Showing posts with label Calibre. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Calibre. Show all posts

03 March, 2016

Be Your Own Judge

“If you want to get rid of being judged for being a man or a woman, Indian, or American, Brown or Caucasian, you need to to be your own judge and set your own benchmark. I have kept my head down and worked very hard. Eventually people get impressed by your dedication and calibre more than anything else.” - Actor Priyanka Chopra

Insight
More often than not in India, Browns bow to the Whites out of a colonial hangover and women bow to men out of a cultural hangover. Stop comparing yourself with the rest and focus on excelling in whatever you do.

Pause. Think. Go.

Flash back It was several years ago that I met him on a Bombay Walk - the ones where they take you around to see and learn about the colonia...