I have been writing something or the other for quite a long time. Just that I never had any interest or zeal to put it out in forums for people to read. Whatever professional I wrote was to impress corporate jokers on LinkedIn which mostly fell flat on the face because of two reasons. First, I was writing things that people didn’t want to listen to, bitter truths and openly criticizing the leadership styles, management gimmicks, and how today’s cooperation was run in general. And second and more importantly, I was not honest with myself with what I was writing. I was trying to stay within lines of corporate sweetness to make sure I didn’t offend people in my circle which largely consisted of my old and new managers and customers (goes without saying, still people got offended).
I remember a speech from Simon Sinek where he highlighted that he is surprised and sad at same time thinking that he is in the business of teaching people about Trust, Leadership, and empathy, and people think he coming up with fresh ideas and it has a market for it. But why is Simon Sinek so famous, heard, and appreciated by so many people including some of the most powerful people on the planet? It’s because a simple yet bitter truth and that is things like Trust, Leadership, and empathy is rare to find in today’s corporate world. Even if it does, it is considered a lazy effort to be a people pleaser.
But those are old stories now. I have moved on and now trying to make a difference in the field of mental health not just with people around me but also who are connected to me either professionally or via social media. I started pursuing my passion for mental health and am now in 2nd year of MA in psychology. I wish to write mostly about this subject and a few other topics as we move forward but this can’t remain private.
I’m also a caring father, a loving husband, and a caring son who need to juggle thousands of thing around him to make sure that all are happy, and all are satisfied but in that controlled chaos, somewhere my identity is lost and like most of other people around, I have become a Corporate Bandar (Means Monkey in Hindi). I hope I bring serious mental health issues out in the open and see if I can provide a practical solution to this world and if I can make a difference in one person also, that will make this whole operation worthwhile.