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>Business lessons from batman >BULL MARKET, BULL SHEET By Wilson Lee Flores >The Philippine STAR 06/20/2005 > >Its worldwide release just before the Father’s Day >weekend was quite timely for this film resonates with >themes about honoring the memory and upholding the >legacy of one’s father. Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, >furiously sought to avenge his father’s cold-blooded >murder, but he eventually saved his own soul and >became a hero whose efforts to fight evil honor his >dad’s nobility of spirit. > >Its excellent and believable story has refreshing >lessons relevant to all aspects of our lives, whether >it be business, professional or personal. What are >some lessons we can learn from Batman Begins? > >Learn the ways of professional management, but wisely >safeguard your own interests with appropriate checks >and balances. > >At the start of the movie, young Bruce Wayne’s >physician father explained to him that he had >entrusted the day-to-day operations of the Wayne >business empire to an elite group of professional >executives. However, the adult Bruce Wayne was astute. >He did his own research and made corporate maneuvers >to control the business group by buying majority of >the shares during the public listing of shares. By >doing so, he thwarted the selfish attempts of the >chief executive officer to wrest control away from the >Wayne family. When Bruce Wayne disagreed with the CEO, >he put his foot down, decisively fired him and >appointed research and development head Lucius Fox >(played by Morgan Freeman). Lesson? Relying on >professional management is essential to the tremendous >growth of business or organizations, but the owners or >the boss should not totally abdicate authority. He >should also check on overall strategic directions and >critically assess and supervise the performance. > >Overcome your physical, psychological and other fears >by confronting them. > >One of the strengths of Batman Begins is its sensitive >and credible portrayal of Bruce Wayne’s battles with >his inner demons and fears – from a childhood phobia >of bats due to an accidental fall into a well to >guilt, bitterness and other anxieties. While lost in >the underworld of poverty and criminality, Bruce was >later snatched from jail and initiated into the secret >criminal group called League of Shadows led by the >villain Japanese warrior Ra’s al Ghul (played by >Japanese actor Ken Watanabe) and his aide Henri Ducard >(Liam Neeson). > >This shadowy group sharpened Bruce Wayne’s outstanding >fighting and other skills. They guided him to directly >confront and overcome his fears. Bruce Wayne not only >conquered his lifelong phobia of bats, he eventually >used it as his new alter ego’s symbol. Bruce Wayne not >only overcame his misplaced guilt, his bitterness, his >vengeful heart; he was also able to rechannel his >furies and passions to his fearless heroic exploits. >Like Bruce, we should overcome our fears, not run away >from them! > >When you fail, don’t despair but rise again. > >One of the poignant and recurring lines in this movie >is the admonition for people not to be defeated by a >fall or failure, but to always rise up again. From the >boy Bruce Wayne’s accidental fall and rescue by his >dad to the League of Shadows’ burning down the Wayne >mansion and almost killing Bruce Wayne, there were >evocative scenes throughout the movie which dramatize >the thrill of overcoming failure with hard-fought >triumphs. Whether in business or in one’s personal >life, never be paralyzed with fear or despair when you >fall down or suffer a temporary failure. Always learn >valuable lessons from your setbacks and make a >comeback. > >Uphold justice and high principles, not vengeance and >petty personal concerns. > >In the movie, Bruce Wayne was tormented between the >quest for vengeance and justice, between an idealism >to promote peace and the will to acquire power. When >Bruce attempted to use his own gun to shoot his >parents’ murderer – who was freed by the corrupt court >system of Gotham – and failed, his prosecutor-lady >friend slapped his face in anger and reminded him not >to violate the law with revenge. The end does not >justify the means. Rule of law must prevail in >civilized societies. > >Use the best technologies available, or develop them. > >Among the thrilling fun parts of this well-made movie >are those scenes where Bruce goes down to the >conglomerate’s neglected research and development >division to shop around for fancy technological >gadgets and weapons, and he went to test- drive the >incredible Batmobile. In business, in politics or war, >the ability to develop or discover the most modern >technological innovations can often spell the >difference between success and failure. Be always one >step ahead of your competition, acquire technical >know-how and aggressively push innovations in the way >we do things. Reinvent ourselves. Innovate or perish! >Arm ourselves with all the best arsenals of >state-of-the-art technologies and information to win. > >Never accept or compromise with evil, corruption, >lies, and cynicism. > >Like an allegory of our contemporary society driven >through the heart and soul by the most damaging >political scandals, Gotham City was once a marvelous >place but is now on the decline due to pervasive >corruption and cynicism. Politicians, judges, police >and others in Gotham City have become corrupt to the >core of their beings. > >For evil to triumph, it is sufficient that the silent >majority of decent people do nothing and just meekly >accept evil, lies and double standards as normal. The >honest police officer, the incorruptible prosecutor in >Gotham City are among the few righteous and fearless >people whose moral courage helped Batman vanquish the >tentacles of evil. > >How can a society truly flourish if there is unchecked >corruption like in Gotham City? How can any >nation-state truly thrive in peace, harmony and >economic dynamism if the people are bedeviled by fear >of arrogant criminals, weighed down by insufferable >social injustices, or torn asunder by moral >contradictions and hypocrisy? > >Harness wealth, power and talents to promote the >common good. > >Bruce Wayne, the wealthiest person of Gotham City, >didn’t just fritter away his social prestige, >authority, economic wealth and high education on >frivolities or mere self-aggrandizement. Inspired by >the noble example of his murdered father and motivated >by genuine decency in his heart, Bruce Wayne, as >Batman, harnessed his unique God-given advantages for >the promotion of the common good. > >An important and very Christian lesson from Batman is >that we should live our lives with a higher moral >purpose, that we should wisely harness our blessings >and resources to make this world a better place. The >exciting and well-written saga is about Bruce >Wayne/Batman overcoming his human frailties to aspire >for heroism, turning his privileged life into a >selfless crusade for justice and truth. To whom much >has been given, much is also expected. > >Who among our most successful, powerful, wealthiest, >talented, well-educated and socially-privileged men >and women would be inspired to lead Bruce >Wayne/Batman-like lives of selfless public service in >order to save our society from innumerable economic, >political, cultural and moral crises, and rewrite the >destiny of the Philippines? > >* * * > >;-)

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