Positive Lessons from Pablo Escobar-Part 1

Always aim for the next level

I just started seeing the new blockbuster series on Netflix titled: Pablo Escobar and I must admit that apart from being entertained, essential lessons of life key to success abound in the movie. The movie depicts the life of Pablo, a drug lord that held sway between the ’70s and early ’90s, making tons of cash that Forbes magazine calculated as an average of 60 million dollars a day.

From an early age, Pablo, asides being a mischievous kid playing practical jokes on adults in his poverty-ridden neighborhood, was unique in all ramifications.

He was very confident, smart, intelligent, focussed and possessed a sharp business acumen. Now, that sharp business acumen and being a focussed individual will be the focal point of this article.

Throughout the movie, he displayed the traits and mindset of an individual not willing to be average. By not willing to end up being a distinguished member of the flock, he forged his pathway to success and carved a name for himself in the annals of history.

To put things straight, I don’t, in any way, endorse the criminal enterprise established and grown by the drug kingpin. Rather, this article is focussed on the positive traits that transformed him from a basic individual to a successful…