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    The challenge of the unknown can always bring new experiences

    A couple of months ago, I ran into a young couple. The man would be 36 plus and his wife would be four years younger. The young man had migrated to Baroda in Gujarat and the young lady, who hailed from a village near Madurai, was then a bit amazed at the change that was bound to happen. After all, bankers had to be ready to accept new challenges.

    This young girl had then studied the local environment. She discovered a big market for the South Indian tiffin items. She started cooking something extraordinary and started selling them through the online method. The what s up group in the gated community where they lived, simply brought in new orders.

    Today, she not only reportedly manages this business, but is also marketing the brands of some masala powders that are not commonly sold in the super-markets. Since Baroda is a fabulous city, seven years down the line, her Hindi has improved leaps and bounds and their only son knows at least four languages, including Gujarathi.

    From whatever was shared with me, the husband was always helpful. Today, she is often consulted by many for preparing new dishes.

    Indeed, such experiences teach us many things. Today, the young lady has found out her own space. And somewhere down the line, she has changed totally. She is no more shy and she is articulate as well. Since I have not been to Baroda for a very long time, I have a standing invitation from this couple.

    Well, I still have 168 days to go in London and Baroda can wait. In the meanwhile, every single day in London opens up some learning. The challenge of the unknown is always exciting.
  • #780869
    The author has presented a good case history where a woman from Madurai could start a small venture in Baroda offering South Indian snacks to the local people. I understand that there is a good demand of these snacks all over in our country and people prefer them not only for their taste but also because these foods are healthy. In our area also there is a good rush for these tiffin items in morning as well as evening time.
    Whenever there is a change in our place due to job hunting or switching from one job to another one has to search new opportunities in the new place and accept challenges to establish oneself in a job or self employment. That is to find opportunity when one is in a new situation.

    Thoughts exchanged is knowledge gained.

  • #780876
    There are some people who are not only innovative in work but are also having enterpreneurship qualities. These people are able to find opportunities even in the most challenging scenario.
    A person having clarity of mind and understanding will start a work without bothering whether it is small or big. Everything in the beginning is small only. With time, one can enlarge it and convert it in a viable business proposition.
    The author of this post has mentioned one such effort by a woman which became a succesful business. That shows that she was able to perceive it with a cool mind and finally got success.

    Knowledge is power.

  • #780889
    Such things happen when people think out of the box.
    In our village, there was a couple. The husband is a daily wage labourer and he had the habit of drinking. So whatever he was earning was spent by him only for his drinking. The lady had to manage the house. She never liked to work as a maid in other houses. So she thought innovatively and started a small business. Every day in the morning she prepared some idlis and supplied them to some houses and got money from them. Slowly more people started taking idli from her for their morning breakfast and her business grew. She started making some other tiffins also. Later she started a small hotel in their house. Even today that hotel exists in our village and her son took over the hotel.
    Entrepreneur qualities will not be there with all but some people will have and when a chance comes they will grab it and try to excel in their business.

    drrao
    always confident

  • #780906
    There are many people complaining of their bad destiny but they don't exploit the opportunities for their benefits. Opportunities are waiting for all regardless of the status of gender and age. One has to be alert to encash a situation for one's benefit.
    This is an account of a boy who qualified his IIT Entrance Examination because of the challenge of his colleague. The boy's father was a fruit - seller and he helped his father in the leisure hours to support him in his business.
    One day, a heated discussion developed between the boy and his friend that the boy cannot compete the test despite his hard labour.
    The boy took a challenge and ultimately he requested one of his friends to provide him notes provided by the faculties of Super 30 - an institute taking care of students for IIT preparation . His friend was supportive providing him all necessary help.
    Surprisingly, he qualified the same and this boy is in USA with Cognisant. Only his determination changed his fate for which he never dreamt of.


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