Have You Ever Wondered What It’s Like To Be An Entrepreneur?
Have you ever thought about being an entrepreneur, and what does entrepreneurship mean? Probably some of you have, and I’ve thought about this a little bit myself, and it got me hooked, so I decided to research about entrepreneurs, and I got fascinated by this one person, and I would like to share his story below:
He’s a young, vibrant, dynamic entrepreneur and a philanthropist who has touched and inspired millions of young minds to follow their hearts and have the courage to DREAM BIG and BE BOLD. Everyone has a journey that they’ve been through to reach the other side of the mountain where all the happiness lies, and here I’ve shared his part of the story.
EARLY LIFE AND GETTING INTO A COLLEGE
His early life depicts that he comes from very humble beginnings. He was born to a middle-class family in the city of Vadodara, Gujarat. Growing up, he always held big dreams in his little eyes. He was strong-willed, determined to accomplish anything and believed in the power of belief and faith. He had been an excellent student throughout school, so at an early age of 15, he decided to follow what he believed was his destiny and become a Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon so, he gradually started moving towards his dream. A couple of years down the road, he got into a government medical college in his home state with great merit and took the first step towards what was about to be his lifelong journey, but then things started to fall apart after a few months or so. He could barely focus on his goal, his relationship with his girlfriend was falling apart, and he was slipping into what the doctors called generalised anxiety disorder and clinical depression. But he was determined to fight back and had the perseverance to see through. He gathered the courage and started moving one step at a time to beat every hurdle that crossed his path. For the next couple of years or so, he was walking courageously with a smile on his face through the dark valley of pain, loneliness, depression alone, and he slowly began to realise a feeling of emptiness and a lack of purpose and meaning in his life. He tried to seek professional psychiatric help but ended up learning it was of no use as these feelings of emptiness and unhappiness sought to be of possessing a deeper meaning and were a constant sign from the universe trying to point him towards a better cause. He had always been a believer in the presence of higher intelligence and its mysterious ways of poking you, so he decided to dive deep into his problems and find out the real cause. After a lot of deep introspection and deep meditation sessions, he gained insight that what he believed to be his lifelong destiny was purely a trap he fell into, created by the people he was surrounded by and the society he lived and grew up in. His entire life’s focus and belief system were shattered like broken glass in a fraction of a moment. He didn’t know what to do for a few months. But then something slowly began to dawn on him. He was still young and had no responsibilities on his shoulders. He was just a 21-year-old kid and had nothing to lose, so he decided to start all over again. He began to meditate deeply every morning to gain insights and pick up the whispers of the universe to guide him further in his life.
HAVE THE COURAGE TO FOLLOW YOUR HEART AND INTUITION
The year was 2021 and the Digital marketing was booming those days but, it was still in its stage of a growing baby, and a few months into his search, an opportunity crossed his path called DIGITAL DEEPAK INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. It was a 16 weeks program with a lot of valuable knowledge to gain on digital marketing and tons of cashbacks to motivate people to go ahead and take a dive. He decided to trust fate and gave it a chance as he had nothing to lose. A few months later, he started working as a freelancer to apply his knowledge from the internship and earn a few bucks. Gradually he managed to make a few thousand every month to pay the bills and survive. He dropped out of medical college as he had no further interest in becoming a doctor. Also, he no longer believed in traditional college education and getting a college degree so, he decided to go on his own, craft his path and trust that it would all work out okay. But he still had the hunger to create an impact and touch the lives of millions. So he was still actively and passionately searching for something BIG and BOLD. A few months later, he had his BIG IDEA. But to make a piece of work insanely great, one must have an insanely great team with people full of passion and perseverance. So he began his journey to find the people of the right fit. A few days later, with a bunch of great people, he passionately started working on his big idea. He would work on his idea all day, and at night he would work for his digital marketing clients to pay the bills and continue funding the cash for his daytime project.
The team worked hard for months to create the prototype and presented a demo to a dozen investors but, luck didn’t seem to be by their side, and all the investors one after the other were rejecting their piece of craft. But he along with the team was patient and had the perseverance to see through. Finally, after a few setbacks and failures, the team had the right push to take its initial flight, and since then the service they’ve been providing with their innovative product has continued to make people’s lives easier, better and happier. He always believed in what Steve Jobs rightly said, “Sometimes life’s gonna hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.” After the success with the first product and its service, he along with his team continued to innovate and disrupt different industries.
CORE VALUES AND LIFE LESSONS
After learning about his phenomenal success in his career, I asked him to share his deepest core values, life lessons and valuable piece of advice for the coming generation of human life. To which he politely replied, “The 5-Pillars which I believe have built my strong character are Honesty, Loyalty, Integrity, Respectfulness and Self-Responsibility and I highly advise everyone to make these virtues a part of them. Get different experiences than the normal course of events and try to attack a dilemma with a unique approach and innovative solution. Dive into your spiritual quest and try to discover the answers to questions like what’s the purpose of my existence and why am I here. Learn deeper meditation techniques and use them to gain the right guidance and navigate through life with ease and flow. Read 30–45 minutes/day every day and learn something new as a part of your intellectual diet. The brain needs its diet as the body needs its nutrition. Sit down and journal for a while every day to narrow down and streamline your thought process to keep your mind clear and focused. Spend some time in the woods close to nature every week to refill and rejuvenate your energy pools. Radiate love, care, empathy, compassion and kindness to be in a constant state of bliss and gratitude. Work on your physical health and fitness and travel across the world to explore different cultures. Create a community to cherish and nurture love and bonding because, in the end, we all are humans, and we all crave love and support. Lastly, the most important advice I would like to share is that you’ll never regret living a life full of juggling risks and taking on adventures over life with playing it safe and taking no risks at all. So take big risks now while you can still afford to do so”.
I walked you all through a man’s entire life story, and I haven’t revealed his name yet. Truth be told I wanted you all to know his story and learn the valuable lessons before knowing his name. Now that you all have patiently and sincerely walked through this man’s journey, I’m honoured to introduce you all to the man himself.
HARSHIL PATEL (ENTREPRENEUR, INVESTOR, PHILANTHROPIST)
I would love to express my sincerest form of love and gratitude to all of you who took your valuable time out to read the article. I would love to know your thoughts in the comment section below and share this article with your loved ones if it provided you with some value.
(I’m publishing this article as a part of Digital Deepak Internship Program)
