Slumdog Millionaire – Experience is everything

The story of 18 year old Jamal Malik from the slums of Mumbai who is on the verge of wining 20 million rupees on India’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” show. He has one question left to answer to win the prize and finds himself arrested under suspicion of cheating.

The subsequent process of interrogation and questioning proceeds to uncover the reasons behind his seemingly unrealistic knowledge and why he knows the answers that have carried him through to this stage. Don’t think I’m going to tell you how this all ends, no spoilers here!

The story is based around our ability to absorb information and experiences throughout our life to accumulate a vast wealth of knowledge. We all go through experiences that help to shape who we are and what we are ultimately all about. It is through experience that we can gain vital insight which we then assimilate into various situations to assist us to adapt and overcome the trials and tribulations that is life. It could be said that the film, Slumdog Millionaire is simply a window into any single persons memory in a way that allows us to share individual experiences along with assumptions and thoughts that make us the person we are today.

Does anyone else want to see into the thoughts and processes of some of our more successful business individuals? Mr Bill Gates, Sir Richard Branson and Sir Alan Sugar all spring to mind as individuals who have managed to use their own experiences and individuality to achieve success on a global scale. Perhaps a film about either of these guys could be as popular as Slumdog Millionaire? Maybe not, but the moral of their stories could be said to be strangely similar. I am not saying that Bill Gates, Sir Richard Branson or Sir Alan Sugar won any game shows but they did use their own life experiences to become very, very successful. If they can do it then why can’t you?

We have all had similar but entirely different lives and upbringing, some life changing some life destroying but at the heart of it all is our humanity and thirst for survival. In business these are some of the tools that we can apply to the betterment of our businesses. Use your life experiences constructively, remember how you were treated when you bought something and apply this experience to provide the catalyst to help propel your business forward. If you have a bad time somewhere then use this in a positive way to turn things around and don’t fall in to the trap of thinking that all companies behave in this way – stand out, stand up and be counted, if all else fails Go Wild and Get Your Site Seen!

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