What Peaky Blinders Taught Me About Life & Business!
After binge-watching at least 30 hours of Peaky Blinders, here are some of my biggest takeaways.
#1 Find out what the other party really wants ASAP
In less than 5 minutes and 3 questions or less, Tommy Shelby is able to sift out the other party's needs. Here's an example: he went to the asylum to visit an old friend, he prepared a poisonous pill that can cause suicide. He proposed to his friend to take it to end the misery but his buddy rejected it. Instantly, he knew that his buddy still has hope and wants to live. Instead, he offered to break his friend from the Asylum.
#2 If you have an irresistible offer, you can work with anyone (including your rivals)
In the show, Tommy Shelby works with his enemies for business deals despite knowing that they hate each other. He knows how to put the differences aside and work on a win-win deal that makes sense for everyone.
He often gives what the other party wants and requests something of value that will benefit not just him but others as well
#3 Hone Barter Trading Skills
Tommy Shelby is the master at this. He is able to take a resource from someone and pass it on to someone else. Here's a random example I came up with to explain his ability. He knows guy A has exclusive information and guy A wants his bar. He traded it. He went to Guy B to sell the exclusive information and gotten himself a racehorse. He used that racehorse to enter a Competition just so that he can sneak his guys in and rob Guy C and make even more money than the money he can make from the Bar. Overall he made a shit ton of profit from this barter.
#4 The Coin Toss
Whenever he is making a gamble with someone, he will flip a coin toss. The loser will lose the bet. My takeaway from that is, whenever I am hesitant if I should do something... maybe like post content or do IG live. I will flip the coin and trust whatever results. Sometimes we really need that last push yet at the same time if we are hesitant about things, maybe we should trust our insist. A coin toss will decide that for me.