If you don't build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.
Entrepreneurs
Dhirubhai Ambani
Born in 1932 in a Gujarat village to a schoolteacher father, Dhirubhai Ambani worked as a migrant laborer in Aden before returning to India and founding Reliance Industries. Starting with polyester-yarn imports, he integrated vertically into petrochemicals and oil refining, building in a single generation one of India's three largest conglomerates alongside Tata and Birla. He pioneered the 'equity cult' by renting stadiums for shareholder meetings attended by tens of thousands of retail investors.
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Dhirubhai Ambani's Other Quotes
Think big, think fast, think ahead. Ideas are no one's monopoly.
We bet on people.
Between your preparation and your goals, there is one important bridge called discipline.
Give the youth a proper environment. Motivate them. Extend them the support they need. Each one of them has infinite source of energy. They will deliver.
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