Xenia

My father always says that the youth today got the short end of the stick. We are born in a time when competition is Immense. Its either you Go Big or Go Home. But like any candle in the wind the flame dwindles and eventually dies out. That is the majority of the crowd. They start something and somewhere down the line the faith in what they are doing dwindles and they go back to the safety of a job. One of my Mentors and inspirations is Seth Godin and what he says rings so close to home...  "If is scares you, it might be a good thing to try..." "Be Genuine, Be Remarkable, Be worth connecting with..." He also says that one of the riskiest thing we can do today is stay within the status quo.... It is being Remarkable, being something worth noticing.... That sets you apart and deicides your success When I started my company I had a vision is to do unique designs and execute projects that India has only seen on paper or online on Pinterest etc. Ever...

Since the beginning of time..... right through the stone age, crusades, invasions etc we have been territorial about our land!!!! Families have been betrayed, legacies destroyed, lives lost, murder, conspiracy, chaos and the only one that suffers the wrath of our leaders is the common man. No leader in history hasn't been territorial. The plotting and conceit which leads to anarchy lays the breading ground for hatred. Over a piece of land!!!! Today we stand at the very same dilemma.... who shall have the Ghaza strip.... Very important this question, is it not? Land.... Earth..... is a finite resource. Dirt. Rubble. Stone. It has no value by itself it only has the value we attach to it. There is only so much to go around. While we have divided the land ask mother earth who her loyalties lay with..... We today as educated, well informed, CIVILISED individuals who have evolved over the millennia still resort to barbaric ways. Have we not learnt that living in peace is only favour...

"You have your own company!!!! Wow you are so lucky!!!!" This statement is over used and has no relevance in reality and hence is completely bogus!!!!! Thats right I said it BOGUS!!!!!! There is a vast difference between starting something of your own and taking over a company..... Both are risky and requires hard work but one is a well oiled machine and the other just a pile of spare parts and it depends on you what you gonna build out of it. Starting something means no direction, no set path, customers and literally NO MONEY!!!!! Yes you get to make your own decisions!!!! But HIP HIP HURRAY!!! Guess what along with that comes great responsibility because it is very possible you will make the wrong decision. You can see your friends move abroad and you sigh with envy thinking "I wanna pack up and leave too" but and inner voice says "What if you try this instead of that?" The only time you truly know you are entrepreneur is when the puzzle excite...

We are all social animals.... Every single on of us... We need and thrive of each other.... There is a reason why solitary confinement is a punishment. We might not get along with everyone we meet.... Your family, friends, acquaintances etc. We all have that one family member, or friend in your friend circle or business partner who gives you a lot of grief.... But the fact of the matter is we need them in our lives as well. Being civil is an art... not everyone can master it.... Some people are fantastic at it.... those are the people you should be careful with because you have no idea what they are thinking. Then you have the suck ups.... People who go out of their way to get noticed.... They are a little more easier to detect cause you know what they want at the end..... But then you have your friends... They are an integral part of our lives.... we value their opinions, values etc. Often times we work in tandem with them and if they turn out to be sincere it creates an ever las...

I remember my first job... scared out of mind I turned up 45 minutes before I was suppose to. The HR department said the co ordinator hadn't come in as yet which left me with 45 minutes to wonder about what my first day would be like, colleagues, lunch etc. It was everything I hadn't imagined because as a fresher in the service industry no one had the patience to guide me through office politics, favouritism etc. Like everyone else you are left in the wild to fend for yourself. I come from a family of entrepreneurs and always knew I would start out on my own someday. So I started cataloging all my bosses and made notes about them in a little book  titled "Dos and Donts of a Great Leader." Over the years I listed traits, quirks etc of all my bosses. Some of them were really hilarious and some of them aspirational. I learnt from them and tried my best to be like a few of them. I obviously look up to my father as he has the best management technique I have seen till...