Jaisanthini World

Several months back, after finishing an interview with Dr APJ Kalam, and just before leaving his Rajaji Marg residence he made me repeat these three words in a schoolteacher’s tone: perseverance, hard work and patience.This, he said, was alone the path to progress. Later, much later, I realised, that those were the very words he’s lived by all through his life. They are both philosophical and practical, quite like the world he grew up in as a boy in the island town of Rameswaram, in south India. His father, a humble boat owner, Jainulabdeen, was a devout Muslim and a close friend of the Rameswaram temple priest. Kalam was brought up in a multi-religious, tolerant society; one with a progressive outlook. His father often quoted from the Quran to make the young Kalam see the world without fear. He had seven siblings, and a doting mother who, at times, made chappatis for Kalam, while the others were given rice as Kalam’s day would start at four in the morning and end at 11 pm. His f...

The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting  to be released and channeled toward some great good. -Brain Tracy welcome to our blog please send your suggestions .........

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. -John wooden, former basketball coach and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame

If you're a high-profile charismatic leader, fine. But if you're not, then that's fine, too, for you're in good company right along with those that built companies like 3M,P&G, Sony, Boeing, HP, and Merck. Not a bad crowd. "A high-profile, charismatic style is absolutely not required to successfully shape a visionary company."