Let's talk business ... or not

At the end of the day after watching "The GodFather."

Y: I guess "The GodFather" is pretty intense.
J: You can't say you want to watch "The GodFather," and not expect things like horse head in the bed, people get shut at, and women get bitten.

I didn't remember much about any of the "The GodFather" movies, cause I always only remember highlights of all the movies I watched but not any details. So every time I watch a movie which I watched before, I enjoyed it like I was watching a new movie.

The trilogy "The GodFather" is in a class of it's own. The acting, the directing, the plot, sound track are really above and beyond others. So many movies use quotes from the "God Father," and modeled behind it, it's unbelievable. Most prominently to us: "You've got mail." Such as, "go to the mattress." Tom Hanks told Meg Ryan: "it's not personal, it's business," and she said, "what do you mean it's not personal, of course it's personal, you put me out of business!"

The line "It's not personal, it's business" makes me think. I guess everything is business. There is the music business, the movie business, the high tech business, and the yoga business.

There is a difference between doing business and making a living, that's for sure. I have this suspicion that whenever you put the word "business" behind something, you are in it to make money more than anything.

I think I would never be a business person, because I put my emotions behind things I do, whether it is to earn a living or as a hobby.

Now I understand that being emotional is not the privilege of artists, writers, or performers. One is emotional doesn't matter what he does for a living. Emotional people can be programmers, engineers, doctors or any other professions. Just because they are not in business doesn't mean they are not successful. We put so much of ourselves in whatever we do, it is really a part of us.

So yes, we take things personally, and don't tell us it's just business.