What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Matthew McConaughey’s New Character, Mickey Pearson

“If you wish to be the king of the jungle, it’s not enough to act like a king. You must be the king. There can be no doubt. Because doubt causes chaos and one’s own demise.”

Mickey Pearson and His Wife (power couple)

I went to see Matthew McConaughey’s new movie , The Gentlemen, last night. This movie was fantastic from start to finish, with incredible quotes and underlying messages through the compelling story.

Mickey Pearson (the lead character portrayed by McConaughey), represented the ideal alpha male who had the booming business, a hot wife, power, influence, calmness in the midst chaos, and balls of steel.

Simply put, he is a bad motherfucker. There were key takeaways that I extracted from the two hour movie.

1. PROTECT YOUR EMPIRE

Pearson ran an underground(literally) Cannabis operation which he valued at $400,000,000 for a selling price. a few people knew he had the money and business acumen and offered to buy his operation but first wanted to take the value of the business down, by turning on him and setting him up ultimately to fail miserably at it.