Hussle Hard by Sparsh Jaiswal, IIM Nagpur

During the second year of graduation an unexpected course of events led my family in an acute financial crisis. My father was out of a well rooted business and was forced to venture into a new one. The transition was arduous and lengthy. I decided to contribute my bit by financing myself to whatever extent I can. All I had back then was my knowledge that I gained during my school time, so I started picking up tuitions.

I did not realised that I was riding on two boats at the same time and had no idea back then how to strike equilibrium between the schedule at college and the tuition centre. But slowly and steadily, time moulded me into a responsible and disciplined individual who learnt to value resources.

 The first year we operated from our flat rooms and have only five students from the colony. After a year of hard work the number of students grew to 20, so we rented a space where we can accommodate that many students. In the process I realised that I have started making enough money to support myself. After that, I took complete ownership of my decision and have been on my own since then. Also this initiative of mine helped me earn respect and admiration of my family members and of my colleague as well.