All of us have heard people saying, "Follow your passion." It is not entirely wrong. But the interpretation of following your passion is much more nuanced. First of all our passions can be very different from what we think they are. Even if we get closer to knowing our passions, following them alone may not lead to fulfillment in our lives. Hence, don't just follow your passion blindly. Instead, do something that you are good at, AND that adds value to other people's lives.

Bodhisattwa Biswas is a doctor turned MBA. He had started his professional life as a government public health officer. Later he did his MBA from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and worked in the growth vertical of one of the top healthcare providers in India. Currently, he works as a management consultant in the health industries advisory practice of one of the most reputed consulting firms globally. He has also been associated with the Hult Prize – the world’s biggest engine for the launch of for-good startups emerging from universities – earlier as a campus director and later as a judge of Hult Prize On Campus. He has been a semi-professional wildlife photographer and is a certified rock climber, scuba diver, and paragliding pilot.

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