Infosys Narayan Murthy !!

 Received from a friend -sharing.

I boarded flight- Bangalore to Mumbai, economy class - my bag in overhead bin & took my aisle seat. There was an old person next to me on the window seat.

I had a presentation in Mumbai, so took my documents & started going through them for the final time before the presentation. After 15–20 minutes I was done with my documents, so I put them away and started looking out of the window, and suddenly I looked at the face of this person sitting next to me. I thought I have seen him somewhere.

He was old, his face, the suit was not very expensive, & he was replying to some mails or going through some documents. I exactly don’t know. I noticed his shoes, they were average quality.

Something stuck me and I asked him:
*“Are you Mr. Narayana Murthy?”*

He looked at me, smiled & replied, *“Yes, I am.”*

I was shocked !
For one second I had no idea what to say next. I looked at him again. His shoes, his suit, his tie and his specs. Everything was average. This guy was worth $2.3 Billion and co-founded Infosys.

I always wanted to become super rich so that I can buy all the luxury & travel business class. He could buy the airlines and yet he was sitting next to me in economy class!

I again asked: Why are you travelling in economy class & not business class?

He replied:
“Do Business class people reach early?”

& then introduced myself, “Hello sir! My name is X & I am a trainer and I work with many MNCs PAN India.”

He put his phone away and started listening to me, he also asked few questions and answered the questions I asked. We both went down deep into the conversation until I asked a question which was about to change my life entirely.

I questioned: Sir, You are so successful & have made so many good decisions in your life. Something you regret?

He got intense look on his face, thought for a while & answered,
“Sometimes my knee hurts, I should have taken better care of my body. When I was young I was so busy working that I never got time to take care of myself & now even if I want to work more, I can’t - body doesn’t permit.”

You are young. You are smart & ambitious - don’t repeat my mistake . Take proper care of your body & take proper rest. This is the only body you have got!

That day I learned 2 things, one that he told me & another that he showed me!

Being rich not about owning things
I got what I needed
What a great & down to earth human being & so successful

Credit: Mayank & Alok K