#75 Vijay Eswaran - Entrepreneur / Executive chairman / 15% Promise / 33 days of silence

Wish I Knew . . .

Career Background:

• Founder and Executive Chairman of QI Group of companies
  
  • HQ's in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur
  • Operations in over 30 countries
• He is diversified with business interests in:
  
  • Real estate
  • Education
  • Retail and Hospitality
  • Also owns a football / soccer club in Malaysia

Highlights

• Following in his fathers footsteps early with wanting to a lawyer and studying in the UK
• Impact of Margaret Thatcher on his education
• Not liking accountancy all that much
• Picking up Political Science
• The Knowledge - Driving a taxi in London
• Training program to the outskirts of Chicago
• Nice message to University Graduates
• The buck stops here
• Loyalty discussion and caring
• Mercenary vs missionary
• Backpacking from London to Greece
• Building up relationships while traveling
• 33 days of silence
• Having only one mouth
• The beauty of the pause
• Marriage and back to Malaysia
• The 15% promise that didn't materialize
• Who works for who?
• If not now then when?
• Failure is critical
• Dare to . . . .
• Be grateful
• Adapt, adjust, accommodate
• Your value is more than you paycheck

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