Karan Bajaj is a #1 bestselling Indian novelist with more than 200,000 copies of his novels in print, both optioned into major films. Karan has also worked in senior executive roles at companies like Procter & Gamble and the Boston Consulting Group and was named among Ad Age's "Top 40 Under 40 executives" in the US.

This Episode:

-Growing up in foothills of the Himalayas

-Value of an individual vs. community in different cultures

-The meaning of “Dharma”

-The 4-1-4 model

-Purpose behind taking a year long sabbatical

-The misconception of space in the Western World

-Why his employers have been ok with him taking a year long sabbatical

-How to determine when the right time is for taking this journey

-The tangible return of a sabbatical

-Why he doesn’t feel a burden to be perfect

-The difference between becoming better and revealing yourself

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