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bahut baar jab main sawaal poochta hoon "yah kaisa raha?" toh mujhe aksar uttar milta hai: bahut accha. Main yakeen karta hoon log accha chahte hain, lekin agar yah hamesha uttar hota hai, toh mujhe nahin pata ki main kuch sudhaar sakta hoon ya nahin.

Ek bahut frequent conversation hoti hai mere saath around mental wellbeing. Kaafi log bolte hai ki vo depressed, stressed ya anxious hote hai. Lekin shayad unko ye paata nahi hai ki ye conditions kitne serious ho sakte hai.

Jab main logon ko subah office jaate hue dekh raha tha to main sochne laga, log office jaake kaam karte hai, lekin unka maksad kya hai?

As I was sitting in the cab, observing people on their way to work, it struck me that billions of people leave for work. It made me think about their reasons for doing so. What is the purpose of them doing their job?

When I realised that I had crossed 2 million followers on Linkedin, Instagram and Youtube, I couldn't believe it. When I messaged a friend to tell him about this, he asked me a simple question that put this into perspective.

Yeh saal aapke ke life na make karega, na bigadega. Lekin jab me logon ko yeh cheez batata hun to toh mujhe lagta hai ki main hypocrite hun. Kyunki mai apne 20s mein ye baat manta nahi tha. Har saal meri liye make or break tha.

I often tell people that no year will make or break your life. I often feel like a hypocrite when I tell people this, because in my twenties I believed every year was that significant. The truth is no one year is that important.

Bagalore mein ek event ke audience member ne mere life ke failures ke baare me poocha. Woh janna chahta tha ki mai failures ko kaise handle karta hun. Aaj ke episode me main aapko batana chahta hun ki failure ko handle karne ke liye ek hi tareeka hai: fir se try karna. 

The other day, at an event in Bangalore, an audience member asked me about failures and the various twists in turns in my life. Today, I want to talk about how to handle failure. The only thing you can do is try again and get used to it.

Are you confused about what you should be doing in life? Confused about your actions, your steps and whether you are heading in the right direction?

In this episode, I will try to help you understand the origin of confusion in decision making, why we feel this way and share two mental models I use to help me with my decisions.

Listen on!