What’s the worst that could happen?” This six-word question led to a life that has turned out to be rewarding beyond my wildest imagination. With a graduate degree in electronics and an MBA in marketing, I was already a successful sales manager with a reputable packaging company in India when my wife posed this question. We were discussing my long-cherished dream of becoming a trainer, and as usual, I was expressing all sorts of apprehensions at the idea of giving up an established career for an ambition that could well turn out to be a foolish dream.

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