Understanding Albert Wesker: How he can help us succeed in life – (Part 2)

Sunglasses, leather, style. Your argument is invalid.

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.

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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.

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Understanding Sauron: How he can help us succeed in life (Part 2)

Eye see you.

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…

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Understanding Sauron: How he can help us succeed in life – (Part 1)

One Ring to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them.

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.

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Villains vs Antagonists: A field guide

What's the difference?

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.

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Understanding Jareth the Goblin King: How he can help us succeed in life – (Part 1)

Jareth the Goblin King, master of the Labyrinth, controller of the Crystals, and generally stylish fellow

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.

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