From HCL to PCL

My move from HCL to PCL was prompted, as all such moves, in part, by this innate desire to be in control. I believed, (in my usual intrepid way) that my experience at HCL had equipped me to entrepreneur a company. The choice, i.e. Information Technology, was not a coincidence. Most professionals making the move to entrepreneurism stick to their field of expertise. Or at least a related field. They have invested too much time and effort in learning, dealing with and fine-tuning skills in the subject.

The move, though one of the most exciting events in my life, was not without its share of anxieties. But an entrepreneur is not a rear window gazer. He cannot afford recriminations, to brood, to whine, to blame. He canot return to the wreckage of a wrong decision, like a criminal revisiting the scene of his crime. It clouds his judgement, interferes with his decision-making skills. It kills productivity, and more crucially, the creative thought process. And when he stops ideating he ceases to function as an entrepreneur. There is no room for regret in an entrepreneurs business life. No it-might-have-been or if-only. My attitude is this: once you have thought through a decision, and if it is substantiated by reason, you shouldn't back out unless the parameters governing your decision are no longer operable. On the flip side, the entrepreneur cannot afford to speculate in the future either. Envision it, plan for it, but baseless speculations are a waste of time.