“Once something is a passion, the motivation is there” – Michael Schumacher
I still remember those sleepless nights, the never-ending shifts, 14 hours of over-clocked office schedules and derogatory comments. We are corporate slaves indeed. Once I asked my manager to grant me a week-long leave, instead, I was being asked for my productivity in the office in spite of winning accolades for successfully implementing projects within the stipulated deadline. Eventually, I was diagnosed with various kinds of modern corporate diseases like high blood pressure, cholesterol imbalance and many more, the sleep cycle got tired and finally gave up, I was standing in the middle of nowhere and just asked myself, “where am I? What I am supposed to do?” I asked myself about my dreams and my passion as I have let them go for a never-ending vacation. I decided to gear up, wanted to drive my passion. So, after a great dilemma, I finally decided to call my family and let them know my decision of quitting my job. Being a part of the society which values us in terms of our corporate outlook and pay-cheque, it was difficult to convince my mother though I had got the best support from my father and the person who used to matter the most, my girlfriend. Because of her, I started to dream again in my life, so it was decided, I was going to join my family business, the stepping stone to build my castle of passion, my childhood dream of becoming an entrepreneur. It all started smoothly as I stepped into the family business; I started working in the marketing team building various kinds of strategies to increase the revenue. So, it was a phase of immense happiness, where I used to work the entire week and then could meet my girlfriend who was working in a different city and used to travel back to the city of joy in two of four weekends in a month. It was July then and like every other member of the dream theater, I decided to appear for CAT, 2018. It was she, who actually inspired me to bear the courage to dream big in life. So, like other aspirants I started to explore all kinds of resources, social media handles to prepare hard for CAT. It was a phase of networking; I was performing well in the mocks and as a result, started building a good network with diverse kinds of aspirants across the country.
Suddenly on 25th August 2018, it was a bolt from the blue. I came to know the most painful truth in my life; I was being betrayed, being duped by someone, with whom I shared the last 7 years of my happiness. I got shattered; it was a bullet to my castle of glass. I decided to quit all the amenities my life provided to me. I had regular sessions with the psychiatrist. It was not like that someone left me and I was lost, it was the time I actually tried to figure out the complexity of the most enigmatic word in the world, it is nothing other than “Trust”, I used to stare at the mirror, I lost all the tracks in my life and used to question my existence. I decided not to appear for CAT, stopped taking mocks, and stayed out of the so-called “CAT Network”.
But, there are a few things that remain constant in life, parents and a bunch of friends who know us better than how we know ourselves. I was privileged to get the best of both. I have great supportive parents and a bunch of 4 amazing friends who acted as “Magi” to my life. So, from October again I started to revive, decided to get back to the lost track again. My mock percentiles dipped down from 98 to 60, still, I tried my best, pushed all my limits, I aimed to crack CAT, no matter how good it would be, but I tried every possible way to improve myself. And finally, the D-Day arrived. I was wished by all the well-wishers around me and I finally appeared for CAT, 2018. I was blessed, I was fortunate, finally, I got my results and it was decent enough to bag admission at a top-notch B School in India. I was overwhelmed, as I have learned with circumstances how to cope up with life. And I still remember that amazing morning when I got that fabulous news, that I had converted Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar for their flagship MBA(BM) program. It was the best gift of 2019 and I am looking forward to experiencing a meaningful journey at XIMB.
Why Aditya Birla Group is big in your life.
We all are going to witness the Industrial Revolution 4.0 very soon and are much aware of the modern technological trends that are trying to create their sustainability by building a smart world. Being a part of the ‘Digital India’ I also dream to work with the technocrats to make India completely digital and Aditya Birla Group is a part of the mission initiated their new Online Payment Bank portal ( Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank Limited). It is a full-service digital payment bank and incorporated with an equity stake held by Grasim Industries Limited and Idea Cellular Limited. They have got the finest feature of assigning the mobile number as the bank account number making the banking system more accessible to the mass market. They have their own payment wallet user-interactive feature with ‘One Bank PIN’ across all the transaction gate-ways. Being an engineering graduate and a ‘Going to be’ management personnel I would always love to be a part of the Aditya Birla Payment Bank team, where I can not only implement my knowledge that I would gain at Xavier Institute Of Management, Bhubaneswar, I can also be a productive resource in the technology team since I have prior experience in the IT industry and can add value in both technical and non-technical domain in the industry. Aditya Birla Payment Bank is not just a sub-brand of Aditya Birla Group, it is maintaining the legacy, it is carrying the flame of Aditya Birla Group and, it is a brand with values, a brand with high integrity.
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