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If you ask me what I wanted to become when I was in high school, I had no idea.

All my life, I had been that average kid who was constantly told about how much potential she had but never did anything about it.

I belong to a Rajasthani family of die-hard sweet lovers. So my dad and I often joked about opening a mithai shop called chatkora chatkori.

For me, my life got a direction when I was in my 11th standard. Our Accountancy teacher constantly motivated us to do more. There’s so much that we can do and so many untapped opportunities around us.
Also, that was the time when I started attending baking classes in my apartment. Honestly, more because I liked eating cakes than anything else!

For my CBSE Accountancy project, I made a report on a girl who opens up her bakery called - patisserie perfections.

With all these happy little epiphanies stored in my strawberry shortcake land, I started the new phase of my life, the college life- CHRIST, Bangalore.

The first year in college was terribly boring. I really needed something more to do. So I started baking at home and gained interest in businesses. By the second year, I joined the entrepreneurship development cell and met many like minded people.

During this period, I also put up a stall in my apartment with the help of my friends. My friends and I named our little stall “the cupcake booth” and drew it out on a chart paper. In just 15 minutes, we sold everything. I was overwhelmed by the response we were getting. I don’t know what clicked in me, but I randomly took a small piece of paper, wrote my name & phone number on it and gave it my young (mostly 7-10 years old) customer, in the hope of getting an order from them in the future.

While all of this was happening, I saw one of the kids running to their parents, giving that piece of paper with my contact details. The parent mindlessly threw my contact information in a trash bin. Now, that’s when I had this realisation, that if I want to do this business - I want to pursue it professionally and want to make it bigger than me and my name. I want it to hold worth & value so the next time I give my business card, no-one throws it in the trash.

Dream a dozen or the cupcake booth was not an overnight plan; it was a dream I was unknowingly working towards since I was 16. I believed in it a little more, with every cupcake we sold. We created a business plan and through the Entrepreneurship cell, presented it at different universities across the country. Most of the time, we were the youngest participants and only girls in the room.

If I've ever been disheartened, my family has been right by my side telling me nothing is impossible. Both my parents are extremely hardworking & I believe If I could be a fraction of them, I will become someone someday.

In the end, I would say trust yourself and dream a dozen!

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So bits and pieces from here and there and by my class 10th, I had a firm answer to the question “what I wanted to be when I grow up?”
Chartered Accountant!
CA

I had the best time preparing for the exams. I wouldn’t say that it was all happy preparations, I had my side of highs and lows, but it was all worth it.
I still remember, when the final results were out I was in my client’s office. The moment I came to know that the results were out, I left early from the office that was 1 hour away from my place. It felt like the longest distance ever that day. While I was driving, the combination of my heartbeat and the air around hitting me in motion made me feel extremely cold in not so chilly Pune. Finally, when I reached my place and was sitting in front of my laptop, I felt happy. I felt confident. And I knew, whatever the result was I am satisfied with what I have gained in the process of preparation and Articleship.

✨Pallavi Dashore became Chartered Accountant in the age of 22. She is currently working in the Financial Reporting and Compliance department of Saint Gobain.✨

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When I was in 8th standard, my dad made a strict rule for my older brother and I. The Rule was to read the newspaper daily.
Newspaper is sort-of a library spread in 8 sheets. There’s content related to crime, justice, business, finance, politics, markets, horoscopes, sports, fashion, food, animals & so much more.
A newspaper in hand feels like carrying 100s of open books and deciding what to read first. At that time, there were no e-newspapers, so basically no AI guided mechanism was tracking my interests and offering me the news that I’d like to read.
I’d open the newspaper read the headlines; whatever topic looked my kinda interesting, I’d read its entire content. After a month of daily newspaper reading, I realised I am extremely attracted to finance-related news. At that time, I did not understand a single word in the finance column but deep inside; I wanted to know its meaning, its motive and everything about it. Now, this is when my inclination towards commerce stream began.
But at that time if someone asked me what I wanted to become when I grow up, I’d say Doctor like every other kid.

In my 9th standard, I started trading stocks for my dad. I had no idea what I was doing; I was following my dad’s instructions. He was too busy to handle his transactions, so he used to call me during his office hours to tell me what to sell and buy.

So bits and pieces from here and there and by my class 10th, I had a firm answer to the question “what I wanted to be when I grow up?”
Chartered Accountant!