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What is inside
Struggles To Success brings together the real-life experiences of accomplished experts from different fields, offering readers a closer look at the challenges, decisions, strategies, and turning points that shaped their professional journeys. The book explores how these individuals moved through adversity, uncertainty, and periods of limited visibility before building stronger careers, businesses, and reputations. Through their stories, readers gain insight into the practical approaches they used to grow, adapt, overcome obstacles, and create meaningful progress in their chosen fields.
The collection includes the journeys of Rohit Bagaria, Rajesh Dembla, Moideem Thumbay, Vivek Agarwal, Parmeet Singh Sood, Dr. Monika Singh, Sadananda Murthy, Avinash Sisode, Bhakti Sanghavi, Dr. Sunil Kumar, and Ashok Soota. Their experiences offer different perspectives on ambition, resilience, business growth, career development, personal transformation, and the pursuit of excellence. Rather than presenting success as a straight path, the book focuses on the struggles behind the achievements and the lessons that emerged from them.
This book is for entrepreneurs, professionals, aspiring leaders, business owners, students, and anyone seeking practical inspiration from people who have built success through persistence and experience.
It is particularly relevant to readers who want to shorten their learning curve by understanding how accomplished individuals responded to setbacks, made critical decisions, and transformed challenges into opportunities for growth.
Excerpt
From “The Road Less Travelled — Rajesh Dembla”
The cactus is a metaphor for life. In spite of everything, it survives in the most severe & ruthless of conditions. Well, why do I start on this note? My story is that of a young boy who lost everything, his home, his family, and relatives. However, I never gave up on myself & charted my own life. My childhood has been one of loss and struggle. We were a large family of 35 people, living under a single roof. Getting two square meals a day was what we struggled for. On hindsight, I attribute the poverty and struggle to lack of education. None in my family was formally educated. Education was not a priority. Nevertheless, I enjoyed school. I looked forward to going to school, I liked to learn. That thirst for learning, for knowledge has been my saving grace.
I was a topper in class. I dreamt of studying engineering. I even nursed the ambition of studying to an Ivy League institution! Until I turned 12. Two incidents changed my life irrevocably. I was totally thrown off gear. The 105-year-old ancestral house in which we lived was destroyed in a torrential rain. I was in the house when the building collapsed. I remember being rescued and looking at the collapsed rumbles not knowing what will happen to me or my family. Next I lost my father a month later. It was like as if the world had come to an end. I just lived with no purpose for the next 3 years. Every time I saw my friends living a secured life with parents to care for them, I wondered what wrong had I done to deserve this.
My lesson: Both these incidents made me realize that nothing is certain or permanent.
By 15, I completed my 10th grade and was told by my mother that we cannot afford for me to go to college. If I wanted to, I need to do it on my own, while I also support the family financially. I had to immediately look for a job. That happened, I landed a job. I was so elated, that I didn't bother to find out the nature of work I was expected to do. The next morning when I went to work I found out my job profile - office boy; sweep, mop the floor, fill up water, clean the office, fetch breakfast for employees, clean plates - that was my job description. I could have quit and run, but I knew this would fetch me a salary that would suffice for a college admission fee. I swallowed my pride and took everything that was thrown at me. I survived.
About the author
Chairman & Chief Mentor, Happiest Health · Bangalore, India
Ashok Soota is a pioneering Indian IT entrepreneur, Executive Chairman of Happiest Minds Technologies, and co-founder of Mindtree. A serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, and bestselling author, he is recognized for his contributions to technology, healthcare, medical research, and corporate leadership.
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Co-Founder and Managing Director, Dreamcraft Events and Entertainment · India
Bhakti Sanghavi is an event management entrepreneur with 19+ years of experience and 1,500+ events to her credit. Co-founder of DreamCraft Events and founder of Signature Weddings, she is a pioneer in corporate events, luxury weddings, and experiential entertainment.
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Founder, Birth The New Earth · Dehradun, India
Dr. Monika is the founder of BTNE (Birth The New Earth), an Awakening in Womb facilitator, author, and keynote speaker dedicated to conscious pregnancy, mindful parenting, and nurturing a more conscious generation.
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Founder & Chief Editor, Stardom Group · Bangalore, India
Raam Anand is Founder, Chief Editor and Publisher of Stardom Books. He has guided 260+ leaders to become internationally published authors and created The Authority Forum and Authority Quotient for senior leaders.
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Founder & MD, Sushma Industries · Bangalore, India
Sadananda Murthy is the Founder and Managing Director of Sushma Industries Pvt. Ltd., leading the company with an entrepreneurial vision focused on business growth, operational excellence, and long-term value creation.
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Founder, Add On Scans & Labs · Bangalore, India
Dr. Sunil Kumar G S is a Bengaluru-based radiologist and author of Due Date. Drawing on clinical and personal experiences, he shares practical pregnancy insights with guidance from specialists across multiple fields.
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Founder President, Thumbay Group · UAE
Thumbay Moideen is the Founder and President of Thumbay Group, a diversified international conglomerate headquartered in Dubai. A visionary entrepreneur, he has built businesses across 20 sectors and earned global recognition.
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Director, BECCOS India · Delhi, India
Vivek Agarwal is an entrepreneur and founder of GPA Group, with ventures spanning real estate, telecom, technology, retail, and hospitality. A socially conscious leader, he champions employee growth, community development, and sustainable value creation.
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