Life's lessons from The Godfather

Have you watched the movie, The Godfather? Well, if you haven't here's the plot (courtesy of AskMen.com).

Plot: The Godfather, the classic Francis Ford Coppola film, opens at the wedding reception of Don Vito Corleone’s daughter, Connie. However, this peaceful celebration is short-lived. After the Don refuses to use his connections to enable drug trafficking for the other families, an assassination attempt is made on his life. His youngest son, Michael, strikes back and kills the men who orchestrated the massacre. Michael then flees to safety in Sicily while the Corleone Family prepares to go to war with the rival Tattaglia Family.

Though Don Corleone survives the attack, his oldest son Sonny takes over the family operations. Yet it’s Sonny’s heated temper that gets him killed, and it’s up to the Don to make peace and secure safe passage for Michael back to the States. Michael is promptly appointed capo and makes plans to invest in a Las Vegas casino to finally legitimize the family business. In one fell swoop, he removes all roadblocks by arranging for each of his enemies to be assassinated on the same afternoon. Now nobody stands in his way.

Anyway, I was browsing through this AskMen.com website and found that there are life's lessons to be learned through mob movies. Here's their take on The Godfather. (please visit their website for details)

1. Your word is your bond (something that is quite rare among politicians!)

2. Honour before profit (oh hey ... another trait that is absent in greedy politicians)

3. Blood is thicker than water (hmmm... something quite common among politicians)

4. Put your family's needs before your own (need I say more?)

5. Keep your cool (something we need to do while taking a stand against issues brought up by politicians)

OK, so I seem to be hammering politicians but how can I not when all we have been served are 'poo poo platters' over the years. I won't deny that there are some good politicians but the amount of damage done seems greater. Politicians aside, I believe we can all learn from the movie too.