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Azim Premji
Azim Premji
Indian Businessman
Born: Jul 24, 1945
Because Business Education People Wealth You
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The three ordinary things that we often don't pay enough attention to, but which I believe are the drivers of all success, are hard work, perseverance, and basic honesty. Azim Premji
Success Work Hard Work Perseverance Honesty Three Pay Believe Enough Drivers Attention Often Ordinary Which Ordinary Things Hard Basic Things
The test of our social commitment and humanity is how we treat the most powerless of our fellow citizens, the respect we accord to our fellow human beings. That is what reveals our true culture. Azim Premji
Respect Culture Commitment Humanity Treat Our Citizens True Most Powerless Fellow Fellow Citizens Fellow Human Beings Reveals How Test Accord Human Human Beings Social Beings
If there are differences of views or divergence of ideas, they can be resolved through discussion and dialogue. Azim Premji
Differences Resolved Divergence Through Ideas Dialogue Discussion Views
Excellence endures and sustains. It goes beyond motivation into the realms of inspiration. Azim Premji
Excellence Inspiration Beyond Motivation Goes Endures Sustains
Excellence can be as strong a uniting force as solid vision. Azim Premji
Vision Strong Solid Excellence Force Uniting
I can't have my employees sitting in traffic when they should be in the office. Spending two-and-half hours in the car is a huge waste of productive time. Azim Premji
Time Car Employees Spending Hours Traffic Huge Office Sitting Should Productive Waste
Ecology and economy are becoming inextricably entwined, and the world is becoming more conscious of this fact. Azim Premji
World More Ecology Fact Entwined Economy Becoming Inextricably Conscious
Parents realize their wealth should be used for social good rather than children's good. Azim Premji
Good Wealth Parents Rather Than Children Social Realize Should Used
People are realistic enough to appreciate what the market values of different people are. Azim Premji
People Values Realistic Enough Market Different Different People Appreciate
People are beginning to realize that education is power, that education is money, that education is an opportunity. Azim Premji
Education People Money Opportunity Power Beginning Realize
You need a commitment which is long term and a commitment to leadership, because that's the only way you build excellence. Azim Premji
Leadership You Commitment Long Build Way Only Excellence Long-Term Term Because Which Need
There are three lessons in philanthropy - one, involve the family, especially the spouse. She can be a remarkable driver of your initiative. Two, you need to build an institution, and you need to scale it up. Choose a leader for philanthropy whom you trust. Three, philanthropy needs patience, tenacity and time. Azim Premji
Time Needs Family You Patience Trust Three Leader Build Philanthropy Scale Tenacity Remarkable Driver Institution Involve She Spouse Up Your Choose Lessons Initiative Whom Two Need
Excellence is a great starting point for any new organisation but also an unending journey. Azim Premji
Great Journey Excellence Point New Also Unending Any Organisation Starting Starting Point
What is excellence? It is about going a little beyond what we expect from ourselves. Part of the need for excellence is imposed on us externally by our customers. Our competition keeps us on our toes, especially when it is global in nature. Azim Premji
Nature Competition Our Ourselves About Excellence Part Global Beyond Imposed Expect Going Little Customers Us Toes Keeps Need
You cannot underestimate the value of luck in success in life. And I've really learned to appreciate that. Azim Premji
Life Success You Value Luck Underestimate Learned Cannot Really Appreciate
The public/private partnerships are taking various forms in India. It is individuals who are socially oriented are setting up schools. They're setting up colleges. They're setting up universities. They're setting up primary-education schools in the villages, particularly the villages their original families came from. Azim Premji
Setting India Colleges Various Taking Individuals Particularly Schools Partnerships Came Up Families Forms Who Oriented Original Villages Socially Universities
If one has been blessed or have been fortunate enough to have got much more than normal wealth, it is but natural that one expects a certain fiduciary responsibility in terms of how that wealth is applied, used and leveraged for purposes of society. Azim Premji
Natural Wealth Responsibility Blessed Society Enough Has-Been More Purposes Terms Got How Been Normal Than Expects Much Certain Used Fortunate Applied
Our business model is primarily that of consulting, engineering, system integration, and managed services. Azim Premji
Business Engineering Our System Consulting Primarily Integration Model Business Model Services
I think that any wealth creates a sense of trusteeship... it is characteristic of the new generation which has created wealth to have some amount of responsibility for it. Azim Premji
Generation Wealth Responsibility Sense Think Characteristic Some New New Generation Any Which Created Creates Amount
The Western world loves liberalisation, provided it doesn't affect them. Azim Premji
World Affect Provided Western Western World Loves Them
If the United States wants access to Chinese, Indian or Vietnamese markets, we must get access to theirs. U.S. protectionism is very subtle but it is very much there. Azim Premji
States Markets Must Indian Protectionism Access Very Get Wants Subtle Chinese Much Vietnamese United United States
Colleges produce more sports therapists than engineers. Perhaps because America is a sporty country: a lot of outdoors. Azim Premji
Sports Country Outdoors Colleges More Perhaps Because Lot Than America Produce Engineers Therapists
You have students in America, in Britain, who do not want to be engineers. Perhaps it is the workload, I studied engineering, and I know what a grind it is. Azim Premji
You Engineering Students Studied Perhaps Know America Want Grind Engineers Who Britain
People have to take control of their own lives. Education is key because it also raises other social indicators like healthcare. Azim Premji
Education People Key Own Control Other Take Like Also Because Healthcare Social Lives Raises
Frankly, I don't know how many companies there are, globally, which are truly global. Azim Premji
Frankly Global Know Globally How Truly Which Companies Many
We've always seen ourselves as Indian. We've never seen ourselves as Hindus or Muslims or Christians or Buddhists. Azim Premji
Seen Ourselves Muslims Indian Never Buddhists Hindus Always Christians
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