“if you don't give up you still have a chance to win. giving up is the greatest failure”
-Jack Ma
Everyone has times in their lives where they just want to give everything up because of some setbacks. It is what they do at that very point in time that shapes their personality. This has happened to me in the academic year 2017-18, I gave CAT 2017 and couldn’t score good marks to get in the premiere b-schools. Also, being an actuarial student, I was trying to clear some actuarial exams and failed twice in the year 2018. I had started questioning my abilities and life choices, but I knew one thing, giving up wasn’t an option. So, I geared up and started my preparations for CAT 2018 and got admitted into IMI, New Delhi. According to me, if you don’t fail in your lives, you don’t get to know the worth and exhilaration of victory. Failing and trying again is an integral part of success.
As it is rightly said, “a ship is safe in its harbor, but that’s not what ships are for”, people shouldn’t be afraid of trying new things in their lives and should be open for adventures to follow their passion which is my motto in life as you can never know what you are good at unless you try out new things. As Mr. Aditya Birla said,
“There is nothing which cannot be achieved, provided you have an open mind, the will, the devotion, determination, enthusiasm, and vision to achieve the seemingly impossible”, everyone can achieve success in their lives, all they lack is devotion, determination and the ability to get up again after falling down.
Why Aditya Birla Group Is Big In Your Life
Everyone has been impacted by Aditya Birla Group at some point of time in their lives. With over 120,000 employees in 35+ countries in over 14 industries, the group touches lives everywhere. The group does many social activities for the poor, as part of its CSR initiative focusing on different areas. In the education area, it reaches more than 45000 students annually while giving scholarships to more than 8500 students along with its adult literacy campaigns covering more than 50000 adults. In the healthcare area, it has about 9000 medical camps treating over 1 million patients. It also focuses on other social causes such as rainwater harvesting, dams, bore wells, irrigation canals, community outreach programs, to name a few.
With brands like Louis Phillipe and Peter England in the textile industry enjoying a large market share, Grasim Industries and Ultratech Cement in the cement business, Idea and Vodafone merger in the telecom arena, the various brands under the Aditya Birla Capital, the group is a part of any sector that one can imagine of.
The group has been an important part of my life in several ways. From buying suits from Peter England for formal gatherings, to helping me in staying connected with people over the Idea cellular network. My father took a personal loan from Aditya Birla Capital which I am very thankful for as it helps me pay for my MBA tuition fee which would have been next to impossible without that loan.
All in all, it can be said that the Aditya Birla Group has helped shape a prosperous India impacting everyone’s life in some way or another.