What does Salinas Pliego think of the detractors of “Echaleganism”: “incredible that there are people who follow these proposals”

Without a doubt, one of the most successful businessman in Mexico is Ricardo Salinas Pliegoand this is demonstrated by being considered the third richest person in Mexicoaccording to the American magazine specializing in financial matters Forbeswhich calculates that the tycoon has a fortune of 12 thousand 450 million dollarsaccording to his latest list.

Salinas Pliego owns companies such as TV Azteca, Elektra and Grupo Salinas, and she knew how to lead them in the right direction and even internationalize them.

Recently, the businessman was interviewed for a chapter of the podcast Creativeof Roberto Martinezwhere they discussed various topics, including what is called the “echalganism”. In this regard, the businessman points out that people They have to decide that they are going to succeed in life, and the attitude that people adopt is very important. ” What is your attitude ? Is it a winning attitude or is it a losing attitude? Is it a protagonist attitude or is it a victim attitude?

He says if someone has talent, that it is applied for what it is used forWell, there is talent for some things, and not for others. “You have to have a good cast of your talent, what’s the point, and then the effort, because you can have attitude and talent, but if you don’t want it…and that’s that’s why I find it so permissive and therefore, fucked up and nastyThese people who walk around criticizing, saying that It’s a lie, an illusion, the echaleganismohow to say: you’re a jerk*, if you want it or if you don’t, it’s the sameYou’re just as screwed up, no, they’re the screwed ones, because His proposition is to be a victim, it’s to be a social grudge, a non-protagonist, it seems incredible to me that there are people who follow this kind of proposal”.

Given this, Roberto replies that what he says Salinas Pliego makes a lot of sense. “You have to have a good cast and be very honest with your talents, what you’re good at, and once you’ve steered that path, of course the wanting it will allow you to arrive (…) but already well pursued, the problem is when effort is wasted on something that is bet on an improbabilityFor example, if I wanted to be NFL player or NBA playerthere the effort would be misdirected, however, if you start from your attributes and what life has given you, and generate a definition of success that allows you to achieve it through effort, in this case c is totally doable”.

He says that This type of discourse can be a means of perpetuating a situation of victim, it makes it easier to tell that someone is fine because it’s not them, and they take that as an excuse.

“If you are honest with your talents, of course the effort will make you stand out,” says Martínez.

Salinas Pliego goes on to ask if he believes that “the socially resentful and bitter, envious if he’s going to get anywhere”, to which Martínez replies no, because by not trying he denies how unlikely he is. had.

“It’s an abnormal situation, because the normal, common situation of young people is to see life with optimism, they are young, they have a life ahead of them, they are going to meet a pretty girl, they are going to get married. , they are going to have children, go to work, do things, what a father, that’s the beauty of life, ”explains the boss of TV Azteca.

behind that, Roberto Martinez He asks the businessman what skills he would ask a 19 or 20 year old student to develop in life, to which Salinas Pliego replies that “Speaking English is very important, because it has already become the lingua franca of the worldand if you speak english you can get along with anyone anywhere on the planet (…) it has become the language of science and technology, anyone who doesn’t speak english is screwed, but there are other things too, I think young people have been sold the idea that They must be prepared, with these tools, to succeed in the world, then, study a technical career, such as accounting, engineering, systems programming, a technical thingI believe that technical knowledge is necessary, but it is not the only thing, it is definitely required communication skills, synthesis skills, leadership skills, how you organize a team, how you treat your subordinateshow you recruit them, how you train them, how you motivate them, how you keep them hooked, you learn that,” concludes the businessman.