7 Inspirational Life Lessons To Learn From Ratan Tata
This post was last updated on October 11th, 2024
The best way to keep your motivational levels rising is by educating yourself from life experiences of others. Other people’s struggle and their zeal to fight all odds to reach a pinnacle position in real life can be a great deal of inspirational dosage if you too want to attain your goals in life. One such person who has been inspiring thousands of people with his struggle and noble deeds is Ratan Tata, who was the chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons. Despite his retirement on his 75th birthday in 2012 as the chairman of Tata Group, he has retained his chairmanship in the Group’s charitable trusts.
Under his superior leadership, the company now has world-wide operations with around 65 percent of revenues being accumulated from abroad. Its footprints are spread over various countries and this is largely credited to the acquiring of Tetley by Tata Tea, British based Jaguar Land Rover by Tata Motors and Corus by Tata Steel. Despite retiring, a businessman can never remain dormant and even Ratan Tata is working as an investor by investing his personal savings in emerging and trending companies such as Snapdeal, Teabox, Ola Cabs and even Paytm.
He has been honoured highest civilian awards by the Government of India for his impeccable contribution in the field of entrepreneurship. Moreover, his life encompasses his personal and career struggles, which is extremely inspiring and in spite of all the tribulations he has gone through, Ratan Tata is a person who is full of life and this makes him a winner.
This business tycoon has been a godfather for many aspiring entrepreneurs and here are 7 inspirational life lessons to learn from Ratan Tata that will definitely compel you to mould your thought process and embrace whatever life throws at you:
1. Adopt A Wider Vision
Being flexible in your thoughts and actions is very important when you have to cross many hurdles in life for realising your dreams. Ratan Tata has stated that – ‘If you want to walk fast, walk alone. But if you want to walk far, walk together.’ Success is a journey and generally not a cake walk. When your end goal is far, then instead of creating hustle and bustle for being a part of the rat race, be adaptive and take advantage of every change in situation. Widen your vision and don’t work for instant monetary gains. Establish your niche and focus on strengthening your roots so that you have a group of people to work for you and share your vision as well.
2. Have Faith In Yourself
One of the most popular quotes from Ratan Tata says – ‘I don’t believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.’ When you are dealing with life’s hodgepodge, every minute you take a decision. Some decisions are right while there are some decisions that may cause situations to take an unpredicted turn. At such junctures, before people lose faith in your decision making skills, you must have staunch belief in yourself and must confidently come forward to make the situation in your favour.
3. Unlock Your Creative Side
These words of Ratan Tata is one of the life’s basic truths – ‘All of us do not have equal talent. Yet, all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents.’ We all feel that life is not fair just because we don’t have what others possess. But have you ever thought that what you have is possessed by none? You have different talents and skills. You have your unique creative sense and instead of thinking what you don’t have, grab every opportunity to showcase your talent and see how your creativity will make you emerge as a winner.
4. Be Open To Criticism
As per a famous quote by Ratan Tata, ‘Take the stones people throw at you and use them to build a monument.’ Whenever you endeavour to do something you like, you won’t always receive appreciation. There will be people who will try to pull you down and criticize to shatter your spirit. All you need to do is just ignore all the criticisms and focus on your work. The more people try to crush down you hopes from yourself, the stronger should your desire to achieve must become. Remember that your success will become an example that will compel your critics to give you a standing ovation.
5. Never Look Back & Repent
In this regard, this is what Ratan Tata has to say – ‘There are many things that, if I have to relive, maybe I will do it another way. But I would not like to look back and think what I have not been able to.’ Many people’s favourite free time task is to wander in the past and think of all the unfortunate things that could have been different if they had acted differently. But this unproductive task will only weaken your spirits as you will start focusing on your demerits. Rather don’t look at past and say to yourself that you have led this life bravely so far and you have more confidence now than you had earlier.
6. Don’t Get Succumbed to Failures
You fail when you accept defeat and also when you stop pushing yourself harder. Ratan Tata has stated that ‘Ups and downs in life are very important to keep us going, because a straight line even in an E.C.G means we are not alive’. Life becomes boring and monotonous when you get same results everyday. Rather prefer to live an exciting life that gives you versatile learning experiences. When you fail, say to yourself that the task needs improvement. No matter how many times you fall, what matters is – how strongly you get up back on your feet. Instead of complaining or blaming others for your failure, start exploring new opportunities to get back the lost success.
7. Your Attitude & Mindset Will Help You Attain Success
Ratan Tata once said that – ‘None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise, none can destroy a person, but his own mindset can.’ Everyone has loads of personal and professional commitments to meet each day. Amidst hectic schedules, what keeps us going is our undeterred focus on our goals. If you face failures, then instead of finding excuses to protect yourself from being blamed, take a look inside yourself. If you think external factors are responsible for your failures, then you are probably wrong. Having a positive approach and a stout-minded attitude is essential to keep your focus on your dreams and desired actions. Don’t let your mind rot or else your attitude may cost you, your dreams.
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Snehashree Bhat
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