Get Inspired……… Hats Off To This Lady
From 50 paise, she now earns Rs 200,000 a day. She started her career 31 years ago as an entrepreneur, selling eateries from a mobile cart on the Marina beach a midst all odds battling a failed marriage, coping with her husband, a multiple addict, and taking care of two kids.
Today, she has overcome the hurdles and owns a chain of restaurants.
She married against the will of her parents. Unfortunately, the marriage failed but her parents never forgave her and she was on her own along with 2 children.
” I knew I should either succumb to the burden or fight; I decided to fight my lonely battle.” she said. She started selling pickles, squashes and jams she made at home.
Eventually she started her own cart on Marine Drive, Mumbai. On the first she just sold one cup of coffee, making 50 paise the first day. But she never lost hope and earned as high as 25,000 rs a day.
One day the Slum Clearance Board gave her an offer to run the canteen at their office with a proper kitchen. The chairman met her during her morning walk. It was a huge success. Thereafter, she never looked back.
She suffered the second shock of her life in 2004 when she lost her daughter and son-in-law in a road accident. The ambulance refused to carry their dead bodies. Finally, somebody carried all the dead bodies in the boot of a car. She couldn’t bear them scene and broke down.
That is when she decided to keep an ambulance on that very spot to help
people whether the victims are alive or dead. It is in memory of her daughter.
Today Patricia along with her son runs the chain of restaurant ‘Sandeepha’ in her daughter’s memory and around 200 people work under her.
She was awarded ‘Ficci entrepreneur of the year’ in 2010.
Believe in yourself and your vision of the future. Surround yourself with those who believe in you and will help you achieve your goals. Keep your dream alive despite the challenges along the way.
There will always be those who try to steal your dream by laughter or criticism. They cannot understand what drives you to always want more.
In Safety, there is no failure-neither is there success. Only by taking the risks that others fear can you achieve greatness.
Change can be frightening, but only by changing can you experience growth. Only by challenging yourself to do what seems impossible can you ever know how much you can achieve.
There is only one key to success: never quit until you win. It may require a lot of changing, but you can do it. The seed of greatness lies within you. Nurture it, and there will be nothing you can’t do.
Remember… there is a deeper strength and amazing abundance of peace available to you. Draw from this well; call on your faith to uphold you.
Life continues around us, even when our troubles seem to stop time. There is always good in life.
Take a few minutes to distract yourself from your concerns–long enough to draw strength from a tree or to find pleasure in a bird’s song.
Return a smile; realize that life is a series of levels, cycles of ups and downs — some easy, some challenging.
Through it all, we learn; we grow strong in faith; we mature in understanding.
The difficult times are often the best teachers, and there is good to be found in all situations.
Reach for the good.
Be strong, and don’t give up.
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