{"id":377,"date":"2020-02-13T16:54:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T16:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/?p=377"},"modified":"2020-02-14T02:57:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T02:57:24","slug":"being-rich-is-not-about-owning-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/2020\/02\/13\/being-rich-is-not-about-owning-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Being rich is not about owning things – Narayan Murthy of Infosys"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

I boarded flight from Bangalore to Mumbai, economy class. I put my hand bag in overhead bin and took my aisle seat. There was an old person sitting next to me on the window seat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had a presentation in Mumbai, so took my documents and started going through them for the final time before the presentation. After 15\u201320 minutes I was done with my documents, so I put them away and started looking out of the window, and suddenly I looked at the face of this person sitting next to me. I thought I have seen him somewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was old, his face, the suit was not very expensive, and he was replying to some mails or going through some documents. I exactly don\u2019t know. I noticed his shoes, they were average quality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something stuck me and I asked him: \u201cAre you Mr. Narayana Murthy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Narayan Murthy, Infosys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He looked at me, smiled and replied, \u201cYes, I am.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was shocked ! <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For one second I had no idea what to say next. I looked at him again. His shoes, his suit, his tie and his specs. Everything was average. This guy was worth $2.3 Billion and co-founded Infosys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I always wanted to become super rich so that I can buy all the luxury and travel business class. He could buy the whole airlines and yet he was sitting next to me in economy class!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I again asked: \u201cWhy are you travelling in economy class and not business class?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He replied:
\u201cDo Business class people reach early?\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then introduced myself, \u201cHello sir! My name is Mayank Gupta and I am a freelance corporate trainer and I work with many MNCs PAN India.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He then put his phone away and started listening to me, he also asked few questions and answered the questions I asked. We both went down deep into the conversation until I asked a question which was about to change my life entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I questioned: Sir, You are so successful and have made so many good decisions in your life. Is there something you regret?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He got intense look on his face, thought for a while and answered,
\u201cSometimes my knee hurts, I should have taken better care of my body. When I was young I was so busy working that I never got time to take care of myself and now even if I want to work more, I can\u2019t. My body doesn\u2019t permit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou are young. You are smart and ambitious but don\u2019t repeat the mistake I made. Take proper care of your body and take proper rest. This is the only body you have got!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That day I learned two things, one that he told me and another that he showed me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being rich is not about owning things.
I had got what I needed.
What a great and down to earth human being he is, no doubt he is so successful!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: It is fiction or reality but a great story… Life story<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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