'Oh, the places you’ll go': Vijay Shekhar Sharma has a printout of a Dr. Seuss quote on his desk

The quote can be found front and centre on the Paytm founder’s desk.

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Dr. Seuss keeps Sharma motivated at work.
What drives some of the country’s most original minds? Where do they find inspiration? What motivates them to keep pushing through when the chips are down? These are questions a lot of us would love answered, but most entrepreneurs can be notoriously guarded about their muses.

Luckily, Twitter comes to the rescue. Recently, Deskera founder Shashank Dixit shared a glimpse of what keeps fellow entrepreneur and one of India’s youngest billionaires – Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma – motivated on a daily basis.



The founder and chief executive of cloud-based business software provider Deskera tweeted an image of Sharma’s immaculate work desk where some eagle-eyed users spotted an inspiring Dr. Seuss quote.

“You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go,” reads the inspiring quote from Dr. Seuss’ “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”.

An apt inspiration for the man who’s taken his company places and revolutionised the way Indians think about money.

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