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Hugh: Alby, I am interested um, when you look back on your youth err, you said earlier that you did have different motivations and you did have a different opinion of what success is compared to your opinion that you have now. Why is it that it changed and what factors happened in your life that made those goals and motivations change?
Alby: Well, I think that we've all got egos and I try very hard to get rid of it and have been for quite a few years now. And the drive to be successful doesn't...I've started with absolutely nothing and then I made a lot of money with the films and I had planes and boats and farms and then I lost everything again - the whole lot. I just had the jeans I was walking in and that was devastating to me at the time but when I look now, it was the best thing that ever happened to me because then I started off all over again and then only just to have enough and if I can help some other people with any more that I have, that's where my life is going now. I don’t like money but it is a necessary evil and I spend a lot of time in third world countries now and see so much poverty but the people that have the poverty are the most wonderful people around. And then the moment you walk into a hotel, I go say into a gym which is in a hotel, the same people, the same race of people that are staying in that wealthy hotel - they're totally different people. And all the people that work in the hotel, they're all like the slaves, they are wonderful people. But all of the people who are staying there, with a lot of money, are totally different people. I've spent a lot of time in situations like that and observed it and money, I can see money doesn't make people better, you know. So I, you know, I know where I would sooner spend my time and give what I can to the people. But like I say again, you have to have the money. They it is the root of evil money.
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► About Alby Mangels
Alby Mangels is an Australian hero widely known for pioneering the adventure documentary genre. With no training in filmmaking and just $400 in his pocket, he travelled to over 50 countries on an unplanned adventure capturing amazing footage along the way. His first film, World Safari 1, became a surprise hit when released in 1977. And six years later, he did it again with World Safari 2 which instantly shot him to all-time legend status. He released World Safari 3 in 1988, finishing the trilogy which changed the way Australians saw the world and paved the way for others like Steve Irwin and Bear Grylls to follow.
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►About The Thread
Two mates sit down with 10 iconic Australians to figure out how they broke away from the pack. Hugh and Jack seek out leaders of wide-ranging fields: adventure, sport, business, philanthropy, medicine, law and literature to uncover the common thread that binds them.
The interview subjects are household names famed for remarkable and well-told stories, but rarely have they been asked how they did it, how they define success and whether anyone can do what they've done.
Armed with meticulous research and uncomfortably simple questions, we elicit intriguing, inspiring and often unexpected insights from an eclectic bunch of trailblazers.
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