of who have been successes in the different fields in which they
work. So, that says something about the selection process. I believe I was part of something great with that even though it was
not everything it could have been it was valuable in its own right.
MeMag: Seen that you have been in the different business fields,
tell us what definition of success you operate with.
Tony Edache: I think success is a deep feeling of fulfillment
that comes from doing something that you have a passion for.
Erm… there are multiple
dimensions to that answer,
because you can talk about
success and want to quantify it financially but then
we have all heard stories
about people who have a lot
of money and are still not
fulfilled still not happy so
I think when you quantify
it by financial terms alone,
you’ll still to fall short of the
mark. It doesn’t encompass
everything. If you want to
define success as being good
at what you do, you can be
very good at what you do
and not be able to a make a
living off it so that brings in
the financial aspect of it. You
can also be good at what you
do and not be happy doing
it, you know, so by the time
you bring all of this together, you’re doing something
you’re passionate about,
you’re good at it, you’re motivated to do it and you’re
able to make a living and
meet all of your needs doing
it, then you can call yourself
a successful person.
There is also the, well… it
also depends on what your
worldview and what your
value sets are. Because for
some people a big part of
success is being able to touch other peoples’ lives, it’s about being
able to affect the community you live in positively, being able to
have an impact and a change beyond what happens when you pull
out your check book. You know, So, I think that is vital component of success as well.
A number of things have influenced this mindset for me first and
foremost which is my faith as a Christian. I think there is more to
reality than the things that meets the eye and all of those things
need to be considered as we live our lives daily if we are to have,
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live fulfilled and purposeful lives. Another thing that greatly affected this mindset is my upbringing even though it is very closely
tied to my faith as well, but then I was raised to believe that you
have to give something back to the people with whom you share
your life. It’s not about just meeting your own needs and it’s not
just about taking care of yourself and moving forward, yes that is
one step but he next step, the highest step, the one you can never
finish doing, the one you can never fully complete is giving back
taking care of the people around you, moving up as you move
up yourself, so in a sense, there is a component of success that
is defined by helping other
people, putting others on
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MeMag: Hmm, I hear
faith, so let me probe a little
further, how has your faith
influenced the way you do
business?
Tony Edache: My faith
has influenced my business,
it has influenced it very
much and it still does. It
has put certain values at the
core of my business things
like Honesty, Integrity, Diligence, all these are born
form my faith. The simple
things, “let your yes be YES
and let your no be NO”.
Maybe some of the less popular portions of scripture
“Be as gentle as a dove but
be as wise as the serpent”
you know. Recently the parable of the shrewd servant
has made an impression on
me. All of these things affect how I do business. They
compel me to add an extra
layer of thought every process that I take, every step
that I take. It really forces
me to ask myself if there is
a different or a better or a
more “Christian way” of doing things. I don’t mean this in the sense of keeping up appearance
or trying to do things the way that, we have been conditioned to
think that Christianity should look but just from my deep and
truthful, honest understanding of my faith trying to