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I had lost money in my previous venture, but learnt a lot. It was killing me from inside. I had to distract myself before I tumbled down the hole of aimlessness and cluelessness (read depression). If you find yourself stuck in a job, take my advice and leave it before it destroys you. If you have the courage to quit, then you will have the courage to find another job or start something in no time. Hardships have to be embraced. They should teach you a thing or two about life and how to deal with it.

For those who actually feel stuck should watch the movie, Visioneers. It has, in a very abstract manner, covered the trauma and hassles the corporate world can induce in a human being up to a point where he literally explodes. A little incentive to watch the movie, the bearded, fat guy in The Hangover is the in the lead role.

Days passed and I found myself taking the situation rather well. The job I thought, if I left would ruin my life, made me feel like a new human being once I left it. That is when I realized that except my job, my life was perfect. I, knowingly, had put myself in a situation where I felt stuck. I stopped blaming others and blamed myself. I practiced what I preached. True, you will feel clueless at first, but then clarity will find its way into that head of yours eventually.

I sat down and decided to lay the foundation for the next step in my studies, MBA. That was the only step I could come up with, at that point in time. Without wasting any time, went to the book store, bought myself a brand new book to practice the GMAT, flipped my biological cycle by 180 degrees. I stayed up all night studying and slept till late afternoon. I found myself gaining momentum and self confidence.

One day as I was on the final chapter of the Math section, one of the many random thoughts racing through my head, most of them useless, caught my attention. Why don’t I just go ahead and do what I have always wanted to do myself? Why wait for a team or time or the opportunity or anything for that matter? If I know what I want, I will find my team. Whether it clicks or not depends on my product and they way I sell it and how useful it is. Simple!!! If not this, something else man. At least you did something on your own.

Opened a new document, wrote down whatever was in my head. Yet again, I had nothing but a ball of questions and answers on the document. Spent all night sorting it out and mix matching. Come morning, I had somewhat an idea of what I wanted. The business process and the how it must function. The next step was technical aspect. Hmmmmmm

To be continued………….

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