Saturday, February 4, 2023

Narayan Murthy – 2007 – Pre-commencement Address at New York University

Excerpts:


I would like first to share some of these key life events with you, in the hope that these may help you understand my struggles and how chance events and unplanned encounters with influential persons shaped my life and career.

Valuable advice can sometimes come from an unexpected source, and chance events can sometimes open new doors.

Life Lessons:

It is less important, I believe, where you start. It is more important how and what you learn.

It is this very quality of how we respond systematically to chance events that is crucial.

The latter view, a growth mindset, leads to a tendency to embrace

challenges, to learn from criticism and such people reach ever higher levels of achievement.

I believe this greater awareness and knowledge of oneself is what ultimately helps develop a more grounded belief in oneself, courage, determination, and, above all, humility, all qualities which enable one to wear one’s success with dignity and grace.

The best use of all your wealth is to share it with those less fortunate.

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