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and hobbies which start taking a back seat. you doing it and what could make you grow
Whether it’s strumming guitar, learning a dance as a professional will help you bring out more
or a language, theatre, music, or collecting meaning as you progress in your career.
stamps, one may start drifting away from these The second part of our lives is job satisfaction
passions due to “lack of time “or the notorious “I climbing the corporate ladder and being a
will do it sometime later”. “corporat”. While success and the benefits of
COVID has taught us that there is no tomorrow, work-life are important, building a good focus
it’s now and here. I am happy to share that on balance and finding the true north which
many of my batchmates today continue to will lead to more contentment is also what I
actively follow their passions like theatre, bird would suggest. It would be alike a blue moon
watching, movies, photography, and finance to find a professional who hasn’t had his/ her
advisory amongst many others, with some ego bruised at any point in time, coping with
having successfully made their careers out of which is not an easy task.
their passions! Stress, discontent, appraisals, and
I have followed my passion across the dissatisfaction which get built as we go
decades for trekking, and on a lighter note, through our systems need to be handled with
many times dragging my unsuspecting equanimity. Good relaxation and meditation
friends and colleagues across all terrains. Most after work can help us build purpose and calm
recall these today as treasurable memories in our hectic lives. I would advise students to
or have also got hooked on this wonderful, reflect upon their assignments, and goals and
healthy recreational activity. One of my most build emotional strength along with intellect
memorable treks remains the Chadar trek and financial goals.
(which means a sheet of ice) in Ladakh, where The most important part is to keep meeting
a couple of senior, and junior IMDRites trekked your friends, build social relationships, and
and camped for a few days on the frozen stay connected with your college through your
Zanskar river in sub-zero temperatures during networks as these provide immense buffers to
peak Ladakh winter! the change we see in our lives. I am proud that
My passion for trekking especially helped me the entire batch of 2004-2006 has consciously
during the COVID pandemic when stress took made efforts to stay connected, continue to
a huge toll on all of us, both personally and share banter in the same spirit as decades
professionally and businesses faced a tough ago, and continue to spring up for any help or
time. guidance if needed.
It helps to look within, focus on mental health, IMDR has been unique in terms of a
and build resilience so that one can contribute management school where we have built
as a person and at work. I would advise students good careers, and relationships and focused
to regularly go for preventive health checks on building knowledge beyond the institution.
and take good care of themselves. Online mediums and social media can be used
Today, the industry has become data- in the right way to stay connected and build a
focused and Artificial Intelligence is touching good ecosystem which can help all of us build
all fields. Hence a data-centric approach with robust student and alumni networks.
fundamentals of how meaningful data can We might have graduated from the institute,
help build good insights and decision-making but we owe our present to what was sowed
is the need of the hour. in the past and it will stay a part of our lives
I would exhort students to build their EQ along forever.
with IQ and concentrate on good habits and Wishing students, teachers, and the institute
systems. The Ikigai of your passion, why are my deep gratitude for transforming our lives.
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