L&T Chairman Statement: ১০ ঘন্টাতেও বিশ্বজয় হয়! L&T-র চেয়ারম্যানকে ৯০ ঘন্টা কাজ নিয়ে কী জবাব দিলেন আনন্দ মোহিন্দ্রা?
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00:00I think this debate is in the wrong direction.
00:04This debate is about the quantity of work.
00:08My point is, we have to focus on the quality of work, not on the quantity of work.
00:13It's not about 48, 40 hours, it's not about 70 hours, it's not about 90 hours.
00:19What output are you doing even if it's 10 hours?
00:22If you're not spending time at home, if you're not spending time with friends,
00:26if you're not reading, if you don't have time to reflect,
00:30how will you bring the right inputs into making a decision?
00:33There's no such thing as a work-life balance.
00:35There is something where it's not about balancing two things.
00:40You make good decisions if you have a holistic life.
00:43Ask me what's the quality of my work.
00:45Don't ask me how many hours I work.
00:47There is a need for this conversation because, you know,
00:52corporate leaders have created wealth and created millions of jobs in India.
00:57The young have their own understanding of how they want to lead their lives
01:02and that is leading to a lot of debate as well.
01:04You may be aware about work-life balance
01:07and there are prescriptions on 70-hour work weeks, 90-hour work weeks.
01:12How do you address something like that?
01:13You know, what is your idea of this balance and how much is too much?
01:18You know, I said as a audience me,
01:20this sawal yeh toh aana hi hai aaj, koi na koi mujhe poochega yeh sawal.
01:25So I'll tell you, I have a very…
01:28I have huge respect for Mr. Narayan Murthy and others,
01:31so let me not… let me not get this wrong.
01:36But I have to say something, I think this debate is in the wrong direction
01:43because this debate is about the quantity of work.
01:47My point is we have to focus on the quality of work, not on the quantity of work.
01:54So it's not… it's not about forty-eight… forty hours,
01:57it's not about seventy hours, it's not about ninety hours.
02:00What output are you doing even if it's ten hours?
02:04You can change the world in ten hours.
02:05I have always believed that you have to have leaders
02:11and people in your company who make wise decisions,
02:16wise choices.
02:18So the question is,
02:19which kind of mind makes the right choices and right decisions?
02:24And I think a mind that is exposed to holistic thinking,
02:28that is open to inputs from around the world,
02:32that is… that's why I'm such a votary of liberal arts.
02:36I think even if you are an engineer, even if you are an MBA,
02:39you must study art, you must study culture.
02:42The MC was very kind that we support art and culture, why?
02:45Why am I making shareholders pay for that?
02:47Because I think you make better decisions when you have a whole brain,
02:52when you are informed about arts, culture,
02:54that's when you make a good decision.
02:56If you don't… if you're not spending time at home,
03:00if you're not spending time with friends,
03:01if you're not reading, if you're not… if you don't have time to reflect,
03:05how will you bring the right inputs into making a decision?
03:09Let's take our business, you make a car.
03:11We have to decide what a customer wants in a car.
03:15If we are only in the office all the time,
03:17we are not with our families, we are not with other families,
03:20how are we going to understand what people want to buy?
03:22What kind of car do they want to sit in?
03:24So that is why I'm a big votary.
03:26I'm not going to say you need to work so many hours or that.
03:29Often you have to be in a tunnel just to complete a project or a title or there's a crisis,
03:34but you should not be in a tunnel every time.
03:36And Gandhiji said, open your windows, let the air… you know, let the air in.
03:41So I definitely think there's no such thing as a work-life balance.
03:45There is something where you… it's not about balancing two things.
03:50You make good decisions if you have a holistic life
03:53and you cannot be in a tunnel all the time.
03:55Interviewer 1 – Absolutely. And I think there's something to be said for both the arguments.
03:58I mean, you don't become a Narayan Murthy with a nine-to-five work schedule, right?
04:04Sometimes you have to push.
04:05We grew up learning things like no pain, no gain.
04:08And yet I think everybody has their own threshold
04:10and they decide what they…
04:13You… you're very successful.
04:15If I could ask you, how many hours a week do you work?
04:20Sadhguru – You know, this is what I want to avoid, Palki.
04:23I don't want it to be about the time.
04:25I don't want it to be about quantity.
04:26Ask me what's the quality of my work.
04:29Don't ask me how many hours I work.