ABG touching lives - Rajat Gupta, NMIMS Mumbai

At that moment, I didn’t realise that ABG would become a part of our family and will stay with us forever. While FreshWrap stayed, in my life, ABG appeared in a million other forms. Even today, when I adjust my Louis Philippe tie for a corporate session, a smile appears on my face when remember that day I played “Maram Mitti” for the first time.

How I overcame challenges to achieve my ambitions in life so far?

It was my dad’s wish to see me studying in some posh private school. Due to his aspiration, with every salary hike or a promotion he used to change my school to get me into a better one. By the time I started graduation, I had already changed 9 odd schools. Changing schools every alternate year has been the biggest challenge in my childhood.

The biggest issue was that I never got enough time to settle in a particular school. Before I find myself comfortable in one place, I was moved somewhere else. The toughest part was to make new friends every alternate year. To perform well in academics along with getting adapted to a new environment was another challenge.

However, accepting challenges is what you have to do when you have no choice. Experience teaches everything. Although It was difficult in the starting, but the qualities I have developed while struggling to adapt helped me to become a very flexible man. It made me good in building relationships, it made me adaptable and it made me a performance-oriented personality. Now I am not afraid of changes anymore. I can go anywhere and adapt myself to the new environment and culture in a few days’ time. In every school my target was to settle, make some friends and start performing. Uncertainty is another aspect of life which I learned from this experience. I have learned that becoming comfortable in the current ecosystem can be dangerous. You have to be ready to every possible change that may come.

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