People, their stories, their hurdles, their victories are a few of the many things rendering RJ’s passion. He loves to know about people, understand them and treasure their experiences to lead his life with a new perspective. This has helped him a lot in his mainline career (especially post-MBA) which required dealing with multiple stakeholders. He says that a winning attitude with a passion for learning helps a lot. Being humble adds to that and this is what he seeks out for, even in his team.
Amidst tight schedules, meetings, duties and responsibilities, RJ definitely knows the nuances of trading off between work like and personal life. It’s more of work-life integration rather than work-life balance, he says. Utilizing the working hours for high productivity and also have quality time for innovation/idea generation is peremptory. Outside the working hours, he loves to spend time with family, read books, meet friends and relax. Unless required, he avoids overlaps which he thinks can affect work-life integration.
On being asked about his achievements and what he perceives to have not yet achieved, he simply retorted that he was quite happy with all his achievements till date. It’s mostly a learning process for him. Every time he’s able to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of a repeatable task, by adding a new perspective keeps him going. Overall, an achievement for him is more of a journey than an event- a journey of improvement and betterment.
Mantras are passé. According to him, believing in own abilities and having a clean, uncluttered mind sans all baggage of the past and apprehension of the future can help conquer every seemingly impossible feat.
In this world of cut-throat competition, leaders like RJ has kept us, the youngsters going and seek out for more. The three vital takeaways from my interaction with him are as follows:
- Being approachable is imperative and one source of encouragement is considering your team as a family. Forgiving and forgetting is the key towards achieving one’s goals. In this way, one definitely enjoys work, thus delivering the best.
- Deeds are a ransom of abilities. Having a perspective on everything that we see, hear, touch, smell, or feel, ultimately renders those abilities. Staying on the right path and focus is the code of the day.
- Never satiate your thirst. Exploring and innovating might lead to setbacks, but there’s a ‘might’ in every possibility i.e. a possibility without regrets.
I have the deepest gratitude for Mr. Rabindra Jena, who has added another dimension in my thoughts. Also, I’m thankful to Vito Altor Ambition, without which, I wouldn’t have envisioned the above.
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21 Jan 2019, 06.37 PM
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21 Jan 2019, 06.46 PM
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21 Jan 2019, 06.47 PM
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21 Jan 2019, 07.43 PM
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21 Jan 2019, 07.54 PM
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22 Jan 2019, 12.09 AM
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22 Jan 2019, 12.13 AM
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22 Jan 2019, 12.16 AM
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22 Jan 2019, 09.07 AM
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Student at Gandhi Institute of Technology & Management (GITAM) University, Visakhapatnam
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22 Jan 2019, 12.08 PM
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22 Jan 2019, 02.14 PM
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23 Jan 2019, 05.41 PM
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23 Jan 2019, 07.37 PM
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I am doing my MBA from XAHR of Xavier University, Bhubaneswar
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23 Jan 2019, 07.57 PM
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Student of MBA - HR
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I am Masters Student
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24 Jan 2019, 12.02 AM
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24 Jan 2019, 12.02 AM
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24 Jan 2019, 02.15 AM
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24 Jan 2019, 03.48 PM
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28 Jan 2019, 11.28 AM