Yes, the lesson applies for anything that you feel is useful for not just yourself. What began after that
has been a journey that took me beyond what I was then. Yes, when you start focusing on what you plan
to achieve things seem to fall in place quickly, and you start enjoying every bit of that success. We start
feeling that this is what I have been waiting for all this while, then things start to dawn on you, I said I
struck gold, but to prove to the world there is more to come was tougher. I started to look at things
under my control and started to think what was ahead and when things were moving away from my
passion, I felt drained out. At that moment in 2018 I decided that I need to quit and focus on building
myself up, it was a leap of faith, with the support of my wife and family. My third lesson in following
passion, staying in comfort zone is not what you call as ‘following my passion.’
Yes, I could have stayed back and continued to work on my passion, but it did not sit well with me. There
was a disconnection, which I felt was wrong on my part to my company which had supported me for the
last 9 years of my career. Once decided, I went in search of my voice, as being an introvert person, it
would be a major hurdle for what I planned next. This change brought me my first project, the cost even
though small was a major boost to my confidence. I spent hours trying to find ways to do it and found
out being a lone wolf would not be enough even if it was a small project. Yes, the passion taught me lot
during this stage, my fourth valuable lesson is not think of problems as an hurdle, there is way around it
or over it. Learning is a never ending journey
I have been doing lot of things, learned more than I did in the last 4 years. New obstacles come, new
comfort zones come, insecurity creeps in, new rules and opportunities come in. I remember this mantra,
stay true to my passion, have been flexible in my approach, share as much as possible, keep moving out
of comfort zones and take each hurdle in the journey to create a benchmark solution for employee
training using Virtual reality and also a day to day guide on everyone journey to be an expert in their work.
Your passion, your way