Monday, November 5, 2012

Fall of poster boys

Recent verdict on Rajat Gupta for proven charges of insider trading has shown us another fall of a poster boy of Consulting . After holding many high profile positions in some of the best organisations , he was probably early symbol of rising India in international power playgrounds of boardrooms. It all faded now . Satyam founder Mr Raju also faced a downfall after he confessed of doctoring books of his public listed company. The common factor between both of these poster boys are thier personal greed which didnt have any limit , in fact greed never has any limit.

Both had earned enough and were respected globally for their work and status but this was not enough for them and the next level may have looked some what difficult to achive from just means . Motivation was Quick and heavy gains which also led them to their downfall.

Its only few years when we have seen another poster boy who was not from corporate world but from sports ground fell down from his world winning status to an addict and cheater in relationshio . Tiger wood had all any one can ever imagine , a consistent champion who could not stay away from the temptations of life and created a very tangled net from himself .

All of them had built thier careers on the foundation of hard work , good education and consistent performance but at some point they started deviating from that path . Personal gains , aspirations & temptations took precedence over the discipline and code of conducts . As the satisfaction came by , they started reaching out for more and never stopped till it was too late.

Its true , the harder they come , the harder they fall.
 

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