New York.- Ryan Reynolds went viral a few days ago when he shared a video about the next installment of dead pool which will star with Hugh Jackman. During his participation in the Indeed FutureWorks 2022 forum, the 45-year-old Canadian actor shared his experience on how Deadpool, the irreverent Marvel character, taught him to be a better team leader, entrepreneur and leader in the face of crises.
dead pool made Ryan Reynolds a better boss
Although Reynolds has many iconic roles, dead pool, the 2016 Marvel blockbuster, catapulted him to the pinnacle of Hollywood stardom. Thanks to that experience, the actor was able to diversify his career off the stage to be a producer, screenwriter and entrepreneur, and create companies such as Aviation American Gin, Mint Mobile and Maximum Effort, a film production company and a digital marketing agency.
All these efforts have given him a net worth of $71.5 million, according to estimates from Forbes.
During his talk at Indeed FutureWorks 2022Ryan Reynolds recalled that the experience of raising the project of dead pool when no one believed in him, he transformed his career by teaching him the power of persistence.
“I gave up on Deadpool 100 times every week. We wrote and rewrote about 40 versions of the script that were never made. That experience left me with thousands of lessons for my career”, said the actor.
At the time, dead pool it was a passion project of Reynolds’s that did not have the support of the major studios. In the end the film grossed 780.5 billion dollars.
“I love rules in art and business, because they force me to think outside the box. Having a lot of money and a lot of free time kill creativity. And with dead pool we had no money and no time,” Reynolds recalled. “So a lot of the things that worked in the movie that made people connect with that character happened because we didn’t have the resources to make a blockbuster.”
Reynolds acknowledged that all those lessons are applied in his marketing agency to do “more with less” and thus be able to “move at the speed of culture.”
The also entrepreneur said that in the future You have to invest more in people than in CVs or academic degrees.
“The people I want by my side, in the trenches, are the ones with experience,” he remarked.
“Cultivate yourself, fill yourself with experiences, learn to suck at what you do. You can’t be good at what you do unless you’re willing to be bad at what you do from time to time.”
He stressed that there is much wisdom in failure. “All the people who are great at something, first they were terrible.”
“Be the high tide for everyone”
The actor shared that in his arsenal to achieve success there are three fundamental weapons: learning to work with different personalities, leading with kindness and conflict resolution.
“We live in an increasingly gamified world, where you have to have an instinct to win, crush and kill,” he said. “But knowing how to replace that with an interest in meeting people has literally changed every aspect of my life.”
Reynolds pointed out that instead of always trying to “win” an argument with someone you disagree with, it’s better to try to actively listen to what the other person is saying to validate what they’re saying and recognize where their feelings are coming from.
“You can’t address issues with other people unless you understand them.”
The actor recalled a couple of experiences from when he was starting his career with a television series and was always afraid to stand out. Danny Jacobson’s producerTwo guys, a girl and a pizza place”caught his attention and told him: “Not because you shine, you turn off the shine of others.”
“I keep in touch with him, he is a kind of mentor. He told me: When the tide is high, all the boats go up. Be the high tide.”
This is the important skill of Ryan Reynolds
In the same way, Reynolds recalled that when he was 20 years old he had a lot of anger and that one day, on a whim, he signed up for a skills development workshop.
“Back then I was a bit lost. I didn’t expect it, but that workshop really changed my life”, recalled the actor, because in that experience learned to have better conflict resolution by actively listening to people to find a solution together.
“It literally changed every relationship in my life, and it changed the trajectory of my career and business.”
Reynolds said this skill has helped him be a more effective communicator and build healthier, more productive relationships, both at work and in his personal life.
“There’s still room to stab someone in the back and then taste your enemies’ blood,” Reynolds joked. “But it’s never going to be as effective as trying to understand someone.”
March Violante Martha Elena Violante (March Violante) is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Emprendedor.com and has more than 10 years of career in digital journalism. She has interviewed figures such as Randi Zuckerberg, Daniele Lamarre, Zoe Saldana, among others. She has worked in media such as Entrepreneur in Spanish and English, High Level, PREMIERE Cinema, Mexico Unknown, among others. “We are entrepreneur.com”