Vikas Jain

My take on Mr. Narayanmurthy about 70 hours work a week

Everything has a context.

Mr. Narayanmurthy inspired youth to work for 70 hours a week. I see lot many people arguing about this statement without setting up the context. 

When I left my corporate job and became an entrepreneur, I understood that one needs to put endless hours into building your own business.

Most entrepreneurs would agree that this is the hour that they need to spend per week especially in the initial years if they try to do something significant.

This is an aspirational statement for people with big dreams like Mr. Narayan Murthy who built Infosys.

During my career coaching program also for mid-career professionals, I tell them if they have to pivot to a high-potential career, they need to spend an extra 3-4 hours to build their skills for their next job roles in addition to working for their company.

In case we want to make India a land of leaders and entrepreneurs, we need to make such aspirational move.

But assuming everyone will follow such an aspirational path is rare and hence we see people arguing about it. 

Choose your context first and then evaluate the statement..

Are you talking about Masses or Highly Self-Motivated #leaders 

Vikas Jain - Principal Consultant

As a Principal Consultant, I help individuals and organisations change their orbit. My core focus areas are AI & Product Innovation. I am equally passionate about researching on Talent, Learning, & Growth.

As AI Consultant, I work with organization in their AI Enablement journey.

About Vikas Jain

Vikas Jain has over 20 years of Industry experience as tech leader, principal consultant, motivational keynote speaker & founder of WTT (WorldclassTechTalent.com).  He is a consultant on AI & Product Innovation.

Through his initial 8 years at IBM and McAfee, he discovered what Top 1% performers do differently and applied these principles to crack Microsoft. However, instead of joining Microsoft, he chose a different path — to share these insights with others. He founded WorldclassTechTalent, to provide consulting services, IT recruitment & staffing services, research talent strategy to build top tech talent and mentor software engineers and tech leaders to break into top companies.

Over the past 12 years, he realized that these principles are not limited to tech — they can be applied by professionals and leaders across any industry on how to “Change Your Orbit”, using strategies of top 1% leaders. Hence he has delivered 500+ corporate sessions for global companies like HP, DELL, ABB, EssilorLuxottica, Yamaha, Oracle, McAfee and coached professionals at various levels.

He is an award-winning global speaker, author, podcast host, consultant, published articles in leading newspapers, and featured on Zee Business, Josh Talks (4M+ views), Speaking Tree @ Times Group, Dainik Bhaskar and more. He received the “Most Inspiring Motivational Speaker of the Year” from EEMA. In 2021 alone, he delivered virtual keynote sessions across multiple countries including France, Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, Southern Africa, the United States, Bangladesh, and India, which shows the global relevance of his work and message. 


Promoter of #WTTHaiNa, a National campaign of to spread #WTT10X Sutra at grassroot level, to help grassroot level talent to find top career opportunities through WTTApp & WTT Community.



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