22 Things to Learn from Money Heist

If you are a fan of Money Heist, you must have noticed the Professor has set many ground rules for his gang members. It’s just like the rules we all have followed In school, we follow at our workplace, and In life. Deep down, no one likes to follow them. But Professor has shown In the series why they are necessary. Breaking rules sound fun and cool, but the consequences followed are hard to handle. Whenever his gang member broke a rule, it has only caused damage. So, remember In Álvaro Morte’s voice — Rules are essential.

This lesson applies to all. Often when we have projects In school or have to work as a team In the office, there arise differences. Sometimes, everything comes on one member, or there will be someone trying to bring another person down. All this leads to one big thing — FAILURE.

We all joke about the phrase ‘Everything is a part of the plan’. This happens whenever things go wrong in Money Heist, and the professor says those words. But here’s an important lesson to learn from him. It shows how the Professor thinks ten steps ahead of everyone around him. He prepares himself for loss and failure. He feels terrible when things go out of his hand, but he already knows what to do next.

No one should know your game plan, system, and the market better than you. Professor created every possible scenario in his head and was always ahead. He knew all the moves police and agents were going to make and he planned his moves well ahead of time.

The Professor not only planned all of his actions but also sent his team members to the police tent with a strategy in his mind and to monitor all the moves by the police. Like Sun Tzu said: “Know your enemy as yourself and do not need to fear the outcome of a hundred battles.”

Reward attached to a cause is a wonderful thing that can keep your team connected and motivated towards a particular goal.

Nothing beats a team that is unquestionably emotionally connected to a mission or cause. Professor connected the whole team of money heist to an emotional cause and that’s when his team members started sticking like spaghetti and teamed well towards a mission.

Know your strengths and weaknesses, your team members’ strengths, and delegate tasks accordingly. Do not try to do it all yourself.

The Professor knew that no one else is better at planning and coordinating so he did all the planning by himself. He knew Nairobi can manage the gold melter’s team well so he assigned that task to her, while Tokyo had leadership qualities so he let her lead the team when needed.

He knew that Palmero couldn’t tolerate Tokyo as the leader so he anticipated the challenges of putting Palmero in the team.

As they say, never mix business with emotions. The professor fell in love with the police officer and was about to get killed.

Tokyo fell in love with Rio and they both messed up things.

Likewise, other members of the team fell in love with the hostages and that led to an unfateful ending.

He did this by doing thorough research, sometimes by going to the place where the heist was supposed to take place and sniffing every important person out there.

Once you are done planning to the tiniest of the details and ready with an action plan then all you need to do is DO IT.

The professor gave all the necessary instructions on the board and steps to overcome all the obstacles, but if you are not hitting the ground running and or nothing works on the real ground then the theory fails. No matter how many tactics were employed by the Spanish police, Berlin always said: “We stick to the plan?” Sticking to the plan, being consistent in your approach, and persisting in every moment of failure — go a long long way.

Every organism on this earth fights for its survival and only those survive who are the fittest.

In the heist, almost everyone fought for their survival when they reached their breakpoint. Everyone was crushed to the extreme and yet they survived because they fought hard for their survival. Nairobi was shot and with no experience with surgery, Tokyo operated on her and that’s how Nairobi survived. There were many instances in the show when would make you think that this is the end and that’s when it starts.

BECAUSE SOMEDAY, SOMETHING WILL GO WRONG. IT COULD COST YOU YOUR LIFE OR SOMETHING WORSE. AND ON THAT DAY WHAT YOU CAN'T BE THINKING IS THAT YOU ARE TO BLAME FOR SOMETHING YOU COULDN'T CONTROL. THAT'S LIFE. ENJOY IT UNTIL THE PARTY IS OVER.