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Mechanical Engineer turned Java Programmer turned Software Salesman turned Ship Chandler turned Stock Market Investor turned Transport Fleet Operator Chenthil shares the lessons he has learnt as a first generation entrepreneur -

Dream big, but make sure that there is some arrangement for running your day to day life. If your dad has left you a fortune, good for you. Another option is to have one spouse working full time while the other is chasing his/her dreams. All my risk taking is possible only because of the solid support of my wife, who takes more than her share of the family burden.

Techie turned restaurateur Madman offers similar advice to wannabe entrepreneurs -

It is good to dream, but not to day-dream. You need hope, but not delusion. That said, you should realise that to boldly go where no one has gone before (please pardon my Star Trek geek cliche) does indeed require a leap of faith and a hope for a market that may not even exist yet (certainly true in my case.) Just be sure that your decision is an informed one and based on solid research, not solely on an impulsive moment. We have to deal with the constraints of the world we live in, and one of those is earning a livelihood.

Diogenes at ‘Quasi Fictional Views’ asked me to contribute a piece for her ‘Fine Art of Blogging’ project. Blogging biggies like Liz Strauss and Chris Garrett have contributed to the project previously and I’m truly touched that Diogenes asked me to participate. Diogenes asked me to answer a few questions about my blogging and here’s the piece as it appears on her blog.

What is my blog to me?

At the simplest level, my blog is a repository of my thoughts and ideas. It is also a white board where I experiment with words and projects, a place where I try to find my voice as a writer, and a project that will become my purpose, my calling, or my legacy. My blog is also a medium to create new conversations with people I wouldn’t have met otherwise, and some of these conversations have already become entrenched into friendships.

Why do I blog?

I started blogging because I wanted to be a writer, to write for a living, but wasn’t sure if I had the voice or the discipline to shape it into literature. Blogging was one way to find out.

I’m increasingly finding myself spending all my free time with Kanishka and Avantika.

Kanishka and Avantika are one of the cutest couples I have ever known and watching them together sometimes makes me want to get married myself. What I like best about them is how well they complement each other. Kanishka is an Engineer, CA, MBA and high-flying FMCG marketer all rolled into one and has the slightly world-weary air of a wise man who has seen too much of the world too early. Avantika, on the other hand, is a lawyer who has left the corporate rat race to work with an NGO, and looks at everything with an infectious wide-eyed, child-like curiosity. They are both very interesting people by themselves, but together, they are absolutely adorable.

Both Kanishka and I have been going through a introspective phase of late. Both of us have been taking stock of what we have achieved so far, setting goals for what we want to achieve going forward and searching for tools to help us achieve our goals. Every time we have met during the past few weeks, Kanishka and I have ended up exchanging notes on what we need to do to become all that we want to, and my 30 by 30 list was, in part, a result of these conversations.

It seems that I’m not the only one putting up goals on my blog.

Alex Shalman has started a Gotta Get Goals meme and blogging biggies like Liz Strauss have joined in.

Consider yourself tagged.

Also see - Aaron Potts.