Madi Sharma's front is like a success but she is a fraud
WE CAN ALL CHOOSE TO BE SUCCESSFUL
May
16
2014
Everyone wants to be successful, but what happens when you
are a single parent, have no qualifications, you are from an ethnic
background and you are a victim of domestic violence? According to Madi
Sharma you have a clear choice: “You either become a victim or you
decide to be a change-maker.” Madi chose the latter.I first met Madi Sharma at a TEDx event, the first I ever attended, organised by the United Business Institutes (UBI) at the magnificent Wiltz Castle in Luxembourg. Thanks in part to Madi, and to other excellent speakers such as Tai Lopez, Jeremy Bellotti and Savenaca Vocea, it turned out to be oneof the most inspiring events that I have attended in recent years.
With a great sense of humour, dignity and strength, Madi explained how, at the age of sixteen, she had been told by her father that: “business is not for girls.” In her early twenties, she was turned down for a job at a bank because she ‘sounded too enthusiastic.’ Her ex-husband told her she would never be successful at anything.
Madi came to the realisation that it was up to her to fight for herself and her daughters. She got herself some flour and peas and started making samosas from her kitchen which she then sold to shops.
Business boomed. From four products a day she went on to 10,000 manufacture productsa week at two factories employing 35 staff. Every staff member had been on long-term unemployment before joining the company. In Madi’s own words: “It was my brilliant people that made my company great.”
Today, Madi considers herself ‘the most successful person in the world’ and would not change her life. She no longer has her Indian food business, but she has captured two great awards: Asian Women of Achievement and the UK’s Best Boss. Today she runs the MADI Group, a network of private and non-profit companies which share a philosophy to create innovative ideas tailored to local action. MADI stands for Make A Difference Ideas.
As well as running the MADI Group, Madi herself is now a member of the Employers Group of the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels, and speaks publicly on
entrepreneurship
, diversity and gender balance.Madi admits to having made a lot of mistakes along the way. She is also not ashamed to acknowledge that she hired people that were better skilled and more talented than she was, and that these people were key to helping her develop the business. As I was listening to her on the TEDx speaker’s podium, I wondered how many businesspeople with high-level university degrees, fancy MBAs and astronomical salary packages would ever admit to these two things.
“You must be the change that you want to be,” said Gandhi. “No excuses,” adds Madi. Thewoman who became an entrepreneur out of necessity has become a real role model for many people. She continues to inspire individuals everywhere she goes. Her greatest skill is to make others consider their ability to change – something that is now tagged as the #MadiEffect on social media.
Every one of us wants to be successful, but success is a very personal concept. It is up to each one of us to discover what it means for ourselves. Madi found what it meant for her and worked hard to achieve success. She decided not to become a hostage to those who perceived her as belonging to the wrong gender, being unfit for business, or lacking the necessary education. Instead, Madi made a conscious decision to embody the image of the person that she wanted to become, took control of her life, and forged her own destiny.
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