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	Friday, July 01, 2005

A Great Lesson in Life (On Life )   (selected articles in bizdrivenlife compiled) Vivek Paul, who as CEO built Wipro into one of the outsourcing's heavy hitters, and ramped up its business from $150 million in 1999 to $1.4 billion in 2004 has left the company. He traced his great performance to an encounter with an elephant more than a dozen years ago, which helped him crystallized his philosophy in life. Paul was curious why an elephant tied to a small stake in the ground did not yank it up and be on its way. The animal's handler explained that baby elephants tied to similar stakes learn they can't break free. As elephants grow older and stronger, they don't test the stake again--thereby remaining trapped by what should be an obsolete restraint. "I said, 'By gosh! That's probably relevant to people as well,'" Paul said. Source:  Vivek Paul's Elephant Trick   6:04:16 PM     comment []   trackback []