Winning Stroke: Interview with Jimeet Modi, CEO & Founder at Samco Securities & StockNote

If not in the current Profession, you would be?

I would have been a stand up comedian or an actor.

One tune you always hum?

City Of Stars from La La Land

One Book to read when you want to motivate yourselves?

Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill

One Dialogue of a movie that motivates you or you like the most?

“Great men are not born great, they grow great.” from the Godfather

“Don’t ever let somebody tell you you can’t do something, not even me. Alright? You dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want something, go get it. Period.” Chris Gardner, from The Pursuit of Happyness

The Place you never been to and always want to go?

Machu Picchu and Tahiti, French Polynesia

An animal that signifies you & why?

Gorilla, aggressive and a keen risk taker.

A Movie Character you most resemble or resonate with?

The Hulk

Choose one from each below:

a)      Batman or Superman - Superman

b)       Tom or Jerry - Jerry

c)      Chacha Chaudhary or Super Commando Dhruv – Chacha Chaudhary

If your life was to be turned into a movie who would you like to play your part?

If I wasn’t an entrepreneur, I’d probably be an actor. So myself.

Luck or Hard Work, what do you think weighs more in defining a successful Person?

Every hardworking person gets lucky in time.

One best decision you ever made?

Sticking around in India, the land of ultimate opportunities. Had several opportunities to move out of the country years ago but stuck around in India with a belief that there shall be no better opportunity anywhere else in the world and that was the best decision I made.

A strategy that you always use to take your decisions in Personal or Professional life?

A strategy that I would call the “RIGHT TEST” – which involves asking 2 fundamental questions - 1. What is the right thing to do? and 2. Will I ever regret taking the decision even if the end outcome turns out to be unfavourable. Any decision that checks these boxes is the final decision.

Whose advice you seek when in dilemma?

Will always reachout to someone who I believe is Family.

What has been your biggest achievement?

Being in a tough competitive business like stock broking yet creating value for the entire ecosystem is one of the most satisfying things that we’ve done.

One thing that you want to change in yourself?

Well there are several things I’d like to improve upon but if I was to pick one I’d say I’ll love to add M S Dhoni’s cool headed quotient to my life.

A line said by your closed one that you never forget?

My guru said “Paisa, Prem, Gyan sab kho kar phir mil jayega par ek cheeze jo kho kar nahi milegi woh hain Vishwas” which thought me to never break trust and faith. All other things can be won back if at lost but trust and faith once lost, is always lost so never break trust. This is something that is very close to my heart.