Somdutta Sarkar – Look for the Hidden Meaning in the Problems That You Face

Somdutta Sarkar is the host of Intensify Humanity Podcast, a bestselling author, an NLP practitioner, a thought leader, a passionpreneur, and an Intensifier Mentor. Her book is called 7 STEPS from SHAME to being BACK IN THE GAME.   “Ignorance is not bliss; it’s a disease.” Somdutta Sarkar   Worst investment ever Living in the city of dreams Somdutta moved to Mumbai, known as the city of dreams in India, where she got a job after finishing college. She was working a job that she loved and making a decent income. She was indeed settled in life. A friendly soul Somdutta is naturally a friendly person, so she made so many friends while living and working in Mumbai. She was always kind enough to help anyone who came to her in need of help, no matter what day or time they came calling. This happened over and over again. Her kindness leaves her in debt Somdutta’s friendly nature soon enough landed her into trouble. One day a friend came to her in need of financial help, and in her true nature, she accepted to help him. She took a bank loan in her name and gave the money to her friend. When the time to pay the loan came, her friend went quiet. He blocked her, making it impossible to reach him. She tried all possible ways to get him to pay the loan, but he never did. Somdutta’s worst mistake was trusting her friend, who left her with a debt of $35,000. Rebuilding herself Somdutta suffered greatly mentally and emotionally. She felt enormous shame for having made what she thought was the most stupid decision of her life. During this phase of her life, she lost so many friends. After a few months of suffering, she decided to work on herself, her mind, her awareness about society, psychology, finance, everything. She worked on her self-development, and she was able to pull herself out of that phase. Now she is helping people who are stuck in that kind of stage in life to revive and relive their life again and gain back the freedom and power they never had. Lessons learned Ignorance is part of our system Ignorance is a disease in our society these days. We are taught from childhood that ignorance is bliss. Every problem has a hidden meaning in it Through self-development, you’ll be able to find this hidden meaning, and in return, you will be able to solve the problem. Sometimes you have to jump in the deep end You’ll never know your full potential until to jump into the waters. Avoid the shortfall risk If you are not taking calculated risks, you’re putting yourself at risk. There is simply no way to exist without taking on risk. Andrew’s takeaways High risk is not...