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Living your Message – Be the change you want to see ~ Mahatma Gandhi
If there is one thing that stands out with respect to Gandhiji, it was his willingness to live by his principles – irrespective of the consequences to himself. He was a classic example of what today we call, ‘Walk the talk’ and that was the secret of his enormous credibility. I recall a story that…
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Gandhi versus Kejriwal Challenges – similar and different
The developing political scenario in India is as interesting as it was unexpected and many are drawing parallels with India’s Freedom Struggle and the role that Mahatma Gandhi played in it. This article is simply to look at similarities and differences with the intention to draw some lessons. Similar 1. Both are/were mass based struggle…
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Idealism – Excellence
In the world of entrepreneurship and startups, which I inhabit and have some claim to, we say that you can’t succeed in your startup until you make a significant personal commitment. Most successful entrepreneurs deliberately had no Plan B (second option if the first didn’t work) because of two core beliefs: Their unshakable belief that…
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Customer Service – My Tweets
Don’t work to satisfy customers. Work knowing that it is your signature. It defines you and tells the world who you are. Your image is not built by your ad agency but by how your customer’s experience your service and tell others, not you. A complaining customer wants to deal with you. He’s not a…
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Half the date
When you look at a tomb stone you see a date under the name which reads for example 5. 1. 1980 – 6. 1. 2014 Our life is the dash between these two dates. On how we live that dash will depend what happens after the second half of the date is written. I was…
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About Life and Living
Methuselah lived 986 years and all they said about him was that he died. ~ Francis Behymer One of the classic stances of today is to talk about the ‘sanctity of human life’. I put that phrase in inverted commas because if we look about ourselves at all the millions dying due to deprivation or…
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My Gift To You
The Final Essence – The ‘Can’t do without 7’ list As I come to the closure of this book, and although I see my life as a work in progress, I would like to encapsulate some of my key learnings thus far. It has been my aim to show in this book that ordinary people…
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They & We
They spent money for Islam We make money from Islam They brought others into the Ummah We send Muslims out of the Ummah Their leaders were the best of them Our leaders are the worst of us They measured Net Worth in character We measure Net Worth in money They were known for their courage…
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Winners and Losers
There are two kinds of losers. 1. One is a loser who lost despite his best effort but doesn’t accept defeat. He analyses what happened, accepts what he needs to change in order to win. Then he disciplines himself and works ceaselessly until he wins. 2. The other doesn’t even understand why he lost, doesn’t bother to…
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Confusion about kindness
What is kindness? Is it accepting substandard work or is it insisting that only the best quality is acceptable? There is often a lot of confusion about this and people think that they are being kind when they say nothing to their group members, family or friends who routinely over promise and under deliver. And…