Happy, Not Paranoid

Some snipperts from Silicon India
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Craig Barret once remarked that “only the paranoid survive.” Jothilingam, however, takes it a step further and believes that it is the ones who are, in his words, “happy,” who thrive. He should know, for he is a person who has experience where it counts.


Life is Fun
“If you look at business or life,” expands Jothilingam, “you find three elements—people, processes, profits. If you manage yourself (in your life) and people (in your business), and are clear about the processes you adopt, profits will follow.” The bottomline is that it is not as much as getting to Point B from Point A, as much as the process of getting from Point A to Point B. “Think of anything you have done in life,” he says, his voice pitching higher to match the enthusiasm with which he is trying to get the point across. “It’s getting there that’s the fun. Say you want to make a million dollars, and someone hands it to you on a platter, you will not enjoy it. On the other hand, if you worked smartly at it, put the right things together, then you will. More than the guy next door who made a hundred million dollars.”

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“Business is about people.” To have a successful business, one has to manage people well—build strong relationships. And, even more profoundly, that “the No. 1 relationship which a person has is with himself”. Then come family and friends, employees, vendors and customers. For all these relationships, there is one, and only one, guiding philosophy. That is to “treat people as you would expect them to treat you”.
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For most part of my life I am in the "paranoid" category.
Treating people , I follow the same principle except when I am angry :)