Talk with Brajen Mandal

Q1. Which do you prioritize more in your decision-making: Following your heart or using your brain?

Brajan: Heart.

 

Q2. Name one skill that you think everyone should learn.

Brajan: Learn Cooking is must for everyone.

 

Q3. What is something that truly scares you?

Brajan: I’m afraid of the thought of dying, wondering what it feels like at the time of death.

 

Q4. Define yourself in five words.

Brajan: Dedicated, I enjoy working, resourceful, quick learner, and I enjoy conversing.

 

Q5. How do you stay focused?

Brajan: I smoke because it is my habit, but I would not suggest it to anyone else. I go outside for a while if my focus starts to wander.

 

Q6. What is your worst habit?

Brajan: Smoking.

 

Q7. What is the most expensive thing you own?

Brajan: I have bought a piece of land for 8 lakh rupees, making it the most expensive thing I have purchased.

 

Q8. Name two person who inspires you, one celebrity and one non-celebrity.

 Celebrity: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

 Non-Celebrity: Rajdeep Das, the boss of my company, is very inspiring to me because of his creative thinking and his ability to deeply understand any problem and its details.

 

Q9. How many hours do you usually sleep?

Brajan: 6 hrs.

 

Q10. Do you have any good sleep hacks that you use?

Brajan: I walk before sleep.

 

Q11. Arrange these in order of your priorities – Money, Love, Fame, Peace, respect?

Brajan: Love> Money> Peace> Fame> Respect.

 

 

Q12. What do you think is more worthy of pursuit than wealth?

Brajan: Love.

 

Q13. How do you build and maintain long-lasting relationships?

Brajan: My simple principle is that there should be no borrowing or lending of money among relations.

 

Q14. What gives you peace in your career as well as in your relationship?

Brajan: Apparition.

 

Q15. What is your biggest realization in life so far?

Brajan: This world is not good.

 

Q16. If you were given another chance, would you still choose to be born a human?

Brajan: No (I am done.)

 

Q17. Have you ever experienced any miracle? Please share it.

Brajan: Yes! Buy my own land is like miracle for me.

 

Q18. If you meet God, what would you say to him/her?

Brajan: Why have you brought me into this world, and if you have, why must I die?

 

Q19. What is something that blows your mind?

Brajan: When I build a house on the land I purchased.

 

Q20. Give one financial advice that you’ve learned.

Brajan: Spend half and try to save other half.

 

Q21. One piece of advice that you would like to give your younger self?

Brajan: Manage your time or learn to manage it.

 

Q22. What is your favourite Quote?

Brajan: “When the one you trust brings you harm, and the one you give a chance to turns against you, that’s not the mark of true character.”

 

Q23. Name your favourite book and a movie.

Book: I only read one Bengali comic in my childhood, ‘Thakurmar Jhuli’.

Movie: Phool aur kaante.

 

Q24. What is your definition of success?

Brajan: For me, success for now would be to settle down and have my own home with my family.

 

Q25. What is life according to you?

Brajan: For me, life is hell; there is nothing besides tension and thoughts of death.

 

———–Thank You———

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“From being a worker involved in constructing houses to now building his own, this individual is on a remarkable journey. Through his hard work, he has risen from being a printing operator in a company to becoming a manager in that department. What better journey could there be? We commend those who, through education and hard work, rise to significant positions and earn good money. I see this journey as no different, as I consider it a part of life’s education. That’s why I was keen to know the perspective of a person who has gained experience through such a journey, and it’s for this reason that I chose him.”

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