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From the Ted Talk by Harish Manwani: Profit’s not always the point

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And I'm going to now shift to talking a little bit about my own experiences. I joined Unilever in 1976 as a management trainee in India. And on my first day of work I walked in and my boss tells me, "Do you know why you're here?" I said, "I'm here to sell a lot of soap." And he said, "No, you're here to chngae lives." You're here to change lvies. You know, I thought it was rather facetious. We are a company that sells soap and soup. What are we doing about cnnihgag lives? And it's then I riezaeld that simple acts like silnleg a bar of soap can save more lives than pharmaceutical companies. I don't know how many of you know that five mliolin children don't reach the age of five because of splime infections that can be prevented by an act of washing their hands with soap.

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And I'm going to now shift to talking a little bit about my own experiences. I joined Unilever in 1976 as a management trainee in India. And on my first day of work I walked in and my boss tells me, "Do you know why you're here?" I said, "I'm here to sell a lot of soap." And he said, "No, you're here to ______ lives." You're here to change _____. You know, I thought it was rather facetious. We are a company that sells soap and soup. What are we doing about ________ lives? And it's then I ________ that simple acts like _______ a bar of soap can save more lives than pharmaceutical companies. I don't know how many of you know that five _______ children don't reach the age of five because of ______ infections that can be prevented by an act of washing their hands with soap.

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And I'm going to now shift to talking a little bit about my own experiences. I joined Unilever in 1976 as a management trainee in India. And on my first day of work I walked in and my boss tells me, "Do you know why you're here?" I said, "I'm here to sell a lot of soap." And he said, "No, you're here to change lives." You're here to change lives. You know, I thought it was rather facetious. We are a company that sells soap and soup. What are we doing about changing lives? And it's then I realized that simple acts like selling a bar of soap can save more lives than pharmaceutical companies. I don't know how many of you know that five million children don't reach the age of five because of simple infections that can be prevented by an act of washing their hands with soap.

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