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• At 2008.06.27 05:34, subramanian said:

  Key to happiness is not money - This is understood and said only by people who have money or by people who think that they cannot earn money. IMHO.

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  • At 2008.06.30 15:53, shashi said:

    May be one can say -Having money will not necessarily make you happy

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    • At 2008.07.25 07:39, Prakash Dhake said:

      1) A person can have money and still be unhappy.
      2) A person can have no money and still be unhappy.
      I would prefer being the 1st type.
      Money can’t buy EVERYTHING (A), but money can buy SO-MANY-THINGS(B).
      Sometimes, A minus B is happiness.

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• At 2008.07.01 00:46, Prashanth said:

  Let me quote Brad Bird - Pixar Communications

  “Money is just fuel for the rocket. What i really want to do is to go somewhere. I don’t want to just collect more fuel.”

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• At 2008.07.02 00:53, Gautham said:

  Another note on money/happiness

  “Money alone will not make you happy, but lack of money doesn’t make you happy either! So if you were to be unhappy anyways, you’d rather be unhappy with money than without it”

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• At 2008.07.07 13:47, jute said:

  Money is honey, to get the honey you may be get bitten by the corporate bees.

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• At 2008.07.17 00:37, Krunal Modi said:

  All points are excellent but I think there is one more point that is missing amongst them……………..the ablility to risk with careful evaluation and analysis of the results because if few wise men wouldn’t have done that…………………..there would be no “MINDTREE” today.

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• At 2008.07.17 00:37, Krunal Modi said:

  All points are excellent but I think there is one more point that is missing amongst them……………..the ablility to take risks with careful evaluation and analysis of the results because if few wise men wouldn’t have done that…………………..there would be no “MINDTREE” today.

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• At 2008.09.17 13:32, Lubna said:

  Dear Subroto,

  I am still mixed up about the “power to receive”. I know you meant it to be the capacity to absorb, to analyse and to be a better person. It also entails being a better listener.

  While I do love to learn and realise I can learn a lot from the experience of others, as experience is perhaps the best teacher, I cannot receive from all.

  There does seem to be a barrier in receiving from some. I tried figuring out the reason - is it because I rely too much on instinct and like some people immediately and take a long time to trust others? Only when I trust can I receive.

  Well, I just wish I had the ability to humbly receive from all. Unfortunately, I find this very difficult.

  I think I have not been able to articulte my thoughts properly and have rambled on. Shall keep on trying to be a better, shall I say - receiver?

  Best regards
  Lubna

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• At 2008.09.17 13:33, Lubna said:

  Sorry about the spelling error - meant articulate…

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• At 2008.09.18 23:02, Soumendu Roy said:

  Hi Lubna,
  My 2 cents:
  In order to receive from a person, it’s not necessary that you have to trust that person.

  Also by receiving it’s not always that you will receive good things. Sometimes you will receive bad things, which will also help you to refine your thoughts and character. For example the life and philosophy of Hitler, most of us hate but has taught us some important lessons.

  Regards
  Soumendu Roy

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• At 2008.09.19 03:14, Lubna said:

  Hi Soumendu,
  Thanks for your insights. It is an interesting perspective.
  Best regards
  Lubna

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• At 2008.11.15 23:17, savita said:

  Hi Subroto:
  I appreciate your articulation of many different views from your experiences. Some of them quite useful to young people who are trying to establish themselves in a ‘indian cultural context’.

  Your section on Passion is what passion does is incomplete because it does not include for the reasons of why the young lady was leaving MindTee. I think perhaps you should have discussed in more depth with her about the reason for leaving mindtree.

  Referencing back to your own theory about ‘figuring out what you can change’…

  Maybe the reason could have been that she felt MindTree did not have the right culture to accept change even if they were small. Perhaps MindTree also suffers from a typical Indian company mindset which cannot accept Indian women who are more outspoken and direct. Maybe there are gender issues at highest levels in the organisation. Maybe the hierarchical setup of the organisation, the services/outsourcing mindset, risk averse attitude on innovation and investing in technology, inability to promote different voices across the organisation, distance/commute to work, in appropriate pay package for a person of high calibre…There could be myriad of different reasons or a combination of all of the above.

  By not asking for reasons of why a young lady of that calibre left the organisation, perhaps you missed out on a larger conversation for ‘change’.

  Would be happy to see if you have revised your thinking on the matter since then

  cheers
  Savita.

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