The Mexican
Guess what the man who said these things does for a living? Vision : “When I look at something, I don’t see it for what it is, I see it for what it could be. When I look at something, I see how it ends.” Ambition : “What I’m doing here… is building an empire.” Calmness : “I am afraid of panic. Turns out it’s bad for business.” Adaptability : “Business is changing and we must change with it.” Made your guess? Did you think they are all by some business leader? Nope, they’re by a drug lord from the real world! Netflix’s series, Narcos – Mexico , tells the story of the Mexican drug cartels and their top boss, Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo. That’s quite a mouthful, so I’ll refer to him the way everyone in the serial does – Felix. Before Felix, Mexico was splintered into rival groups, each owning a part of the country – this was called the ‘plaza system’. Felix managed to bring all the plazas under a single umbrella – for which, of course, he’d be the boss...