Ms. Namita Nayyar:
In your journey to becoming an entrepreneur, who has been your biggest source of inspiration and motivation?
Ms. Chetna Vasishth:
I try to learn something from every person I meet, and to name the biggest inspiration and motivation is tough. Personally, I draw inspiration from my son. He has taught me to consistently strive for the best quality, keep learning and challenging yourself, while being kind and humble. He also goads me to live life on my own terms.
Professionally I draw inspiration from Oprah Winfrey, the way she has fashioned her life helping others and crusading humanitarian causes despite all she went through and Elon Musk for being so brilliant and courageous and because he doesn’t care that he’s worth billions.
The fountain of my motivation is my husband Dheeraj. Every time I get dejected and feel like giving it up he brings me back on. Sometimes I feel he believes in me more than I do (smile).
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
From the experiences of your own entrepreneurial journey, what would be your Top 5 Tips for a person starting a new entrepreneurial venture?
Ms. Chetna Vasishth:
Well, this is hard but let me try to give my five thoughts:
- Having a goal larger than yourself and being passionately committed to it, come what may, is the only way to achieve success. How passionate you are about the impact you want to create and that impact should be larger than yourself, larger than just money or fame. And this is not only for an entrepreneurial venture but for any success in life.
- Patience – things happen but not in the manner or time frame you want them to, so hang in there and keep making the changes necessary
- Consistency – keep taking small steps every day in the direction of your goals, don’t look back or get distracted. One day you’ll realise that you have come a long way. Break down the big picture into salami slices: ensure you release a high quality video every week.
- Aligning every decision with your vision – I know this sounds big but every time you are faced with a quandary, a dilemma, ask yourself what those goals are that are larger than yourself. Ask yourself if your choices align with the larger goal and then choose the path that does
- Enjoy the roller coaster ride – entrepreneurship is a rocky road and we keep waiting for the ‘happy ending’ but my biggest lesson has been to keep laughing and smiling at all the ups and downs and that happiness will reflect in your work.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
Women Fitness works relentlessly with a goal to reach out women all over the world providing them with best in health & fitness. What do you wish to say about the website (Womenfitness.org) and message for our readers?
Ms. Chetna Vasishth:
I applaud your work since statistics reveal that 75% of the women want to exercise but fear being judged at the gym and less then 10% of Indians get exercise. Nutritionally too, 51% of Indian women are anaemic. The initiative of womenfitness.org to reach out to women all over the world with write ups about how other women overcame these fears and inhibitions and set themselves on a path to good health is serving the community in multiple ways. Some of your articles beautifully talk about how good health is beyond beauty and about saving your life. The success stories of how women coped with life threatening surgeries and write ups that demystify common myths are indeed very useful.
I wish your readers a healthy life, both physically and emotionally.
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