Dr. Harish Pant – Think About Where You Are Focusing Your Attention

BIO: Dr. Harish Pant brings thirty-eight years of global and Indian experience spanning aerospace and defense, aviation, automotive, steel, engineering plastics, lightweighting and composites, industrial design, engineering services, and infra-trade. STORY: Harish was a rising star, excelling in his profession and the youngest department head. Out of nowhere, a senior person was transferred to his department and became the new head. Harish was made the assistant department head. He didn’t understand why this happened and wasted a whole year trying to prove himself. LEARNING: You’ve got to know when something is not worth your time, energy, and attention and, therefore, walk away.   “Attention investment is the most fundamental thing a person can do to bring their awareness alive.”Dr. Harish Pant  Guest profilehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/harishpant/ (Dr. Harish Pant) brings thirty-eight years of global and Indian experience spanning aerospace and defense, aviation, automotive, steel, engineering plastics, lightweighting and composites, industrial design, engineering services, and infra-trade. He is a contemporary thought leader with the dexterity of technologies (Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and IoT) and has worked with numerous global companies. Harish has also created a platform: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13936627/ (Utkarsh - Uttarakhand Youth Development), and he’s working towards the development of youth in the state. Worst investment everAbout 25 years ago, Harish was department head for a while when he learned that a senior-level person who had joined the company a month back had been transferred to his department. He was now the department head, and Harish was pushed to position number two. This happened when he was a rising star and the youngest of the department heads. So this demotion came as a shocker to him. Harish tried to find out from management why he’d been demoted, and they told him that it was just temporary and he’d be well taken care of. But he was not convince