Steel-hard determination

This is the unbelievable story of a 24 yr young boy who is number one book reviewer of India. YES. You read it right. The hero of today’s story, Archit Ojha, is best & most followed book reviewer of India.

Archit’s love for book reading started from the age of 10 years. Harry Potter was the book that mesmerized him & even after reading more than 1000 books (Oh my God!) from around the world, he still thinks that Harry Potter series is the best. A person who reads always develops desire to write. Fortunately Archit received encouragement from teachers for his silly (in his opinion) poems, and this made way for polished writing skills in future.

Archit used to read books managing his academics (Engineering studies) and other activities. Once in June 2016, a friend suggested him to write a review of one book he read. That review was a hit on Goodreads. This was a big boost for Archit to continue writing reviews. Within a span of just two years, Archit has reviewed more than seven hundred books. More than 500 writers / publishers from across the world have approached him to review their books. The volume of the books he receives is so high that the courier people who deliver the books are amazed by the number f ‘parcels’ he receives. His mother has recently got him a special bed with storage space for books. In Archit’s words, he sleeps on bed with books all around him.

Archit got taste of different foreign cultures through books & learnt Spanish, German & French languages – and he learnt them all using mobile apps. Learning new language takes lot of efforts & consistency, and Archit made it possible on his own.

After completing his engineering degree from NIT, Raipur, Archit chose to follow a different path. He enrolled in a college for higher studies in neuroscience. Soon he realized that the course was not for him & he decided to step back instead of continuing to do what he didn’t like much. Such decisions need lot of courage & faith in self too. Archit had both & he decided to prepare for exams to enter healthcare services administration. His dream is to work with World Health Organization for the betterment of society.

Excelling in studies, reading books, spending time with friends – time management is the key to this balanced life. Archit has a schedule of day-to-day activities in excel sheets. And he can tell you what he was doing at a specific time on a specific date by looking back in his excel sheets. Watch your breath!!! This is true.

Such level of dedication, consistency, hard work, self-management, self-control, steel-hard determination (borrowing Archit’s phrase here) is very rare to see – and such inspiring youth make us feel assured of India’s bright future. Personally for me, the target is to achieve atleast 5% of time management skills of Archit.