Harsh Mariwala's midweek wisdom: Doing right outweighs being always right

Being right is not always the ideal way to be. People often forget that the need to be right always often robs them of new possibilities.

For most people, when they are wronged, the need to be right takes precedence over understanding or any faint chance of forgiveness. While we cannot agree with each other all the time, this also does not mean that those who disagree with us are wrong.

Founder and Chairman of Marico, Harsh Mariwala, took to LinkedIn to share a valuable lesson with his followers. The founder of the Fortune 500 India company reminisced his earlier days.


He enumerated how as an individual he believed that having things his way made him victorious. “When I was younger, I believed that having things go my way meant I was victorious,” he wrote in his LinkedIn post.
Mariwala said that as a young individual he would bulldoze his way through negotiations and how he momentarily felt good about it. “So I'd bulldoze my way through negotiations. At that moment, I'd feel great,” he said.

The popular entrepreneur said although it felt good at the moment, problems would surface eventually. The Marico boss said that with time he learned that for permanent solutions both parties should gain something.

According to Mariwala, his biggest lesson was realising that what was right was more important than always being right. “I learnt that for permanent solutions to problems, both parties must gain something. Doing what is right is more important than always being right,” wrote Mariwala.