Change your Circumstances Yourself...

After living half my life below the poverty line, holding the rope of education, I started my journey into the corporates. Learnt to find my way through the politics, switched companies tactfully and built a career of 22 yrs. Then decided to turn the tables over and quit my job. 

Studied more, invested lakhs of rupees into certifications, understood business, tracked successful people and started my journey as an Entrepreneur. I did 154 corporate meetings until I got my first break as a corporate trainer. (Don't ask to get to 154 meetings, how many calls I actually made). Did 30 free student trainings, till I did my first paid series. From 2017 to 2019, I fell more than I stood but finally, by end of 2019 I began to see the long-awaited big success. 

Then came Covid in 2020 and knocked down everything that I built. All my planned paid corporate and student training programs got canceled and online programs became the new normal (something I had never done). From March 2020 to April 2020, this Counsellor seemed like she needed Counselling herself.

But as Amitabh Bachchan says in KBC...."Set back ka Jawab come back se do".... The numerous falls had taught me one thing...that I can stand again and again if I want to. And I wanted to because I believed in my Vision. Giving up was not an option. 

I refreshed my Counselling skills, my profiles and my collaborations. I redesigned the way I did business to match today's requirements. I removed all my study books and called all my coaches and mentors to sought professional guidance.

May 2020, I started getting calls for one on one counselling, student trainings/mentorship and corporate trainings. I didn't only want to depend on this, so started my own initiatives and that showed results too. Today, I feel blessed with loads of valuable opportunities in hand, a dependable network, amazing partners/teammates and clients who have trusted me. I have done more than 250 hours of virtual one on counselling, 12 well paid online trainings, added several new virtual experiences to my profile and continue on my journey towards my ultimate Vision. And to be honest, I don't think I will even stop when I reach it. 

Moral : You decide and you change the course of your thoughts and everything aligns with you. You become desperate and failure becomes your best friend. Patience, Persistence and Preparation for the best and worst result... that's the key. Stop telling yourself sob stories and focus on doing everything in your capacity to change your circumstances. Don't complain to anyone, don't blame anyone and definitely do not give up. Instead, ask for help until you get it. This year is here to test your mettle. What are you really made of? What is your vision, what are your limiting beliefs? Put your head down and work. Work as you have never worked before. And then....when you see the change happening don't stop until you achieve what you set out for. Don't be distracted by small wins and praises. Instead, be graceful with them and quickly move forward. When your achievement is complete, then you take a breather and look not at what you have achieved financially only, but at what you've become in the process. That is what you must be more proud of and I promise you will be.