Unrealistic expectations and self-doubt | Zubin Sharma Failure Files by IDR

What happens when a series of professional decisions shatter your sense of identity? Zubin Sharma answers this question by telling us about his experience as founder and CEO of Project Potential, a nonprofit working on sustainable development in the rural district of Kishanganj, Bihar. On today’s episode of Failure Files, he talks about the problems he faced at the start of his entrepreneurial journey, which led him to question his self-worth as he navigated the challenges of building a successful social impact organisation.

Zubin Sharma is the founder and CEO of Project Potential, which is creating an ecosystem to attract and develop people, organisations, and resources required for sustainable development in rural Kishanganj district of Bihar. Zubin has done his BA and MS from the University of Pennsylvania and is a former Acumen Fellow, N/Core incubatee, and Dasra Social Impact Leadership Fellow.

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