5 Good Habits You Can Learn From The Equalizer's Robert McCall

Director Antoine Fuqua's The Equalizer (2014) introduced movie watchers to Denzel Washington's Robert McCall, a principled and extremely dangerous man. In times when everyone and anyone finds themselves questioning their moral choices in situations that pose a threat to their lives, The Equalizer's Robert McCall, played by Denzel Washington, stands tall and firm on solid moral ground. True, he is a trained killer and his skillsets allow him to push himself way further down danger lane than the regular guy who doesn't know close quarters fighting from His methods may not always be right, but the outcomes are always righteous. Here are 10 good habits you can learn from The Equalizer's Robert McCall.

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Robert is a highly organized individual

Robert is “neat”. He is a highly organized individual who has a proper place for everything in his apartment. His books are stacked nicely in the shelves, the dirty dishes are washed on time and put in their proper places.

Robert is disciplined and values his time

Robert gives people a chance at redemption

He wants corrupt police officers “to do the right thing”. He wants David Harbour’s character to turn himself in. He might beat them up but he will give them a chance at a little redemption, an honest life, a chance to correct their mistakes if they acknowledge them and are remorseful and are willing to change again. He’llonly killthose who he thinks will stay evil and won’t change

He doesn’t take the law in his hands always, only in extreme circumstances. But the truth is, he goes and finds these extreme circumstances.

A champion of the weak and the downtrodden

Roberto is a champion of the economically weak sections of the society that live under the oppression of the powerful and the rich

Helps out people he thinks have potential for something better than their current jobs. Goes out of his way to support them to reach their goals

An efficient planner and fast thinker

He is an efficient planner and a fast thinker. When he decides to visit the Russian mobsterswho run an escort service, he knows the lay of the land and the consequences of they refusing his offer for the freedom of Chloe Grace Mortez

He adopts aggressive tactics and doesn't give a chance to the enemies

He takes the fight to the enemy before the enemy has a chance to get ready, before the enemy is just plotting their move

Robert knows more than one language

Although he doesn’t seem to be a language enthusiast like T L S’s Nathan Algren, the CIA training must have forced him to pick up several languages. However, it is not implied whether he loved or loathed it. Nevertheless, he knows several languages.

Robert is an avid reader

Robert reads a lot of books. He loved his wife deeply and reads the 100 books