Well, today's my birthday, and it is the most special day for me. I mean, what are the odds of someone being born on the same day as Sir Ratan Tata, Dhirubhai Ambani, and Stan Lee?
But as much as it gives me pride, it gives me a lot more than that. Most importantly, a responsibility.
I always feel that not many people have a chance to be born on the same day as the few legends they look up to. Whenever I think of giving up, this thought, this feeling of responsibility hits me, and I keep going. I don't know if it's just random luck—maybe it is. But in the direction I am going forward, things have been connecting and aligning towards pushing me to continue on this path.
Here's a quick look:
In the final year of my college, everyone around me was applying for placements and getting placed. Even the people who had startups had shut them down and applied for placements. And for a fact, you can't beat peer pressure. I was about to give up and apply for placements. But I got selected for Jagriti Yatra. I found 500+ people who were building something. It felt like I am not alone. I also met my current co-founder there and a lot of other important connections that later played a very important role. This journey gave me a clarity on what I want to do and what I should do. I continued with my venture.
When I came back, the founder of RentAcross decided not to continue. He was scared, as one of our competitors had shut down after 7 years of operating. The moment he ditched me, there were 3 other people ready to work with me as co-founders.
And the list goes on and on and on...
Whenever I have faced a situation where I was either ditched or in crisis or unclear, I had another hand waiting to support me. Imagine someone betting a large sum of money on me, on a kid who had just graduated from college and who has no work experience.
Things have always aligned to keep me going forward. I have always got what I needed to keep going.
And all of these things give me a responsibility to keep going. Maybe I'll fail miserably. No worries. Now I know how to get up again and get going!