Lessons to Learn from The Dark Knight Trilogy 1

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Organizations Need To Be Built Around Ideas, Not People: Become a Symbol

“People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can’t do that as Bruce Wayne. As a man I’m flesh and blood. I can be ignored. I can be

destroyed. But as a symbol, as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting.” 3

Build great, everlasting legacies

“You must become more than just a man in the mind of your opponent.”

- That is, you must become a symbol, an idea 4

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Actions Matter More Than Intentions

“It’s not who you are underneath, it’s what you do that defines you.”

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Never loose focus of your Goal

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“Nobody remembers what you meant to do. They only remember what you do.”

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Trust People With The Truth

“You have been supplied with a false idol to stop you from tearing down this corrupt city. Let me tell you the truth about Harvey Dent.”

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Do not keep them in the dark

“One lie is enough to question all the truth.” 10

Trust the good in people

“Trust your team to be capable of handling the truth.” 11

You Need To Risk Failure In Order To Succeed

“You do not fear death. You think this makes you strong. It makes you weak … How can you move faster than possible, fight longer than possible without

the most powerful impulse of the spirit: the fear of death?” 12

"Sometimes, in order to win, you have a take a risk – even if that means jumping without a safety harness.”

Take Risks and Persevere

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If we never take risks, we might never know how far we can go

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Superheroes aren’t infallible, sometimes they face major challenges. Bane wasn’t easy opponent for Batman

When You Do Fail, Don’t Let It Destroy You

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True greatness and leadership comes with owning and embracing failure

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“The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. I’m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. It was awful-tasting

medicine, but I guess the patient needed it.” 17

Steve Jobs learned to pick himself back up. So did Bruce Wayne. And so can you.

Learn from mistakes

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Most of his fights are not won with brute strength; rather his realization of past mistakes and

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“The idea was to be a symbol. Batman could be anybody; that was the point.”

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