The World Meets Nobody Halfway
When you want something, you gotta take it.
I recently re-watched the movie OVER THE TOP, starring Sylvester Stallone.
It’s one of the most underrated movies of all time!
One thing I can guarantee when watching this movie: You’ll NEVER know when the Goosebumps are gonna hit.
Holy Shit.
Here’s a Quick Synopsis for those that have never witnessed ART at it’s peak form:
Lincoln Hawke (Sly Stallone) is a truck driver who’s “down-on-his-luck”. He makes extra cash arm wrestling on the side while trying to rebuild his life. He tried to make amends with his son who he left 10 years earlier. On their first meeting his son doesn’t think too highly of him... but after spending time on the road together, the son starts to warm up. Hawke enters the World Arm Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas where he can win a new truck and ultimately a new life for himself.
At one point in the movie, Hawke pushes his son to arm wrestle a kid much bigger than him.
His son loses and throws a “hissy fit”.
It was hard to watch. 🫣
Hawke catches up to him outside, and tells his son… “The world meets nobody halfway. When you want something, you gotta take it.”
His son goes back into the diner, challenges the older kid to a re-match….
And WINS.
It’s the turning point.
Spoiler Alert: Hawke wins the tournament. He wins a new Truck. He wins Loads of Cash (he bet on himself)… and most importantly he gets his son back.
I don’t know who was happier, Hawke, his son or me?
Me. Forsure, me.
Bottom Line: We all have dreams. We all have things we want to achieve. Sometimes we feel like there’s invisible forces working against us.
There are.
It’s ourselves.
We tell ourselves we can’t do it.
If Lincoln Hawke can abandon his son for 10 years, gain his love, while also winning an arm wrestling championship against a Ginormous Monster, named "Bull"… then there’s nothing YOU can’t achieve.
Just remember… “The world meets nobody halfway. When you want something, you gotta take it.” - Lincoln Hawke
Go get it.
Sly Goldmaker