Couple of months back I was reading Business Today (Issue: 11 Jan 2009)  and found a really interesting article ‘Best Advice I Ever Got‘.  That article was all about successfuly people from all over India and the best advice they ever received.

As I found that article really inspiring therefore I request the same ‘Business Today’ issue from my city library [that's the only place where I can get that copy, April,09]  and wanted to share it with all blog readers who haven’t got a chance to see that issue.

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# Jamshed J. Irani – Tata Sons – Out of every ten men born in this world, nine work for tenth. Prepare to be the tenth.

# LN Mittal – ArcelorMittal – Reach for stars with foot on the ground.

# R. Seshasayee – Ashok Leyland – Listen to your inner voice.

# Lord Swraj Paul – Caparo Group – You can’t build a successful business without a successful family.

# Anand G. Mahindra – Mahindra & Mahindra – Uphold your family tradition.

# Jignesh Shah – MCX – Results matter, efforts don’t.

# AM Naik – L&T – Be successful, but not at a cost of principles.

# Pasoon Joshi – McCann World Group – Difficult path leads you to destination, beautiful path is destination in itself.

# Amir Khan- Actor – It’s better to go wrong with your own instincts than somebody’s else.

# Deepak Parekh – HDFC – Work for a home-grown start-up.

# Nirmal Kampani – JM Financial – Never borrow for personal needs.

# Venu Srinivasan – TVS Motor – Take risk but one at a time.

# GM Rao – GMR Infrastructure – Focus on one category.

# Naresh Goyal – Jet Airways – Be better than the best.

# Rama Prasad Goenka – RPG, SAREGAMA, Philips Carbon Black – Be honest with your banker, doctor and lawyer.

# Piyush Pandey – Ogilvy & Mather India – Take your work seriously, but don’t take yourself too seriously.

# Shelly Lazarus – Ogilvy & Mather India – Pay attention to your people.

# Motilal Oswal – Motilal Oswal Financial Services – Aim for the highest education in your field.

# Sanjeev Bikhchandani – Info Edge – It’s better to have cash in your account than in your clients.

# N Sankar – Sanmar Group – Ultimately, management is common sense.

# Sam Balsara – Madison Communication – Job must be done and nothing is impossible.

# Anu Aga – Invest in yourself.

# Harsh Mariwala – Marico – Invest in people and empower them.

# Akhil Gupta – Blackstone India – Every problem can be traced back to failure of management and leadership.

# Uday Kotak – Kotak Mahindra Bank – The most important principle in life is humility and conservatism.

# MV SUBBAIH – Murugappa Group – Understand our true strength.

# Vikram Akula – SFS Microfinance – Poor Know more than us.

# Venugopal Dhoot – Videocon – Live and let live.

# Malvinder Mohan Singh – Ranbaxy Laboratories – Go with your gut.

# Deepak Puri – Moser Baer – Be fair in life, work and relationships.

# Vikram Kirloskar – Toyota Kirloskar Motor – Keep your family priorities ahead of everything else.

# Dilip Chabbria – DC – When you risk everything, you get courage to succeed.

# Azim Premji – Wipro – Some of the brightest advice comes from our junior most employees.

# Salvatore Ferragamo – Borro Vineyards – If you keep at it, results will come.

# Kalpana Morparia – JP Morgan – You are too young to give up your executive post.

# Sanjay Nayar – Citi South Asia – This is the best job you will ever do.

# Ashok Soota – Mindtree Consulting – Be willing to pay a little extra for a worthwhile deal.

# G Madhavan Nair – ISRO – Share the credit for success, take responsibility for trouble.

# GV Prasad – Dr Reddy – Always raise the bar.

# Aditya Puri – HDFC Bank – First know what you really want from life.

# Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw – Biocon – Failure is temporary, it’s giving up that’s permanent.

# Vinita Bali – Britannia – Don’t give unsolicited advice.

# Ashish Dhawan – ChrysCapital Investment Advisers – The psychology of investing is more important than the fundamentals of investing.

# Chetan Maini – Reva Electric Car Company – Do what you really love doing, and nothing less than 200 per cent.

# Harsh Goenka – RPG Group – You have no right to the fruit of your actions.

# Gautam Adani – Adani Group – Trust your intuition.

# M.Rammohan Rao – ISB – Be confident but not arrogant.

# S Sivakumar – ITC – Reinvent the wheel.

# Shantanu Prakash – EduComp – Remain focused in times of crisis and use that as an opportunity to become stronger.

# Raghav Bahl – Network 18 – Surround yourself with best people and set them free.

[Source: Business Today, 11/01/2009]