Bloggers kindly go through the below message from my friend, he wishes to share something very good with everyone!!!
(posted with his permission)
Hi ,
Let me introduce myself as Siddharth GJ. My sincere apologies for clogging your inbox but I wanted to take a quick 5 minutes of yours to tell you about myself and my journey, which gives me immense pride to feel worth sharing with you. Should you google my name (Siddharth g j or Siddharth Jayakumar), you would find articles about me, which would talk about my journey in life. At the outset I would like to make it clear that this mail is not a request for help in any manner but just to acquaint you with myself.
Please take some time in going through attached presentation which takes you through my journey from being tagged as a “Mentally retarded guy” to being successful professional in the banking industry. Essentially it started with a jaundice attack 3 days after my birth leading to Cerebral Palsy. I joined a “Special school” at the age of 10 and had a chance to join a regular school for my 10th grade and then went to on to do B.com and Masters in Economics yet again in a regular institution. My academics were very good from any standpoint as I scored well above average throughout my academic career. Thereafter after a painful job hunt process I got my first break at then ABN Amro, now RBS and I am currently with IndusInd Bank Ltd.
Having seen that my journey was far from being as smooth as described in the presentation, the kind of turbulations, humiliation, disappointment, struggle I had to go through is far from the imagination of a regular child. The positive side of this is that it made me quite tough and resilient in life. My experiences thought me that the best way of tackling problems is to face them rather than running away. At present, I have been doing a lot of speeches/talk sharing my experiences and lessons I have learnt in my life. I am a regular speaker at TCS and have given motivational speeches in Tedx, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Scope and many more places…..I urge you to have a look at some of my videos by clicking the links below:
Dr. APJ Kalam Sir talking abt me !
My tedxchennai talk
My great lakes talk
TedxGateway talk
The idea of writing to you was to acquaint you with my life to demonstrate the challenges which a person like me has to undergo. Thanks to the support of my family and friends that I gathered the courage to take life this far I was wondering if you think its worth it for me to come over and give a talk to your folks, please do not hesitate to reach me at +91 9840238137 or reply to this mail as per your convenience.
Thanks a lot for your time to read this mail and I hope you will join me in my mission of spreading awareness and passion for life.
Look forward to getting in touch with you soon
Thanks!!
Regards,
Siddharth
My Contact no is +91 9840238137
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