Leadership Quotes

1."Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."
- George Patton

2."The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself. - Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton"

3."The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. - Theodore M. Hesburgh"

4."The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out and meet it." - Thucydides"

5."If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere." - Henry Kissinger

6."You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
Eleanor Roosevelt

7."Don't be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small steps." David Lloyd George

8."Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

9."I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod." - Sir Winston Churchill

10."Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader." - General George S. Patton Jr.

11."Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." - John F. Kennedy

Cheers,
Amol

Bengalaru..revisited

Last week, I happened to visit Bengalaru for some work. I was visiting this place after so many years. But somewhere in my mind, I could still recollect some of the beautiful snaps of this city few years back. As they say it was city of Gardens earlier.

I landed in Bengalaru. First thought which came in my mind at that point of time, was like….have I landed in Los Angeles??? The all new airport is awesome man…..and definitely at par with international standards….boom …boom…boom….I was impressed and started my journey to my apartment in a cab. We stepped out of the domestic terminals and I was again impressed to see the motorway connecting to the city. It has 6 lanes( of course including both the sides) flooded with lights. The distance from Airport to city is approximately 30 Kms. I was impressed again. Slowly, slowly…we went ahead in dense traffic area. The number of cars in this city made me to think it as the city of cars and gardens. It took one and half hour to reach the apartment. I don’t see any problems as such with the traffic as it is at par with all the metro cities around the globe.

However, the traffic is much more disciplined and always moving on without much of noise and also without drivers blowing horns all the time. The city has still maintained its identity with respect to gardens. You can see at least couple of gardens in each locality. Now, that is a healthy sign…isn’t it?

The MG road is reshaping up because of the Metro project. The weather is good as usual. People are good and polite at least with whom I interacted.

Overall, I think that Bengalaru has very good infrastructure (roads, fly overs, metro coming up, road and air connectivity to other main cities including Pune etc.). The weather is good and also the people. As they say it all comes in a package. No wonder that why most of the companies across the globe selected Bengalaru to start their India operations.

Cheers,
Amol

Dada retires…

Finally, Ganguly has announced his retirement from the Cricket after current Border-Gavaskar series. What a leader he has been so far and transformed the Indian Cricket like never before…..Thanks Dada for all the hard work done for Indian cricket and most importantly helping us to believe that yes we can also win…..

Personally, I will remember you for so many reasons. Following are some of them taken out from my cricket diary:
1. Throwing out the T-shirt in the Balcony of Lords after we won the match which we have almost lost. This moment portrays the aggression of the young India and beginning of the success stories for Indian Cricket
2. Magnificent come back after the Chappel episode and slapping the critics where it hurt them
3. Making us believe that we can win the Worldcup again by successfully leading the team to the final of 2003 world cup
4. Making sure that Australian captain waits for you on the ground for the toss to take place till you come.
5. Last but not least beating the mighty Australian cricket team on our soil in the test series

Dada, some of the key takeaways for me looking at your overall cricket life span are:
1. Passion
2. Aggression
3. Self belief
4. Making others to believe
5. Leading from the front
6. Never say die attitude

Although, I am the fan of Indian Cricket God Tendulkar, I have always watched you with admiration.

Cheers,
Amol

Desire to do something extra

Desire to do something extra …………

I have a big canvas in front of me now. I want to paint something beautiful on it. But not really sure what to paint? Many times, it happens that you want to do something. You have that inner feeling within you to do it but you are clueless about what it is. I am thinking about innovation and applying that innovation to the products resulting in either new products or enhancing existing products effectively.

I wish I had a factory which emits the products as and how I want……………..

Cheers,
Amol