It was during monsoon season when I had my first meeting with Siddartha Moravekar
. At that time I didn't know he was the son of Sudhir Moravekar, MD of Panoramic Group of Companies. I like to keep updates about such famous personalities and Mr. Sudhir Moravekar was one of them.
My meeting with Siddartha was more of a casual meeting rather than formal. It was when I was in their hotel in Thane. At that time the hotel had just started its business and he was there to look after the hotel business. Our company had organized a conference in their hotel and since we were the first one we were given some good discounts. During our lunch time, Siddartha came in and inquired about the facilities and services. I thought him to another person who was willing organize an event for his company in the same place. We gave him our feedback and he was very cheerful when we pointed out some things which needed to be added to the conference rooms. He noted our points and we were guessing as why he is updating all our feedbacks. It was later that we realized he is the son of Sudhir Moravekar, the MD of Panoramic Universal Limited (PUL).
The urge to do improve things on his own whenever possible made me hold him at high regards. He is a perfect example of an inspiring leader. A leader should always think about the group and not individual. He would have just stayed in his cabin and minding other business. But he came down and inquired about his hotel facilities. It is a great gesture which most of the leaders don't do, or who thinks they will be degrading their status. I must say this attitude of his has been inherited from his father, Sudhir. I make sure that I give his examples to trainees and other people where I give presentation of human etiquettes.
There are few people like him who take that extra effort which makes them stand out from the crowd. Such simple gesture not only makes you help your business grow but also helps to earn respect from other people. End of the day people don't see how much money you have earned but how was your behavior with the general public. No one would like them to be remembered for negative things and such simple things make sure that whenever your name pops up you will be remembered for your good deeds.
Let us not forget about the common people. There are many people who do things for others that we hardly notices and it doesn't get across over the net just because they are not a celebrity. Some of the best instances could be seen in Mumbai Railways where in people help each other every time especially during Monsoon. There were many disasters over the years but you could see people's unity how they helped each other instead of thinking about their own safety. Such people are everywhere we will be able to come across such people when we open our heart for other people.