the enemies that stalk the world of Resident Evil, Albert Wesker is the apex predator. Cool, ambitious, and brilliant, he would be a formidable opponent even if he was a 100% normal human. See how he scores on the Villain Matrix.
Villainous opportunism: How to take advantage of every opportunity, Albert Wesker-style
Opportunities are all around, but most of us miss them because they’re disguised as obstacles, complaints, and plain old hard work. The people we consider successes know how to spot opportunities; they can turn challenges into chances. Opportunity may knock, but you’re better off doing cold calls on opportunity instead of waiting for it to visit you.
To help us we’ll have Albert Wesker, arguably the best villain of the Resident Evil franchise, and an opportunist of the highest caliber.
Understanding Sauron: How he can help us succeed in life (Part 2)
To understand how Sauron can help us succeed in life, we have to understand Sauron. And in understanding him, we might just understand ourselves better.
In the beginning, Mairon (aka Sauron) was “on the side of the angles,” as Moriarty would say. What’s more, he was an angel. He was created as a good being, but Eru also gave him free will. That was not to last…
Understanding Sauron: How he can help us succeed in life – (Part 1)
Sauron, The Lord of the Rings namesake! He’s one of the most powerful and dangerous villains around. In short, he’s an analog of Satan. Think you know him? Unless you read the Silmarillion, you don’t. To really understand the Dark Lord, you have to start at the beginning. Sauron’s most active time is in JRR Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, which covers thousands of years of history. In this article we cover Sauron’s rises and falls.
Villain Matrix Stats: Dark Lord Sauron – Silmarillion, Hobbit, Lord of the Rings
How does the Dark Lord Sauron, Lord of the Rings, demi-god of Middle Earth, villain supreme, score on our Villain Matrix system? We look at his scores, bio, MO, achievements, strengths, weaknesses, and how he can teach us to succeed in life.
Villains vs Antagonists: A field guide
There is a difference between Antagonists and Villains. Look closely: A villain is a character/person who does bad things. An antagonist is simply a person who opposes another person. Whether a character is an antagonist or not all depends on which end we’re reading the story from.
Understanding Jareth the Goblin King: How he can help us succeed in life – (Part 2)
Picking up where we left off last week, we take a deeper look at Jareth the Goblin King from the Labyrinth movie and learn 6 ways to succeed in life.
Understanding Jareth the Goblin King: How he can help us succeed in life – (Part 1)
We analyze Jareth the Goblin King, the iconic antagonist from the Labyrinth movie. Why? To gain a better understanding of him and ourselves. He can teach us a lot if we look close enough. And I don’t just mean about fashion and magic dancing.