Saturday, January 6, 2018

No Substitute

A few years ago, one of India's premier engineering colleges (I believe it was BITS Pilani) had invited a distinguished luminary as the chief guest for their Golden Jubilee celebrations. After completing the initial proceedings the emcee invited the chief guest, seated in the front row, to share his thoughts with the audience, amidst thunderous applause. The gentleman approached the podium, waited for the applause to die out, then smiled and gently said, "Work hard." Having said this, he quietly returned to his seat. The audience was utterly confused and on the urging of the organizers the harried emcee rushed to the mike and entreated the Chief Guest to say a few more words. The gentleman obliged, once again walked up to the podium and said, "Work hard", then returned to his seat. The pin-drop silence lasted only a few minutes before the full impact of the great man's words sunk into the distinguished audience. I'm told, the standing ovation that followed is yet to be matched in the history of that finest of institutions.

#success #hardwork #professional #lifetruths

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