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'There is no right time to break away'
Updated On: 21 September, 2015 08:01 AM IST | | The Guide Team
<p>How did you zero in on these names since start-ups are a huge emerging force in India? What were the boxes that you were looking to tick off in the process</p>
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Shalini Umachandran
Q. How did you zero in on these names since start-ups are a huge emerging force in India? What were the boxes that you were looking to tick off in the process?
A. I looked for people who quit well-established careers driven by a love for a particular thing, subject, cause or idea, people who had endless faith in a seemingly impractical dream. I looked for people for whom the new career was almost a calling. The reason why I wrote You Can Make Your Dreams Work is because I found that many people end up in careers they aren’t the least bit interested in — they chose a course and a job because everyone else in their class was doing it, their families insisted, or they didn’t know what else to pick. And then they feel trapped and unhappy.
Shalini Umachandran
Following a dream is a tempting whim that most of us don’t act on because circumstances don’t allow us to, because we don’t have the courage, or because we’re unsure of what we want to do. The 15 people in this book faced the same doubts but decided to stop analysing and start doing. Each discovered that whatever the challenge, they were happier doing what they love.
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