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Management Lesson From The Movie "Sultan"

Recently I happened to watch Salman Khan's latest movie "Sultan" which packs a punch of management lessons worth learning. It's been quite sometime since Chak De India a movie with sports in backdrop touched chord with the masses. So here are few lessons that the movie brings to the fore: Don't rush into making decision / form opinion about people. When Akash Oberoi the promoter of mixed martial arts league and Fateh Singh, who goes on to coach Sultan, meet Sultan for the first time take him to be plumb, obese out of shape person who may not be able to survive the rigours of the sport till they see him in action. In process they teach us go beyond and look at strengths and potential rather than going by what is evident. Touch a chord with people by winning their hearts, finding what matters to them and they will climb Mount Everest for you.  While ending Sultan's story, his friend Govind gives this advice to Akash Oberoi for convincing S