WHY IFAILEDLESSONS FROM

LEADERS

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‘You cannot learn or address failure without acknowledging it. You cannot think you are an ostrich. You have to take very strong and definitive steps to correct a problem’Anu Aga

‘You must be able to distinguish between a real failure and a perceived one’

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

‘I made my first film the way everyone wanted me to; with Chandni Bar I went with my own gut conviction, and instinct.’Madhur Bhandarkar

‘When in doubt, step back and reassess your priorities’

Narayanan Vaghul

‘Leadership is the ability to understand what your own inadequacies are and surround yourself with people that are better than you.’Captain Gopinath

‘Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.’

Ajit Gulabchand

‘If people are given a chance they can perform miracles.’

Sminu Jindal

‘Don’t dwell on failures. The more you mull, the larger they will appear.’

William Bissell

‘Setting yourself up for failure can be an immensely learning experience. Life’s most challenging situations can bring out the best in you.’Sanjiv Goenka

‘You have to have the ability to cut the thoughts of winning, achievement, medals away from you. The moment you think you can win gold, you will lose focus’Abhinav Bindra

‘As long as you put in an honest day’s work, show entrepreneurship, and take calculated risk, you shouldn’t mind failures.’Narayana Murthy

‘Constantly reassess your level of motivation and dedication to an organisation and always seek broaden horizons. This will give you the courage to deal with unanticipated changes in your life.’

Sunil Alagh

‘When you fall, the first thing you do is get up…You get up, you straighten yourself, and then you turn. This moment teaches you so much. Falling gives you a new kind of thinking, a new power.’

Subhash Ghai

‘Confidence is not good enough. Too much confidence is just bravado”

Shankar Sharma

“Exceptional and inspiring. A must read”

Nandan Nilekani

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Kishore Biyani

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G.N. Bajpai

“...will certainly help readers immensely.”Dr Vijay Mallya