Over the past few months, I’ve been watching movies about the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. At the time, I was a freshman in college. While I knew something bad was happening, I’d be lying if I said I fully understood the gravity of the situation. My parents certainly did!

Some of the movies I watched:

• The Big Short

• The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

• Margin Call

• The Company Men

• 99 Homes

• Too Big to Fail

• Inside Job

Besides their entertainment value (most of these are excellent), two major lessons stood out:

1. The media’s obsession with the "big bet."

2. The importance of resilience and maximizing for endurance.

Let’s dive in.