There was an interesting article in the local language paper this morning and it was about Jorma Ollila, the former Chairman and CEO of Nokia Corporation, the Finnish Multinational mobile telephone and telecommunication behemoth. In it, Ollila quotes an incident from the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics which involved his fellow Finn, the athlete Lasse Viren.
Lasse Artturi Viren was a long distance runner in the mold of the "Flying Finns" of the early 20th century like Kolehmainen and Nurmi. After disastrous performances in the events leading up to the Munich Olympics, Viren was not expected to make any mark in his pet 10,000 metres race. But Viren had other ideas. Just prior to the Olympics, he embarked on a brutal regimen of physical endurance and "willed" to bring in laurels for himself and his country.
The race began and as luck would have it, Viren took a nasty fall in the 12th lap and lost out on 20 to 30 metres from the leaders of the race. But he did not loose hope and with supreme effort was able to bridge this gap in less than 150 metres. The rest as they say is history. Not only Lasse Viren won the gold medal, he also created a new world record, which still stands.
Similarly, Jorma Ollila with his dedication, focus and will power was able to channelize the varied interests of Nokia, from spheres as diversified as logging, paper, electricity and rubber products to mobile phones and telecommunications, in his single minded pursuit to make Nokia Corporation, the best in whatever it does. He consolidated the operations of Nokia in 1992 when it was decided that Nokia would only concentrate on Telecommunications and mobile telephones and the rest again is history.
As the penultimate month of the year 2012 draws to an end, all members of Blue Caramel in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur and Mumbai should grasp the fact that "Where there is a will, there is a way". The way would automatically unfold when one has the will to succeed. As, the quote goes "Nothing is lost till hope is lost and everything is lost when hope is lost", so hoping for a terrific closing from all the locations in a month that has been very kind to us. God Speed!!
Lasse Artturi Viren was a long distance runner in the mold of the "Flying Finns" of the early 20th century like Kolehmainen and Nurmi. After disastrous performances in the events leading up to the Munich Olympics, Viren was not expected to make any mark in his pet 10,000 metres race. But Viren had other ideas. Just prior to the Olympics, he embarked on a brutal regimen of physical endurance and "willed" to bring in laurels for himself and his country.
The race began and as luck would have it, Viren took a nasty fall in the 12th lap and lost out on 20 to 30 metres from the leaders of the race. But he did not loose hope and with supreme effort was able to bridge this gap in less than 150 metres. The rest as they say is history. Not only Lasse Viren won the gold medal, he also created a new world record, which still stands.
Similarly, Jorma Ollila with his dedication, focus and will power was able to channelize the varied interests of Nokia, from spheres as diversified as logging, paper, electricity and rubber products to mobile phones and telecommunications, in his single minded pursuit to make Nokia Corporation, the best in whatever it does. He consolidated the operations of Nokia in 1992 when it was decided that Nokia would only concentrate on Telecommunications and mobile telephones and the rest again is history.
As the penultimate month of the year 2012 draws to an end, all members of Blue Caramel in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur and Mumbai should grasp the fact that "Where there is a will, there is a way". The way would automatically unfold when one has the will to succeed. As, the quote goes "Nothing is lost till hope is lost and everything is lost when hope is lost", so hoping for a terrific closing from all the locations in a month that has been very kind to us. God Speed!!
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