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The Bhagvad Gita says,” The actions of a great man are an inspiration for others.Whenver he does become a standard for others to follow.” What example can be better than Dhirubhai Ambani for this sentence? Man of the decades and man of the era.

We all know about this man but there is never enough. We read books and we watch his movie but I always feel that there is something more to explore about him. There are still more qualities about him which are hidden. His story about his success and entrepreneurship is known to each child of India.Borned at Chorwad, Gujarat and left home at the age of 17, to work at A.Bese & Co at Aden. After 9 years he returned to India and set up Reliance. Starting from the small factory at Naroda, Ahmedabad then Vimal and Reliance that shows an extraordinary vision. He was neither an MBA nor an economist. Simple middle class guy who faced all the obstacles and proved to the world that “No is no answer!”

In early eighties when high fashion was a distant to the world he opened Vimal’s showroom in the whole country. He became the creator of India’s largest private sector company. The man had lot of extraordinary qualities and one of them I believe his people skill. He was a friend of everybody. Starting from the regular worker of Reliance to the Parliament. He treated his engineers, mangers and workers so well. He always believed Reliance is a reflection of the talent of her people and workers. The way he believed in abilities of his people the way parent does in his own child which requires lot guts and trust. Philanthropy was his another quality which is not publicly associated to him. He helped out an acquaintance who was indebted to him could not repay the money because he had a drinking problem. Instead of writing him off, Dhirubhai doubled the loan so that he could recover from his losses, straighten himself out when he realized the gravity of his plight and become self-sufficient to repay the entire amount. All these acts of kindness were quietly, silently and efficiently executed. No pomp and ceremony preceded or followed these gestures. In fact, most of his beneficiaries were not even aware of that.

There is lot more to talk about his vision, entrepreneurship, confidence, street smartness, people skill, philonthripy and which is never enough. I am mentioning his few quotes here. I have shared a lot of this information from the book “Dhirubhaism” which is written by A.G.Krishnamurthy.

“Money is not a product itself. It is a by-product, so don’t chase it”.

“Think big, think fast, and think ahead. Ideas are no one’s monopoly”.

“If you work with determination and with perfection, success will follow.”

“Purse your goals even in the face of difficulties, and convert adversities into opportunities.”

“For those who dare to dream, there is a whole world to win. Dream and dare”.

“Don’t give up. Courage is my conviction”.