Saurabh SharmaCEO: Futurewagon Consulting Published On: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 Views 4437

Futurewagon Consulting was conceived as a wagon (Business) that would take people and their businesses into the future by providing them state of the art Custom designed Websites, Graphic design solutions and E-Marketing consulting.

A mindset change, early on in life. Let me share a simple incident, that changed my outlook completely.

Years back when I was about 15 years old, my father probably came home from a bad day at his job. He was hurt by something his boss told him. He had tears in his eyes and with a really intense tone told me “Son, never ever work for someone.” I am sure he didn’t mean it completely and it was more of a statement due to the emotional anguish caused that day. But, the statement hit me like a brick. After years of sailing through life, working at a job and crossing path’s with so many other job goers, I understand the meaning and depth in the statement a little more each day.

To be and make people happy.

To take every step forward was a challenge in itself. The first step was the most challenging. To come back to India from UK and not getting a well paid job as per societal norms and at the same time wanting to start something of my own was not very well received by my support system.

I realised I had to let go of any support that I had – Emotional, Economical, Mental & Physical. Become vulnerable and jump out of my comfort cliff into the open to get started.

I think the burning desire to fly on my own, I was fuelling did the trick. I made it a point to surround myself with stories of successful entrepreneurs. I knew the challenges I am likely to face have been overcome by people smarter than me. I just had to stay humble, open minded and willing to learn from wherever the lessons came. This kept me going no matter what the challenge was.

At our associate companies, we only employ people who are convinced that they are going to be ultimate winners and it is they who are going to benefit each day by working with us.

When one such person joins, we just do everything to make sure the person is benefited each day. This brings about a feeling of growth, and folks, Growth = Happiness. Very few people would like to leave something that makes them happy. Be it a lover, job or city!

I’ll risk limiting the quality to just one:

1. Absolute clarity of WHAT success means and WHY is it needed?

If one has the above sorted, I think rest of the necessary qualities are born and nourished almost automatically.

Zoho Invoice, Zoho books, Evernote, Dropbox, Google docs.

Yoga, meditation or exercise everyday. Makes me feel fresh like a new born ready to take on the world!

I catch myself being a little unkind to people at times. I need to live as humbly, gently and gracefully as possible.

• One tip to success:

A little unusual tip to break the monotony, Constantly surround yourself with people whom you think are successful, wildly. They magically radiate qualities, mindsets and everything else thats needed to become like them.

Something to be careful about, if you are spending time with people who are unhappy and constantly complain about situations, you will end up being unhappy and a whiner. Beware!

• One mistake you believe every individual must avoid:

Whining, complaining and generally being ungrateful and sore. There is so much to be grateful for. Gratefulness = Instant happiness.

• One most important lesson that you have learnt till now:

People flourish when you appreciate them, genuinely.

>To set the company on auto pilot mode. Meaning, put people, systems and processes in place that my involvement is no longer needed for its functioning and growth.

I am actually quite happy with the way it has turned out so far, No complaints honestly.

I would probably re live through it but this time, living and enjoying more on the edge. Taking those little risks and being out of my comfort zone a tad too often!

1. Nottingham, UK – Because of the numerous university memories attached to the place.

2. Kashmir, India – Because, I simply loved the last scene in the movie 3 idiots.

3. Phuket, Thailand – Because I love beaches, colours, seclusion and everything in between.

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight.”
— Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)