Mundra: Surplus wealth should be stewarded and redistributed to others
Manish Mundra · Manish Mundra on Life-Changing Investing Habits and Pursuing Dreams in the most unconventional way · Feb 20, 2023 · at 59:30
Manish Mundra, CEO and founder of Drishyam Films, discusses his philosophy on wealth stewardship and giving back after achieving corporate and financial success.
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“You work hard, you deserve, you get the reward. But that doesn't mean that what you got as a reward is for you. You know, you may need a limited part of it, actually, you know, so what you deserve and what you got is something else, what you need is maybe a portion of it, you know, so suppose if you got hundred rupees and you may need actually 10 rupees, so there's a 90 which is there, That 90 probably God has made you the conduit, ok, to get that 90 rupees to someone who is more needy, someone who wants to grow, someone with whom you can work”
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