I am a business executive, social entrepreneur & writer. Over the years I've led a number of companies & have served as the Chairman of Cummins India, Microsoft India & Bank of Baroda. Currently, at Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME) which I founded, we are trying to create a thriving ecosystem for mass entrepreneurship in India & globally. I also serve as UNICEF’s Special Representative for Young People and Innovation where I have helped start a global initiative called Generation Unlimited - a mission to give young people the mindset & skills they need to flourish.
I enjoy writing. My first book was “Conquering the Chaos: Win in India, Win Everywhere” & my next book “What The Heck Do I Do With My Life” will be out soon where I share my thoughts, experiences & reflections on what it'll take to succeed & flourish in a dramatically changing world.
I hope this channel will inspire people to live a purposeful life & connect with others who are on a similar journey.
greedy corporates like TCS, Tesla, microsoft etc should encourage permanent work from homer atleast for experienced professionals and not insist that they commute to office every day atleast in places like India where traffic is nightmare..but will they? compassionate capitalism is non-existent today
I have decided that my work, which is not taxing and I enjoy at least 90% of the time, is my retirement plan. My wife is retired and enjoying it, but we do not travel much, our kids are all close to us and I have more vacation time than I can use, so we can and will take some good vacations with the kids and grandkids as time allows. If I start slowing down and need to retire due to health i will, but at 65, almost 66 I still have loads of energy and skill left.
I am 75 and do masonry work. I am only working about 3 days a week. Family wants me to shutdown the end of the year. I think I have a pretty good setup. They don't.
There should be some way out to this as not all young minds can simply move to such places and still they wish to pursue entrepreneurship.There has to be easy access to resources required for building this game in their own places.
A whole lot of private colleges are churning out engineering graduates who are unable to find decent employment - leading to abject frustration and disappointment!
It has been staring at us for decades, Good ,you could take it up and coming from you ...can reach the Students community 👍 Knowledge Vs Skills Employment Vs Entrepreneurship Colleges are still stuck with Pedagogy of Past ..... If only NEP is implemented by all states ... in FULL and at SPEED, it has few immediate solutions.....
I have a friend who is a WWII veteran; he is 104 years old. I asked him what the secret is to living to that age. He looked at me and ask me 'are you sure you want to know?" I hesitated for a brief moment thinking it might be something awful like broccoli or kale. I said "yeah, I want to know." He said: "never retire"
Key Takeaway's : 1)Conflicts are inevitable part of life & that is Human Nature. And the only time we don't have conflict is when we Dead. 2)We have to learn "to disagree without becoming disagreeable ". 3)Learning to Listen and Understand other people. 4)Trying to find a "middle ground". Every time I come to this channel, I learn something new😊.
Key lesson : I am of the opinion that, there is a magic in money, when we have money we are not alone, we will confident. Otherwise we will lose all our freedoms, many of our aspirations gets curtailed and hinders us from progress. In this backdrop Having Financial Literacy & Financial discipline is very much important. Here in this video Money was compared with salt by saying that having too much or too little is problematic. For me having too little is problematic but I am unable to figure out how Having too much is problematic.? Key Takeaways : 1)Living within our means 2)Making sure that our lifestyle is growing faster our income. 3)Exploring wide investment options like equities. 4)While making decisions about investment better we think from long-term perspective.
Thank you sir for ur "Knowledge Nuggets ". Every time I listen to ur videos, it is broadening my horizon of knowledge. These titbits gives & vividly explains wt should be the perspective towards life & it's major events. Key lesson : •There is no such thing as "failure", but "setbacks". "Giving up" is the real failure. So, in order to be successful we should not give up, rather should learn from setbacks & rise with risilience to WIN. 👍
Key Takeaways: In this Volatile world we need certain set of new skills to stay relevant. They are called "Meta skills" &"Super Skills " 1)Learning Agility 2)Entrepreneurial Mindset :it consists certain characteristic features like •Sees the opportunity & seizing it •Best story tellers. •Resourcefulness •Good problem solving skills •Being tenacious. 3)Human/Man skills -Soft skills 4)Leadership abilities. Thank u for ur valuable info. 👍😊
Key lessons: The 21st century is characterized by rapid changes, making our life very unpredictable. In this backdrop it is very much essential to reconcile our Relevance with fast changing technological advancements. For this we need to 1)Change perspective towards stable employment.The idea of "Job" is an industrial era construct, it is loosing relevance fastly. 2)Better we "Self employed " or "Self-Entreprenuer". In order to realise this we need to understand "Passion economy". It can be found at the intersection of what u r good at and what u r like to do and what society willing to pay for. 3)After forgetting the traditional "idea of job", finding our passion. Then it is good to build a Portfolio life. (What has been ur personal experience will going to be normal situation in coming times) Thank you.
Key Lessons: In this turbulent world, it is very important to acquire & nurture "Intangible Assets " to withstand shocks like Pandemics and to make portability easier. So, it makes sense to cultivate these Assets. And they are as follows. ->Networks -Social Capital ->Professional Reputation ->Domain expertise or versatile skill set. ->Health ->Family & Close relations. Thank you sir 😊.
Key Lessons: 1)Staying away from retirement will ensure mentally engaged, active, healthy, productive and Happy. 2)Our decades of experience, knowledge is the foundation for what is to come next. 3)Longevity Dividend can be reaped, if we could able to Capitalise. Age is just a number & Age is not a barrier to success. 4)Portfolio life can be built. 5)The Second Mountain:the quest for Moral life by David Brooks.
So insightful! I am going thru this dissociation for the past 4 months. I quit a toxic workplace, culture and boss because I gave priority to my mental and physical wellbeing. I quit having nothing in hand but I was kind of exahusted from the 16 years of corporate grind. Started looking out again from Feb 24 onwards, but things are slow, infact quite slow. Companies are kind of sluggish in their response and maybe this break, which I call a pause, is clouding their minds. Its Ok, I have no guilt, I did the right thing and I know that. Mental balance and work culture is more imp to me now, than the paycheque.
Key Observation: As AI, ML, LLM, Algorithms will easily outperform Humans with regards to Machine like Job roles. It is because technological advancements enables AUTOMATION to master both Humans Physical as well as Cognitive Abilities. But, it is still far beyond of automation to master Human emotions. So, it will be Human Bastion for relatively long period.
Ur words abt Present Work Life echoes with the Prof Yuval Noaha Hararis views about "WORK" in the literary gem 21 lessons for the 21st century. In which, re-inventing of oneself for every decade or so ia essential to stay relevant in this turbulent world. Towards this end ur suggestion of doing "MICRO-EXPERIMENTS" will be a magical mantra, if one tries in true sense.
To me, retiring means leaving the corporate sales job I've been working at for years. Realizing it's time to strike out on something new and enjoy the wealth I've built.
Thanks Ravi, you just solved a major dilemma that I had been facing for quite sometime. If a kid can master entrepreneurial skills every other skill is incidental.
Next big act, indeed....it's often called RETIREMENT. Still agree with Ravi....just hate working current job/career...enjoy carefree weekends too much. wait...Bill Gates quote? Bill's a devil....really.
You had the conviction and guts to stand for your views and opinions. But mostly the leadership is busy minting moolah and the malai..whereas those deserving it the most are left with leftovers to scrape through. Leaders in India lack basic empathy..the chair and the designation goes to their head in the form of Egos and Attitude
