Do Not Pretend - Be Who You Are #Success #Wealthy #Winner #MentorTalk #HemantBatra
Channel: MentorTalk
Date: 2020-05-09

Be who you are – Do not pretend who you are not #MentorTalk #HemantBatra #iTVMentorTalk

We all get caged with the judgements of the people around us and the absurd norms of the hypercritical society. I am a lawyer by profession but by hobbies and passion, I am a creative person. I do multiple things. I have a music studio, where I do music, play instruments, arrange, and mix music; I do renditions and voiceovers; and I engage in blogging and video talks, lectures, and discourses. In short, I share my skills.
Hemant Batra, Hemant K Batra, Mentor Talk, #HemantBatra, #MentorTalk


I remember when I formally started engaging in these hobbies and started posting my creative work on social media, many people in society became critical that it will impact my image as a lawyer. A plastic image. That was so lame and ludicrous. But that is what our society is made of – people will be always judgmental about you – they will not let you breathe – they will chain you with their disparaging opinions. 

Never get let down and influenced by those people who try to pull you back or pull you down. They are the ones who are cut out like robotic equipment in a living body. 

You should never be pretentious; you have natural traits and interests and creative skills. Everyone has them. It is just that most of us put a lid on them due to societal pressures and judgments. Be truthful and honest to your own self. First, you are answerable to your inner self. Creative hobbies and passion or for that matter any diversion or interest or activity which gives you enthusiasm is the oxygen of your mind and soul.

I may be sounding like wisdom or spiritual guru but I am not. I am just sharing something from my experience. I have promised so many students, interns, associates and friends that I will be sharing the bits and pieces of my experience of last 3 decades in different forms. It is better to learn things at the cost of the experience of others than going through the same on your own, wherever it is possible. 

Be who you are, never pretend who you are not. That is the first major step towards success and enhancement of your self-esteem and confidence. Once you have overcome that challenge and mental block, more than half of your aspirations will get shaping up in the direction of a success story.

Remember that when you pretend, you are like an ostrich. You are burying your real face and head beneath the sand. You are walking away from reality.
I am here reminded of a beautiful quote by Mokokoma Mokhonoana a South African Philosopher, and a Social Critic. He says “Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”