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Never let the fear of failure stymie you

The cost of failure was the wages lost for the period the start-up was running, stacked on the other side were the benefits success would bring

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Harsh Roongta
A new year is a good occasion to reflect on your life and then implement the learnings over the coming years. I remember my post-graduation period in the early eighties. My friends and I were grappling with the multiple demands that adulthood made in those times on young, middle-class, professionally-qualified individuals.

One distinct remembrance that has left an indelible stamp on my life involves my friend Vijay. A newly-qualified engineer, he had obtained admission in the Masters programme of a top school in the United States. He had confided to us about the crush he harboured for his childhood friend and
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