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| | | STOP THINKING LIKE AN EMPLOYEE OF YOURSELF |
| | | When I urge you to stop thinking like an employee of yourself, what I essentially mean is that I invite you to change the level at which you make decisions as an entrepreneur or a businessperson. You are not an employee of your brand, where your ‘employee mindset’ focuses alone on execution within boundaries, tasks that must be completed today, and approval or validation that is required before moving forward. This way of thinking is only useful for efficiency (instead of growth), whereas you should be thinking more like the owner of yourself, which makes you ask what should be built/improved/discontinued (instead of what must be done today or tomorrow). In essence, it’s all about taking responsibility at the highest level.
Having said that, an actual employee, in particular, should NOT stop thinking like an employee of oneself because the ‘employee mindset’ is what ensures that commitments are honoured well in time. However, while an employee should think like an employee of oneself, they should definitely stop thinking ONLY like an employee of oneself. Growth stalls when someone treats their career as a set of instructions to follow rather than a system to develop, and this isn’t good either for the company or the individual.
A ‘healthy professional’, therefore, has to operate with two layers of thinking. At the execution level, you have to act like an employee and deliver consistently; at the ownership level, you have to expand the boundaries of your role without being told and further the organisation’s interests even when no one is watching. Ultimately, this mindset shift is what makes a person an ‘indispensable’ force multiplier, rather than a ‘replaceable’ one. |
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| | | Imagine a world where everyone owns their part, with employees stepping up and founders leading heavier. In that world, most of all, businesses create shared value across the economy, like never before. |
|  While founders and business owners must retain a healthy measure of the employee mindset, and while employees must adopt a healthy measure of the owner mindset, no one should remain confined to only one perspective. If circumstances force a choice between the two, the owner mindset still remains the more defensible option to me and in my view. It’s because the spirit of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ can never be realised unless individuals at all levels take ownership. |
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TOP HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST MONTH |
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| | | | Honoured to host Ms. Veditha Reddy, IAS, Director of Education, as the Chief Guest for the JanGan event at our AHWS campus! The event brought together educators from across Delhi ahead of Republic Day. Since education is the foundation upon which any country builds its bright future, with events like JanGan, we continually reaffirm our responsibility towards the country’s development. | | |
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| | | | | Had the opportunity to attend the “Yuvaan 2026” event at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, where I was invited as a speaker to address questions of inclusive education within a national framework! There is enduring value in holding such dialogues, since institutions like BITS Pilani have long functioned as spaces of impact aligning with national priorities. | | |
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| | | | | Had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Anurag Sundarka, the Co-Founder of ZebraLearn, along with CA Anil Gupta! During our meeting, Mr. Sundarka shared a quote from his father that interestingly and enlighteningly goes something like this: “Businesses never remain static, and wherever they exist, they do so only for a brief period and then they either grow or they fade away.” | | |
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