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somebody to say, Oh, this guy’s a useless that you would have been done
guy. Whether it’s, fairness, integrity, differently if you had the opportunity to
compliance, governance, all that fits into turn the clock back?
that. A: I can’t say I didn’t make any mistakes. I
The other is openness and trust. I’m quite made many mistakes. One way of looking
open in terms of listening to others. People at it is, could I have avoided those mistakes,
still call me by my first name. If I’m not and I could have grown much faster. But
willing to listen to you, then people will I don’t have any regrets. I learnt always.
just shut up. How am I accepting that Any failure should have some learning.
feedback? If I say, no, you’re advise is And I think if you are scared of failures
useless, then you will stop giving me or setbacks, then you will not progress in
feedback. But if I say thank you for giving life. So, it’s a matter of taking a risk and
me feedback I’m encouraging you to give i I went through a learning curve. My
feedback. belief is that every person goes through
setbacks. And if you have that grit, which is
Q: Is there something that you feel a a combination of passion and perseverance
little edgy about sometimes, something and determination, then you will overcome
that you feel nervous about? any setback and you will not give up.
A: Sometimes it’s happened, you know, The only thing I can say is, I operate from
some wrong decisions you take, and these a very high degree of trust. So some people
are people-related decisions and it’s very have taken advantage of that. And that has
difficult to judge a person in an interview led to a bad taste in my mouth. But at the
and then, what do you do? I have made same time, when I’ve trusted people, I’ve
mistakes. I’ve asked senior people to go, been able to disengage myself so there has
but it hurts that I made a mistake and they been a lot of positive side also of trusting.
are also paying a price for it. Sometimes one has to be a little bit more
cautious and more deliberative in trusting
Q: As you look back, is there something people.
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