My journey has been full of trials and tribulations!! Quite accidentally I got into the training of badminton in my life, and its been one of the most impactful learnings in my life. The sport not only gave me the reason to get up early every morning and also work towards excellence in my fitness -thinking and agility!!
From a very tender age the only dream I ever had was to be a teacher! Specially when I got married at an age of 18 the conviction was even higher…as somehow it gave me the feeling I could manage a great balance of family and profession by was of being a teacher! As a god’s child I was used to being blessed with my desires! Soon after my graduation in English Literature I got to enrol for my Masters and during masters I first joined NIIT, followed by South Point ( Largest school in south east Asia) My happiness new no bounds! By then I was already a wife and a mother! However soon I realised a teacher worked really hard teaching -correcting papers and also handling expectations of students; yet wasn’t very rewarding in many ways, one of them being how one is compensated. I saw my cousins and others leading a flamboyant life travelling across doing corporate roles etc…The desire soon crept in that can’t I also work on being a corporate leader! The journey of growth had a lot of hurdles and learning and soon I found myself as a leader of a department in a corporate world. Leading teams of 100+ mentoring my teams and also designing programs for the entire organisation. Life was life a roller coaster ride with lots of travel and new projects -overseas clients etc. However soon I realised I was stagnated again doing more of the same everyday and the need to learn and grow was very fervent. Thus I took to my next level of learning and got certified as an executive coach, desirous of supporting CEOs and senior leaders to achieve their goals. Thus the transition from being a leader to a coach and then to an entrepreneur!
However the glorified role of CEO was then truly revealed after I took to setting up a startup!! It was life falling into an ocean where every day was learning of new things and how I could cope with the challenges. While its been the most learning experience of my life… it also came up with a lot of stress and strain.
While I was drowning in demands of clients -vendors and also financial planning, I found something that transformed me and facilitated growth once again …this time it was the need to express through writing and speaking.
By the time I reached my 40+ life has truly given me immense opportunities to learn and grow everyday!! Taking risk while on this path has been one of the tools, apart from the learnings from people -process and various situations….
Though the highs and lows have been crazy its always been a great experience!!
drsonaliduttabaanerjee 