Here at Lifestyle Design Accelerator, we talk about the concept of building an online lifestyle micro-business.

Below are some great movies to inspire you.

Note: Try to focus less on the morally-questionable tactics some of these movies depict, and more on the motivation aspect. 🙂

Here we go!

Wall Street:

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.

The Social Network:

Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, but is later sued by two brothers who claimed he stole their idea, and the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.

The Wolf of Wall Street:

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.

Glenn Garry Glen Ross:

An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.

The Pursuit of Happyness:

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he’s poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

Two For The Money:

After suffering a career-ending knee injury, a former college football star aligns himself with one of the most renowned touts in the sports-gambling business.

Boiler Room:

A college dropout, attempting to win back his father’s high standards, gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm, which puts him on the fast track to success, but the job might not be as legitimate as it once appeared to be.

The Aviator:

A biopic depicting the early years of legendary Director and aviator Howard Hughes’ career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.

Blow:

The story of how George Jung, along with the Medellín Cartel headed by Pablo Escobar, established the American cocaine market in the 1970s in the United States.

Moneyball:

Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.

Casino:

A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive, compete against each other over a gambling empire, and over a fast living and fast loving socialite.

The Big short:

In 2006-7 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.

Middle Men:

Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals, and struggles not to drown in a sea of con men, mobsters, and drug addicts.

Lord of War:

An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol Agent.

Jobs:

The story of Steve Jobs’ ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.