India, March 4 -- Consistency is crucial and crucifixion of a career. This story is all about proving these contradictory concepts true and if it is possible to spark inspiration in you on this International Women's Day.

For four years, I dedicated myself to a single company, steadfast in my belief that climbing the corporate ladder meant staying the course, accumulating experience, and ascending gradually.

A perfect plan of growth.

And when you have a perfect plan, it is also the time when life will throw its obnoxious tantrums

The company I had poured my efforts into underwent rapid expansion, ballooning from two branches to fifteen in just a few short years. The pace was dizzying, the growth seemingly boundless-a vertical ascent to...