My wife is wonderful; I love staring at her: Mahindra on 90-hour workweek debate

Joining the debate on a 90hour work week Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra on Saturday said focus on the quality of work and not on the quantity as one can change the world in 10 hours reported news agency PTISpeaking at the National Youth Festival in the national capital Mahindra asserted that he is on social media not because he is lonely and quipped My wife is wonderful I love staring at her reported PTILarsen amp Toubro LampT Chairman SN Subrahmanyan has sparked an online outrage with his comments asking How long can you stare at your wife while advocating a 90hour work week and suggesting that employees should even give up SundaysResponding to a query on the 90hour work week Mahindra while reiterating his respect for Infosys cofounder Narayana Murthy and others said Let me not get this wrong of course but I have to say something I think this debate is in the wrong direction because this debate is about the quantity of work reported PTIMy point is we have to focus on the quality of work not on the quantity of work So its not about 40 hours its not about 70 hours its not about 90 hours What output are you doing Even if its 10 hours you can change the world in 10 hours he added reported PTIMahindra further said he always believed that you have to have leaders and people in your company who make wise decisions wise choices So the question is which kind of mind makes the right choices and right decisionsHe also stressed the need to have a mind that is exposed to holistic thinking that is open to inputs from around the world and also the need for people from different backgrounds like engineers and MBAs to study arts and culture to be able to make better decisionsbecause I think you make better decisions when you have a whole brain when you are informed about arts culture thats when you make a good decision Mahindra said reported PTIHighlighting the need to spend time with family and friends he said If youre not spending time at home if youre not spending time with friends if youre not reading if you dont have time to reflect how will you bring the right inputs into making a decision reported PTITaking the example of MampM which makes automobiles he said We have to decide what a customer wants in a car If we are only in the office all the time we are not with our families we are not with other families How are we going to understand what people want to buy What kind of car do they want to sit in reported PTIHe further said Im not going to say you need to work so many hours of that I dont want it to be Ask me whats the quality of my work Dont ask me how many hours I workReferring to his followers on X who often ask how much time he has and why he spends so much time on social media instead of working Mahindra said I want to tell people Im on X on social media not because Im lonely My wife is wonderful I love staring at her I spend more time Im not here to make friends Im here because people dont understand it is an amazing business tool how in one platform I get feedback from 11 million peopleLast month billionaire Gautam Adani also waded into the worklife balance debate when he said the spouse would leave if one was to spend eight hours with the familyHe had reportedly stated that worklife balance is a matter of personal choiceYour idea of worklife balance should not be imposed on me and my idea shouldnt be imposed on you Say someone spends 4 hours with family and finds joy in it or if someone else spends 8 hours and enjoys it that is their worklife balance he addedAath ghanta family ke saath bitayega tho biwi bhaag jaayegi Wife will leave if one spends eight hours with family he had saidLast year Infosys cofounder Narayana Murthy stirred up a storm on the internet when he suggested the need for a change in Indias work stating youngsters should be prepared to work for 70 hours a weekMurthy had found support from Ola founder Bhavish AggarwalWith inputs from PTI