#Gandhi on poverty, conviction, hurt  and defeat-  MG is relevant for all times  

Best thing about  Mahatma #Gandhi is that there is no single aspect of life of rich or poor, man or woman, father or son, mother or daughter, mill owner and the work force that he has not written about or commented upon. Each of the words that he uttered is a ‘ quotable quote’ for  us.

Even for a person who wants to earn well and live well, the #Father of Nation has a message – the most relevant for some one who wants to come up in life is : “ Poverty is the worst form of violence”.

So,# Gandhi  considered poverty as the worst form of violence and it is our duty to banish poverty and live good life , not only for our sake but all those around us.

But then, it is not as if we may go around making money and achieve this goal by doing anything, for #Gandhi the ways to our means are equity important: “ The path is the goal”.

In the #stock market, money market or all those who come and advise us about doing dubious things, we must remember #Gandhi’s words. Same is true about the people who run the companies in which we invest.  In modern days, it is called #corporate governance # and the management follows a clean and transparent model certainly gets rewarded by shareholders, customers and employees.

There is another important quote from  #Gandhi # which must be adhered to by any one who is being tempted by some one selling an #insurance product, gold scheme, equity mutual fund or any other sugar coated stuff.  The situation becomes more problematic and embarrassing when the person selling the same is a friend or a relation.  Here  is another of Gandhi’s saying which will come handy. ““A 'no' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'yes' uttered merely to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”

In the financial world, it is important to be alert and agile . There would be some losses , some gains. But we have to learn from each of our mistakes and bad moves and move on. This is what the great man, who birth anniversary we are celebrating today, said: “ Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever”.

There are chaps in the world of investing who are not optimists but over-confident. These know-all chaps must also listen to another quote from M.G :

 “It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.” 

Even if we make mistakes , let us not be bogged down by a sense of defeat if some one tries to hurt you.

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”  …#..Mahatma Gandhi