Do you sometimes feel like you’re mailing it in?
Sure, you’re achieving your goals, hitting your numbers, and getting boxes checked on your to-do list. On paper, you’re a success.
But it still feels empty, like something’s missing and you’re not really succeeding.
How do you know for sure? Who’s there to help you figure it out? And what example are you setting for those who see you as a role model, even if you don’t know they look up to you?
These are questions Suresh Bhagchandani found himself grappling with one day while going over his sales numbers with his boss.
Suresh was born in raised in India, with three older sisters and his mother. His father died when he was young and his family had limited financial resources but an abundance of strong values. Among the values and beliefs he gained was that if you’re a good human and do the right things, good things will come along.
When he was 21, he and his mother moved to the United States where he enrolled in community college and then UNC Chapel Hill. Being an immigrant and landing in a small town in North Carolina, he searched for how to fit in in this unfamiliar territory.
For one thing, he was stunned by how people here brew and drink coffee!
Suresh began to find his purpose, and his friends, when he got involved in organizations and activities that placed him in social situations.
This gave him a fine appreciation of the power of networking, which catalyzed his life that day when his bosses told him he was doing a “fine” job – but Fine is a 4-Letter Word.
This is a conversation about what it means to adapt, push past limitations, and create opportunities.
And I love that we get into not only the importance, but the power, of properly identifying your friends, acquaintances, and the various roles different people play in your life.
Like, do you have a “board of directors” who guide you in your decisions? And if you’ve decided that 100% is just mailing it in, how do you get to 120%? What will your kids think?
Hang on because first…
Suresh’s hype song is “Started From The Bottom” by Drake.
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