DHIRUBHAISM

Dhirubhaism No 1: Roll up your sleeves and help.He was the first person to sense that the circumstances would have been beyond his team's control, rather than it being a slip on their part, as he trusted their capabilities implicitly.............. rolling up his sleeves and diving in to rescue a situation that had gone out of control.

Dhirubhaism No 2: Be a safety net for your team.

but the knowledge that he knew and cared for what I was going through, and that he was there for me if I ever needed him, worked wonders for my confidence.

Dhirubhaism No 3: The silent benefactor.

When he helped someone, he never ever breathed a word about it to anyone else.

Dhirubhaism No 4: Dream big, but dream with your eyes open.

But though he dreamed big, he was able to clearly distinguish between perception and reality and his favourite phrase "dream with your eyes open" underlined this

Dhirubhaism No 5: Leave the professional alone!

he only direction that he gave me, just once, was this: "Produce your best."

Dhirubhaism No 6: Change your orbit, constantly! we are all born into an orbit. It is up to us to progress to the next. We could choose to live and die in the orbit that we are born in. But that would be a criminal waste of potential. When we push ourselves into the next orbit, we benefit not only ourselves but everyone connected with us.However, when you change orbits, you will create friction. The good news is that your enemies from your previous orbit will never be able to reach you in your new one. By the time resentment builds up in your new orbit, you should move to the next level. And so on.

Dhirubhaism No 7: The arm-around-the-shoulder leader

it must have required phenomenal generosity of spirit to be that inclusive. Yes, this was one of the things that was uniquely Dhirubhai -- that warm arm around my shoulder that did much more than words in letting me know that I belonged, that I had his trust, and that I had him on my side!

Dhirubhaism No 8: The Dhirubhai theory of Supply creating Demand He was not an MBA. Nor an economist. But yet he took traditional market theory and stood it on its head......No doubt his instinct was backed by years and years of reading, studying market trends, careful listening and his own honed capacity to forecast, but yet despite all this preparation, it required undeniable guts to pioneer such a revolutionary move.....his uncanny knack of knowing exactly how the market is going to behave.

Dhirubhaism No 9: Money is not a product by itself, it is a by-product, so don't chase it People will pay for your product or service if it is good. But if you get your priorities slightly mixed up, not only will the money you make remain just a quick buck it would in all likelihood blacklist you for good. Sounds too simplistic!!

THE FOUNTAINHEAD

My review at ILP as it was about the book and same goes for my thinking...

The Fountainhead is a great work of fiction by Ayn Rand. It presents one of the most challenging ideas that - man's ego is the source of ideas for human progress. First published in 1943, it gives a whole new perspective of looking at objectivism.
Change is t he law of life. We change to improve continuously. The process of change is initiated by the Creators. These people are wellspring of ideas.Civilization is an outcome of these emergent properties.
The ideas are attributes of an individual.Collectively we can just agglomerate these thoughts to bring about a change.The integrity of thoughts and creativity of an individual must be respected.
Quoting--"We can divide a meal among many men. We cannot digest in a collective stomach...think,feel,judge or act; these are functions of the self.... Degrees of ability vary but the basic principle remains the same; the degree of a man's independence, initiative and personal love for his work determines his talent as a worker and his worth as a man".
The authors has given a thorough description of the various characters and the situations which create a vivid image in front of the readers. The author highly approves of the character of an ideal man as she wants to project things as they "ought to be". Thus, though idealistic it still highlights our pitiable habit of stealing ideas and creativity.
When working in organizations where results are achieved through collective efforts, individual contributions are often not distinguished and their originality is rarely preserved. When some work is assigned to an individual and you trust that he is the right person to execute it; when one achieves the desired results, one should not plagiarize by mere;y altering his findings.

If you haven't read this you haven't read literally 'The ideal book"

To end " Creation comes before distribution" ---Howard Roark.


and here is the entire courtroom speech for you from the movie. Howard Roark character played by Gary Cooper; courtesy YOUTUBE

From The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, Gary Cooper as Howard Roark delivers the memorable courtroom speech in self-defense for dynamiting Courtland.