The Workosaur Blog » Inspiration http://blog.workosaur.com The Diary of Workosaur's Founder & CEO Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:27:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement http://blog.workosaur.com/2009/11/12/j-k-rowling-speaks-at-harvard-commencement/ http://blog.workosaur.com/2009/11/12/j-k-rowling-speaks-at-harvard-commencement/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:06:33 +0000 Nimish Adani http://blog.workosaur.com/?p=796

J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo.

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The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms – greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge – has marked the upward surge of mankind, and greed – you mark my words – will not only save Teldar Paper but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA. Thank you.

For a set of 42 such delightful quotes spoken by Michael Douglas’ character, Gordon Gekko, in the movie ‘Wall Street’, head over here.

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]]> http://blog.workosaur.com/2009/09/14/coffee-with-the-ceo-meetul-patel-capgemini-consulting/feed/ 0 Ted Turner 42.0 http://blog.workosaur.com/2009/09/13/ted-turner-42-0/ http://blog.workosaur.com/2009/09/13/ted-turner-42-0/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:36:39 +0000 Nimish Adani http://blog.workosaur.com/?p=750 We’ve put together the fifth edition of 42.0 – Ted Turner 42.0. This is a set of 42 quotes by Turner selected by us after going through all the articles where he’s been quoted. This compilation was put together by my friend, Adwaita, and it’s a must-read. My favourite is Quote #41:

I know what I’m having ‘em put on my tombstone: ‘I have nothing more to say.’

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]]> http://blog.workosaur.com/2009/07/15/warren-buffett-42-0/feed/ 0 The Inspirational Journey of Benetton’s MD Sanjeev Mohanty http://blog.workosaur.com/2009/07/01/the-inspirational-journey-of-benettons-md-sanjeev-mohanty/ http://blog.workosaur.com/2009/07/01/the-inspirational-journey-of-benettons-md-sanjeev-mohanty/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:14:49 +0000 Nimish Adani http://blog.workosaur.com/?p=689 Sanjeev Mohanty (LI) is the Managing Director (India) for Benetton India Pvt Ltd (South Asia & South East Asia Pacific). His has been a remarkable journey – a non-MBA who started off as an Executive Merchandiser in Tirupur and turned CEO in ten years. His story is inspirational and proof that one does not need an MBA degree from an elite b-school to rise up the corporate ladder. The workosaur team caught up with Sanjeev and sought his words of wisdom for our readers. Read it here.

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I believe in bumbling around long enough to not give up at things. And eventually success comes your way, because you tried to fail in every possible way, the only way that’s left is the one successful way, and always, for entrepreneurs, seems to come last. It’s so obvious when it comes.

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Enjoy the gyaan. Also, if you’d like to compile a 42.0 of any kind, I’d be glad to put it up. You can mail it across to nimish [at] workosaur [dot] com.

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]]> http://blog.workosaur.com/2009/06/11/coffee-with-the-ceo-kensaku-konishi/feed/ 0 Never do a job just for the sake of making a living http://blog.workosaur.com/2009/05/21/never-do-a-job-just-for-the-sake-of-making-a-living/ http://blog.workosaur.com/2009/05/21/never-do-a-job-just-for-the-sake-of-making-a-living/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 17:34:28 +0000 Nimish Adani http://blog.workosaur.com/?p=627 The title of this post is a piece of advice shared by Viraj Malik, CEO and MD of Percept Knorigin, in an interview with us. Viraj also shares some interesting fun-filled anecdotes from his illustrious career. Read the interview here.

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