PART A: Why Aditya Birla Group is big to me?
Our lives in a way has been greatly attributable to the growth of Aditya Birla Group. One of the primary reasons I could write an article and take part in a big competition as ABGLP is because of the freedom that our leaders have fought and earned for India. ABG was not only a success story after independence, but was also an important figure pre-Independence under the leadership of G.D. Birla, who closely worked with Mahatma Gandhi.
As Maslow stated the needs of a human can be categorized into different levels. ABG is helping us in satisfying a great deal of these needs. For instance, take our basic physiological needs, food, shelter and clothing. Daily we touch ABG products in our kitchen, through the Aluminium utensils and plates, on which our food is served. Every man including me, wish to live under four walls and a roof called ‘Home’, which ABG helps to build and turn it into a reality. Clothing is another indispensable need, which ABG is closely attached to. ABG’s association with Clothing dates back to 1857 when it started as a cotton trading industry.
Apart from the basic needs, a large portion of my growth is also attributable to ABG. Even-though I am thousand miles away from my family, I stay connected with Vodafone-Idea, the No.1 telecom company. ABG’s fashion brands help keep my demeanour as I wish to be seen. Last but not the least, when it comes to planning and asset management, I would say why fear when ABG capital management and life insurance wing is there.
PART B: My challenge and how I overcame it:
The biggest challenge that I have faced is overcoming my fear of being judged. Since my childhood I grew up in a rural landscape, where I was a free bird, enjoying nature at the Blue Mountains, Nilgiris. Happiness in my childhood never really depended on opinions that people had. It only depended on how I looked at things as is. Observing and understanding everything around me, gave me the clarity to pursue my actions I feel deemed to do in my life.
During my high school, when my family relocated to an urban environment, I was mesmerized with the engineering marvels and sophistications the world had built in this planet. At the root of it, is the influence that people had over the environment. Travel not only made me understand the different cultures in India but also their lifestyle, looks, thinking, and way of handling situations. Though it made me an inclusive person, it had also brought the other side of people actions. Most of the people I have met, have a fight or flight response when it comes to meeting new people. They judge people on different aspects, the individual may not even have control of. As a person who wants to please everyone I meet, it was such an impossible task with opinionated or persons with so many stereotypes. As a result, I took the backstep and unknowingly developed a fear of revealing myself.
As time passed by when I became an Engineer, I was able to decipher the technological aspects. But understanding humans was still a work in progress. Though I took a silent personality, I became an active listener and grasped the views people had to convey to the world. Later after I have visited quite a large number of people, I had the confidence to break out of the shell I have created. I started speaking to people, taking part in discussions, debates in competitions, bus-stops, tea shops and at every opportune moment and place. Though I still know that human being is the most sophistication in this planet, I could acknowledge the fact and pursue my career with simplicity and clarity that I gathered throughout my life.
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