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mirror, roam around everywhere showing off your new shirt.
But you will not be satisfied until your own people see and
praise your shirt. This is because you wish that your own family
and friends should notice your progress. This is human nature.
Real satisfaction cannot be gained in the absence of society, and
social network turns into a very useful skill in business. We want
to introduce a system that contributes optimally to social
welfare. It is my firm belief that such a system will bring great
satisfaction to everyone.

Let us have a look at the journey of development in Gujarat.
There are many opportunities and possibilities here. We have
intelligence, courage, and diligence. Let us take advantage of
all of it. Most businessmen expand their business for their own
selfish reasons: “My business is going well, let me buy another
shop. I will divide the business between both my sons.” This
kind of mental set-up does not really make any difference to
society. Of course, it did matter 20-25 years ago, but now this
thinking is not enough. We have to accept the challenges of
globalization. The textile mills in Ahmedabad were not
pointless. The industrialists worked hard to set them up. They
had everything, and the mill-owners were also philanthropists.
There was no discrimination between the mill-owner, the
employer and the workers, the employees. There was a feeling
of family. The mill workers have played a significant role in the
development of Ahmedabad. There are very few cities in India
that are developed by mill workers, and Ahmedabad is one of
them. However, all that prosperity has now vanished. The
reason behind this is that we have ceased to respond to change.
If we do not change with the changing times, and keep on living
stubbornly depending on our prosperity, that would bring an
end to our progress. As a result, we will have nothing left to do
but regret our past mistakes. Therefore, I want to convey this to
all entrepreneurs that if we delay accepting challenges, we will
lose. In that case, how can we use our practice of hard work
while we are focusing on the global market? It is about time we
thought over it. There was a time when people were not ready
to spend money on research. Usually, people as well as