My success in reviving my machine made me sincerely appreciate the adage: God is in the details. I realised that if an entrepreneur had to succeed, he had to get into the microscopic details of everything. The forensic approach I adopted to revive my Conti machine made me appreciate the principle of ‘dirtying my fingernails’ to stay on top of my game. (My fingernails were always greasy in the years I worked in the socks factory). It was clear to me—without getting into the micro, there was no way I could manage the macro. The other big lesson I learned was to curate, cultivate and unleash
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