His acting was epic! He even gave scripts for his brokers to familiarize and practice. Give talks, training, seminars and generous rewards to employees watch and hear how Leonardo DiCaprio motivates and pumps up the brokers to sell stocks and make money.
But one of the most striking lessons in that movie is that you don’t need to have top college graduates you need to develop your people by letting out their potentials and pushing them to be the best that they can be. Yes, it is important to hire the best employees. Mind you, his friends were not MBA or Harvard graduates they were ordinary people from all walks of life. He started his company along with some of his friends. did not make it “BIG” on his own resources. The founder of brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont Inc. He is passionate about his job and for his part, he inspires employees to sell and make money.Ģ. Jordan Belfort was one of the best in his field- sales and stocks. He trusted his gut that he can pull his company up by being the best at what they do- getting people to buy stocks. He had guts to start from the ground and up.Īrmed with self- confidence and greedy ambitions, Jordan believed in himself and his company. Ask yourself, what’s your vision for your company? Do you have the stamina to make it a reality? In the movie, Jordan Belfort started his own company from scratch, after his short stint in Wall Street.
Here’s three business lessons from the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street”:īusinessmen especially startup founders have the vision of where the company is heading in the next five or 20 years. The movie can be applied to the world of business. The movie lives up to expectations- high life, investments, stocks, money, and yes, girls and explicit scenes.But, there’s more to it than what meets the eye of viewers, spectators and gossip- mongers. With Leonardo DiCarprio as the movie star, you can never go wrong. His life has almost all the ingredients for a Hollywood box office movie! It’s a true-to-life movie about a real person whose climb towards business stardom is a movie- worthy kind. The movie graphically shows the highlights of the life of stock broker Jordan Belfort who founded a brokerage firm, Stratton Oakmont Inc. But come to think of it, only some gets to experience what it feels to be like at the top of the world and at the top of his game. Indeed, Jordan Belfort’s life and career might have ended up tragically since he practically lost all his hard- earned money. You kinda want to work for this guy or be the next Jordan Belfort who started from scratch and practically out of nowhere, to become one of the richest men and prominent figures in America. 1.1 The movie can be applied to the world of business.1 What “The Wolf of Wall Street” can teach you in business.