{"id":49157,"date":"2026-09-20T02:42:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T02:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=49157"},"modified":"2026-09-20T02:42:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T02:42:31","slug":"life-is-a-marathon-not-a-sprint-says-tata-sons-chandra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=49157","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Life is a marathon, not a sprint,&#8217; says Tata Sons\u2019 Chandra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134362673,imgsize-42854,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/n-chandrasekaran.jpg\" alt=\"'Life is a marathon, not a sprint,' says Tata Sons\u2019 Chandra\" title=\"Chandrasekaran was delivering his address at SAI University in Chengalpattu\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Chandrasekaran was delivering his address at SAI University in Chengalpattu\">Chandrasekaran was delivering his address at SAI University in Chengalpattu<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chennai:\u201cLife is a marathon race, not a sprint. It is about becoming better by the day, not overtaking others. There will be ups and downs. Don\u2019t fear downs, and do not turn your confidence into arrogance.<!-- --> Enjoy the journey,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/tata-sons\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Tata Sons<\/a> chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/n-chandrasekaran\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">N Chandrasekaran<\/a> said on Saturday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Delivering his address at SAI University in Chengalpattu, he said: \u201cIt applies to both sports and life. It is all about the willingness to put in the effort to prepare, and not about winning. Understanding what it takes to win is crucial.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Stating that he himself is a runner, a hobby he took up 18 years ago, he advised students to run for themselves with a clear target in mind.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Chandrasekaran said the world was full to the brim with possibilities, though it was rapidly changing, disruptive, and increasingly AI-led.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>\u201cIt may be unnerving to read through the negative stories about job losses due to AI and so on. But a number of new sectors are opening. The art of the possible is becoming clear every day with AI and it is going to throw up so many things we have not imagined today. New industries will come up in the next five years, but we may not even know their terminology yet. And India is in a very strong position. India\u2019s economic growth will be unparalleled in our own history and in any part of the world,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Chandrasekaran urged the young generation to keep learning and use social media to their benefit. \u201cMake sure you read, watch and listen to what you choose to,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>\u201cTo earn the right to feel the pressure is a privilege,\u201d he said, quoting tennis legend Billie Jean King. Pressure would be a constant in one\u2019s life after graduating from college and youngsters should learn to enjoy it all through their life, he said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/life-is-a-marathon-not-a-sprint-says-tata-sons-chandra\/articleshow\/134362667.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandrasekaran was delivering his address at SAI University in Chengalpattu Chennai:\u201cLife is a marathon race, not a sprint. It is about becoming better by the day, not overtaking others. There will be ups and downs. Don\u2019t fear downs, and do not turn your confidence into arrogance. Enjoy the journey,\u201d Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran said&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ayudawp_aiss_exclude":false,"_ayudawp_aiss_exclude_summary":false,"_ayudawp_aiss_summary":"Enjoy the journey,\u201d Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran said on Saturday.Delivering his address at SAI University in Chengalpattu, he said: \u201cIt applies to both sports and life. Understanding what it takes to win is crucial.\u201dStating that he himself is a runner, a hobby he took up 18 years ago, he advised students to run for themselves with a clear target in mind.Chandrasekaran said the world was full to the brim with possibilities, though it was rapidly changing, disruptive, and increasingly AI-led.\u201cIt may be unnerving to read through the negative stories about job losses due to AI and so on. India\u2019s economic growth will be unparalleled in our own history and in any part of the world,\u201d he said.Chandrasekaran urged the young generation to keep learning and use social media to their benefit. \u201cMake sure you read, watch and listen to what you choose to,\u201d he said.\u201cTo earn the right to feel the pressure is a privilege,\u201d he said, quoting tennis legend Billie Jean King.","_ayudawp_aiss_summary_provider":"extractive","_ayudawp_aiss_summary_hash":"0e79f203d2d83f05740cef9eafc60964772aea36","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}