ABOUT ALOK TAUNK
ABOUT
ALOK TAUNK
Quick Introduction
Hi, I’m Alok Taunk. I’m a mindfulness & mindset coach on a mission to help working professionals live a life that is stress-free, full of clarity & confidence by integrating strategic mindfulness principles & frameworks.
I’m the founder of Corporate Success Community, Eastern Mindfulness & MindFeed App.
Hi, I’m Alok Taunk. I’m a mindfulness & mindset coach on a mission to help working professionals live a life that is stress-free, full of clarity & confidence by integrating strategic mindfulness principles & frameworks.
I’m the founder of Corporate Success Community, Eastern Mindfulness & MindFeed App.
My Background
I come from a corporate background with approximately 14 years of work experience in sales, business development, customer support & digital marketing.
Post my high school, I opted for Bachelor of Management Studies -BMS (marketing specialization) as my graduation degree, followed by Master in Business Administration – MBA (marketing specialization again :)) as my post-graduation. Post completing my studies, I joined sales. (The idea was to gain some hands-on experience so that I can use the same once I join my father’s business – which never happened!)
I come from a corporate background with approximately 14 years of work experience in sales, business development, customer support & digital marketing.
Post my high school, I opted for Bachelor of Management Studies -BMS (marketing specialization) as my graduation degree, followed by Master in Business Administration – MBA (marketing specialization again :)) as my post-graduation. Post completing my studies, I joined sales. (The idea was to gain some hands-on experience so that I can use the same once I join my dad’s business – which never happened!)
Failures Experienced
1.
I was an average student, couldn’t understand algebra, geometry & theorems. Equations were total bouncers 😀
I failed grade seventh! It was a disaster. One of the most embarrassing moments of my life. I wasn’t able to show up in front of my parents, friends, relatives but somehow transitioned through that challenging phase.
2.
During my corporate tenure, I experienced multiple stressors, anxiety, burnout due to long working hours, crazy deadlines (sales people, you’ll relate with my pain :D), unrealistic targets, unempathetic superiors, office politics. When things don’t happen as per your expectations & you keep on facing challenges one after the other, you start questioning your fate, you start doubting your life, don’t you? Something similar happened with me. Multiple times I questioned my career, my future. I felt like a failure!
1.
I was an average student, couldn’t understand algebra, geometry & theorems. Equations were total bouncers 😀
I failed grade seventh! It was a disaster. One of the most embarrassing moments of my life. I wasn’t able to show up in front of my parents, friends, relatives but somehow transitioned through that challenging phase.
2.
During my corporate tenure, I experienced multiple stressors, anxiety, burnout due to long working hours, crazy deadlines (sales people, you’ll relate with my pain :D), unrealistic targets, unempathetic superiors, office politics. When things don’t happen as per your expectations & you keep on facing challenges one after the other, you start questioning your fate, you start doubting your life, don’t you? Something similar happened with me. Multiple times I questioned my career, my future. I felt like a failure!
3.
This realization made me leave my job in order to put my wellness startup idea into action. I left my job, invested all my savings & for straight eight months I invested all my energy in the startup plan. But in the ninth month, I realized that it was not working. There were some miscalculations, overestimations & lack of research. The startup fell flat, I had to shut it. I lost my savings, time, energy & had a big dent on my resume. One more failure! But yes, it taught me multiple business lessons, which I then successfully applied later in my next attempt.
4.
Years later, when my corporate coaching model was functioning smoothly, I was travelling frequently for seminars, and a pandemic struck! We all know how terrible that phase was. A nightmare, wasn’t it? The entire world went on a lockdown, organizations started working from home, travel stopped. This situation posed a huge threat to the entire coaching space. We, as an organization suffered a huge loss, yet another failure. But ultimately, we adapted to the digital way of connecting & coaching, ultimately helping us to expand & grow in various domains.
3.
This realization made me leave my job in order to put my wellness startup idea into action. I left my job, invested all my savings & for straight eight months I invested all my energy in the startup plan. But in the ninth month, I realized that it was not working. There were some miscalculations, overestimations & lack of research. The startup fell flat, I had to shut it. I lost my savings, time, energy & had a big dent on my resume. One more failure! But yes, it taught me multiple business lessons, which I then successfully applied later in my next attempt.
4.
Years later, when my corporate coaching model was functioning smoothly, I was travelling frequently for seminars, and a pandemic struck! We all know how terrible that phase was. A nightmare, wasn’t it? The entire world went on a lockdown, organizations started working from home, travel stopped. This situation posed a huge threat to the entire coaching space. We, as an organization suffered a huge loss, yet another failure. But ultimately, we adapted to the digital way of connecting & coaching, ultimately helping us to expand & grow in various domains.
Top 3 Lessons Learnt
I wish to share with you some of the important lessons that I’ve learnt while transitioning through the ups & downs of my life, they are:
Lesson 1
Learn To Accept & Adapt
Change is the only constant. Things don’t always happen as per our expectations. It’s important that we accept whatever we experience, learn from it & adapt to the changing situations. This is one of the most important lessons that I’ve learnt from my failures.
Lesson 2
Stay Curious
Curiosity boosts our leaning abilities & helps us in making progress. Curious people are quick learners & early adopters. Curiosity helped me in understanding my roadblocks, weaknesses, mistakes & possibilities.
Lesson 3
Be Flexible
Flexibility means the ability to learn, try & integrate new ways & methods, especially during the times of crisis. Rigidity makes us drown, whereas flexibility helps us float. My startup failure did push me into a dark zone, but flexibility helped me to take a different approach.
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Learn To Accept & Adapt
Change is the only constant. Things don’t always happen as per our expectations. It’s important that we accept whatever we experience, learn from it & adapt to the changing situations. This is one of the most important lessons that I’ve learnt from my failures.
Stay Curious
Curiosity boosts our learning abilities & helps us in making progress. Curious people are quick learners & early adapters. Curiosity helped me in understanding my roadblocks, weaknesses, mistakes & possibilities.
Be Flexible
Flexibility means the ability to learn, try & integrate new ways & methods, especially during the times of crisis. Rigidity makes us drown, whereas flexibility helps us float. My startup failure did push me into a dark zone, but flexibility helped me to take a different approach.
Impact Created So Far
Till now, with my consistent efforts & engagements, with the strong support of my team, I have touched approximately 40,000 lives through my seminars, webinars & personal coaching engagements. Successfully executing hundreds of seminars & webinars nationally & internationally, I’ve worked with organizations like Amazon, HCL, Syska, Religare, HP, Continental, L&T, Fronius to name a few.
Till now, with my consistent efforts & engagements, with the strong support of my team, I have touched approximately 40,000 lives through my seminars, webinars & personal coaching engagements. Successfully executing hundreds of seminars & webinars nationally & internationally, I’ve worked with organizations like Amazon, HCL, Syska, Religare, HP, Continental, L&T, Fronius to name a few.
My Initiatives
- Eastern Mindfulness is my first corporate wellness platform which was founded & structured with an objective of empowering organizations with the scientific wisdom of mindfulness to help them empower their people to take charge of their holistic wellness, reduce stress, breed clarity & build confidence to effectively deal with challenging situations.
- Another addition to this platform is our signature mobile application to help people practice meditation – The MindFeed App. This App has hundreds of guided meditations & affirmations, allowing people to meditate on demand, at their convenience & comfort. MindFeed App. Is available on Android & IOS play stores.
- Third in line is the Conscious Corporate Community. This community is established with an objective of creating a lifelong accountability for working professionals in order to hand hold them to stay stress-free, breed clarity, build confidence & success mindset by integrating strategic mindfulness principles & frameworks.
- Next initiative is a WhatsApp broadcast group – A.B.C (Achievers Broadcast Club) it’s a FREE WhatsApp membership to receive daily wisdom shots. The idea is to help people stay positive, motivated & focused by delivering daily actionable quality content. You can join ABC by clicking here
- Apart from these, I’m an instructor on Udemy with a global student base. Also, we have a content calendar system in order to continuously deliver quality content on our social media channels.
My Initiatives
- Eastern Mindfulness is my first corporate wellness platform which was founded & structured with an objective of empowering organizations with the scientific wisdom of mindfulness to help them empower their people to take charge of their holistic wellness, reduce stress, breed clarity & build confidence to effectively deal with challenging situations.
- Another addition to this platform is our signature mobile application to help people practice meditation – The MindFeed App. This App has hundreds of guided meditations & affirmations, allowing people to meditate on demand, at their convenience & comfort. MindFeed App. Is available on Android & IOS play stores.
- Conscious Corporate Community is another in line. This community is established with an objective of creating a lifelong accountability for working professionals in order to hand hold them to stay stress-free, breed clarity, build confidence & success mindset by integrating strategic mindfulness principles & frameworks.
- Next initiative is a WhatsApp broadcast group – A.B.C (Achievers Broadcast Club) it’s a FREE WhatsApp membership to receive daily wisdom shots. The idea is to help people stay positive, motivated & focused by delivering daily actionable quality content. You can join ABC by clicking here
- Apart from these, I’m an instructor on Udemy with a global student base. Also, we have a content calendar system in order to continuously deliver quality content on our social media channels.
My Mission
My corporate challenges & experiences made me explore the realm of corporate wellness. I’m on a mission to empower working professionals with the required mental clarity, tools & techniques to effectively deal with challenging situations, stressors & ambiguities in order to take smarter decision, make conscious choices & live a happier life
My Mission
My corporate challenges & experiences made me explore the realm of corporate wellness. I’m on a mission to empower working professionals with the required mental clarity, tools & techniques to effectively deal with challenging situations, stressors & ambiguities in order to take smarter decision, make conscious choices & live a happier life
My Values
My Spiritual Journey
I feel blessed to have been mentored by multiple spiritual masters, who guided me through some intensive self-realization processes. My spiritual journey started when I was 13. Neither I was interested, nor I had any idea of what’s happening, but I was made to practice different meditation & self reflective modalities.
Over a period, these practices became a non-negotiable part of my routine, a habit. Later, I started realizing how these practices were helping me cultivate inner calm, clarity & peace on demand.
My Spiritual Journey
I feel blessed to have met & been mentored by multiple spiritual masters, who guided me through some intensive self-realization processes. My spiritual journey started when I was 13. Neither I was interested, nor I had any idea of what’s happening, but I was made to practice different meditation modalities.
Over a period, these practices became a non-negotiable part of my routine, a habit. Later, I started realizing how these practices were helping me cultivate inner calm, clarity & peace on demand.
I Have A Dream
I have a dream to build a mindful world, where every individual lives a healthy, happy, successful & a spiritual life.