Pursuing My Dream.

  We are constantly surrounded by people no matter what phase of life we're in. We have friends, elders, and teachers around us during our childhood. We are surrounded by peers, professors, corporates, or bosses in the later stages of our lives. Have you thought about what impact they have on you and what impact you could have on them? Have you wondered how important this could be? We have all come across the popular saying " Show me who your friends are and I'll tell you what you are." We are indeed the average person of the group or company that we keep. The sooner we realise the astonishing effect the people we surround ourselves with have on us, the better we understand the importance of the right people around us. As demotivating and uninspiring as it gets with the wrong people around, it is also possible to feel equally motivated and inspired around the right people. The Importance of Mentorship The first and foremost step to any change you want to create within...

The Benefits of Networking and Volunteering " Your network is your net worth " (Porter Gale) is a very common phrase that we have all heard of but have you given a thought about implementing it in your life?   In a world hit by a pandemic and the economy and job markets going down around the globe, I managed to monetize my skill sets with only a slight change of perspective and made the best use of my student life in Australia. Here are the opportunities "I made happen" through networking: Web Analyst and Digital Marketer (December 2020):   After the worst days of the pandemic slightly improved in November 2020, I was determined to go out there and put me in a position where I could grab an opportunity in the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) domain, no matter how small and learn in a real-world setting along with studying. I was active on LinkedIn and one of my friends from my Bachelor's got in touch with me about some...

  Leadership lessons from my sports coaching experience My sporting career has taught me a number of soft skills and today, I would like to talk about one in particular - Leadership. As a professional sportsperson and a former national level table tennis player, my sporting career is something that I'm proud of and I'm happy to be in touch with my sport as a coach at the moment. From the day I started to plan my Master of Business Analytics abroad, working as a part-time Table Tennis coach was something I looked forward to even before I arrived in Melbourne, the sporting capital of the world. I strongly believe in visualising and executing and only with these attributes can you find the luck to do what you planned. I actively networked, and asked people for opportunities and found the perfect one for myself. I work as a table tennis coach in a highly regarded school in St Kilda, Melbourne and also in a private table tennis academy. I lead workout, practice, and high-performance...

What if your hobbies are actually useful in the real world but you still haven't figured that out...        Hello reader! Hope you're all keeping well and safe amidst all the chaos that the pandemic has caused. My previous post was about exploring beyond one's comfort zone . Read if you need some motivation to break open from your cocoon and fly!     As you might have already very obviously observed, this isn't my first blog. I still remember how I started blogging a year ago. I made this blog as part of an online course that required me to create my own blog and observe traffic of the website using Google Analytics. It was really fun and I'm thanking myself big time today for continuing it. Not for appreciation, not to show off, not to impress anybody, but for the sheer love of it.      If you have read my previous blogs, you will know that I'm a Master's student studying Business Analytics at Monash University , Melbourne. Guess how cool Mo...

Hello reader! When was the last time you tried something for the first time? I'm sure most of us think a lot before we answer this question since we're used to the comfortable cocoon we wrap ourselves around with. I'm no exception to this and I feel it is tough to get out of the comfort zone and do something new. It can be something as simple as taking a cold shower, or something relatively drastic like moving to a new country and living a totally different life! Now that I have done the latter, I just wanted to share this experience so that it could bring some value.     So I've moved to Melbourne, got my admission to study at a University, and have been living my best life ever since I got here. I'm one of those people who seldom try anything new and is pretty happy with whatever I have or do with my life. But with the opportunity to study at a foreign University, I was blessed with a chance to learn new things very different from the way it was taught in my homel...

Serendipity or Destiny? Hello reader! I'm back to blogging after a long break of 6 months! And a lot has happened over the time I was on a break! Literally a lot... For starters, I'm in Australia and we're hit by a global pandemic! When I started off with my own blog, it was about how I was gonna pursue my dream and find myself in the process. I had solid plans for an MBA in India and was working towards it. My cousin who was in Australia with her husband had come to India for a visit and we were casually having a conversation about my career in Dominos! Haha... I was asked what my plans were since I had recently completed my Bachelor's in Computer Science. I was doing a Digital Marketing internship as a filler after my Degree while I was preparing for CAT, the entrance exam for MBA. I was asked why I wasn't considering moving abroad for a Master's when that would be a good opportunity to explore... Honestly, I did not have an answer to this. Maybe I just wanted...

Are we AI or Real? Experts say a person has 50,000 thoughts per day. That's an average of 2,100 thoughts per hour approximately. Out of these, for an average person, 80% are negative and 95% are repetitive according to data on the internet. Let's assume this is not true. You can always give yourself a measurement based on what you feel about yourself (funnily enough, maybe we'll give a negative one 80% of the time!). Also, it is said that only 5% of our actions and decisions are conscious and 95% are from the subconscious mind! First off, it is pretty obvious that there's a majority of negativity over positivity. Secondly, almost all of our thoughts are repetitive which means whatever you think, you're most likely to think the exact same thought again. Repetitive thoughts are the building blocks of your subconscious mind. It's just like practising a skill. You get better at what you do repetitively and we'll all agree upon this. Now let's connect...