“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” -Jim Rohn-

“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” -Jim Rohn-

I was doing exceptionally well, and my business was growing super fast, and I was pursuing angel investors in Feb 2017 for raising funds to scale-up, but all of the sudden things changed, and I needed to take a break for a medical emergency (my daughter's health deteriorated), and it took nearly a year to stabilize and recovery, and my work break lasted for 12 months (March 2017 to Feb 2018).

During those 12 months, I left my hometown (Karnal) only for a day (in July 2017) to meet a senior leader who came back to India with an objective to groom SMEs. And we had our first interaction over the LinkedIn, and from there we exchanged phone numbers and met in-person.

And that 2 hours of the in-person meeting made a powerful impact on my mindset and after the meeting, I said to myself I need to meet this guy more often. However, I was hesitant to ask for the next meeting siting his stature and the scale of business he was handling ($ 3 Billion).

However, I waited for the right time, and when I was restarting my entrepreneurial journey after the one year break, I dropped him a message on LinkedIn and shared what was running in my mind that I am going back to Bangalore to restart. I told him exactly where I was and also, where I want to go. I said to him that I took a break when I was pursuing angel investors, and I want to restart exactly from there, but I am in the state of self-doubt and don't know what to do. I am afraid.

He was courteous enough and invited me to his office and coached me for two hours with GTM (Go-to-market) and answered all my questions.

And after his coaching, I sat down, arranged my available resources, and assets and left for Bangalore to start again.

And it took me five months to achieve my primary goal of finding the investor, and during those five months a lot of great things happened (I have been invited to speak on social selling-LinkedIn training on international forums, International authors reached out to me to publish my content in their books and a lot more).

I am still the desi guy, but the way I do the things are different today. And the five persons whom I met, talked most of the time in last eight months have made a significant impact on me and today I want to share the first person who was there before I restarted my solopreneurship journey is Dr. Alok Bharadwaj

Dr. Alok consistently guided me in the last eight months and helped me to achieve my primary goal (Funding). Sometimes, I used to go off the track, but he made sure that I stay on the track until I reach my destination. His experience and strategies made the difference, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his coaching.

Thank you, Dr. Alok.

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