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Planning "The Martian" way....

Today 7-Oct-2015, me and six of my colleagues watched the Martian. When we booked tickets, I thought what might be so special about this movie. It must be just another Sci-Fi movie. However just within mere three hours my view about the same changed to exact opposite. Martian is based on a novel by Andy Weir. Story revolves around efforts of an astronaut "Mark Watney" to stay alive on MARS. Story of movie is pretty simple however the way it has been presented is awesome. What I have personally learnt from the movie is One of the most important quality of a leader is to stay calm in any situation and think out all possible options, choose best practical option keeping in mind calculated risk and reach to a firm decision within minimum time.  Another thing to learn is what Mark Watney explains his students at the closing scene of movie "No one will support you out there and you will have many problems however you need to solve one problem and then the another...